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tion uf this act." be and the same is hereby amended to that the 

 same shall read as follows, to wit: 



Section 4. That if any person, firm or corporate body shall, by 

 himself, herself or themselves, or by his, her, their or its agents or 

 servants, violate any of the provisions of this act, every such person, 

 firm or corporate body, and his, her, their or its agents or servant, 

 shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, which shall be recover- 

 able, with costs, by any person suing in the name of the Common- 

 wealth, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable; and justices 

 of the peace and aldermen, throughout this Commonwealth, shall 

 have jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for the recovery 

 of said penalties: Provided, however, That either or both parties 

 shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas of the 

 proper county, as provided by existing laws in suits for the recovery 

 of penalties. In addition to the above penalty, every person, firm 

 or corporation, and every officer, agent, servant and employe of such 

 person, firm or corporation, who violates any of the provisions of 

 this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- 

 tion thereof in any court of quarter sessions of the peace of the 

 proper county, shall be sentenced to pay the costs and a fine of not 

 less than fiftv dollars, and not more than one hundred dollars, for 

 each and every offense, or be imprisoned for not less than ten days 

 nor more than thirty days, or both, or either, at the discretion of 

 the court. In all prosecutions for a misdemeanor, under this section, 

 the magistrate before whom the complaint is made shall have au- 

 thority, in case the defendant admits the commission of the offense 

 or requests the magistrate to hear and determine the complaint, to 

 impose and receive the costs and fine, as provided herein. All pen- 

 alties, fines and costs recovered for the violation of any of the pro- 

 visions of this act shall be paid to the secretary of the State Live 

 Stock Sanitary Board, or to an authorized agent of the said Board, 

 and by him be immediately covered into the State Treasury. 



Approved. — The 5th dav of April. A. D. 1905. 



SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. 



Glanders. For reasons previously stated, there has been in in- 

 crease in the number of cases of glanders. During the past year 

 this disease has occurred in the following counties: Allegheny, Bea- 

 ver, Berks, Butler, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Crawford, Delaware, 

 Elk, Erie, Lackawanna. Lancaster, Lycoming, McKean, Montgomery, 

 Northumberland, Philadelphia. Wyoming and York. In all, 44 L 

 horses came under suspicion, some of them merely because they 

 were known to have been in contact with horses afflicted with glan- 

 ders. Seventy horses were found to be afflicted with this disease 

 and were destroyed. The total appraisement of these horses 

 amounted to $1,440, being an average of $20.57 per horse. Glanders 

 occurred in eleven counties in which it occurred in 1904, and in nine 

 additional counties. Nine counties in which the disease occurred 

 in 1904 were unaffected during 1905. Thirteen cases occurred in 



