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The certificate of health and permit given by the above mentioned veter- 

 inarian shall be given in duplicate, the original of which shall be for- 

 warded to the live stock sanitary board of Iowa, and the duplicate given 

 to the railroad or transportation company to be attached to the bill of 

 lading for said animals; provided, that in the case of cattle over six 

 months of age, to be used for breeding or dairy purposes, the non- 

 existence of tuberculosis shall have been determined by the tuberculin 

 test within thirty days preceding such importation, and certified by the 

 veterinarian issuing the above mentioned certificate of health and per- 

 mit. The tuberculin test shall not be demanded for cattle intended for 

 exhibition at town, county, district or state fairs. 



Sec. 22. That in any case where the inspection certificate is required 

 in the preceding section has not been obtained, transportation com- 

 panies shall notify the live stock sanitary board and shall hold such 

 animals at the first station within Iowa where suitable facilities for hold- 

 ing animals for inspection by the live stock sanitary board, such inspec- 

 tion to be made at the expense of the owner. 



Sec. 23. When cattle that have reacted to the tuberculin test, when 

 applied by the state live stock sanitary board or any of its agents, or 

 when applied by any competent veterinarian legally authorized to prac- 

 tice in Iowa, or when any lot of hogs pronounced infected with swine 

 plague or hog cholera by such competent veterinarian, are shipped to 

 market, or for slaughter or elsewhere, it shall be unlawful for any trans- 

 portation company that has transported such reacting or diseased animals 

 to again use any car or cars in which such reacting or diseased animals 

 were shipped to any resident of Iowa for the shipment of other domestic 

 animals of any kind until such car or cars have been thoroughly cleaned 

 and disinfected in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed 

 by the state live stock sanitary board. 



Sec. 24. Any transportation company, corporation or agent thereof, 

 violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a gross 

 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense 

 not less than five hundred dollars (^riOO.OO), nor more than one thousand 

 dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than one year. 



Such transportation company, corporation or agent shall be liable in 

 a civil action to any person injured for the full amount of the damages 

 that may result from the violation of this act. Action may be brought 

 in any county in the state in which said cattle are sold, offered for sale 

 or delivered to purchaser, or anywhere they may be detained in transit. 



Sec. 25. As soon as practicable after its organization the state live 

 stock sanitary board shall inaugurate plans for a systematic campaign 

 of education for the purposes of disseminating information among the 

 people of the state with regard to diseases of animals, and especially 

 tuberculosis, and to this end shall arrange for lectures to be given by 

 competent persons before farmers' institutes, meetings arranged by local 

 hoards of health and other organizations, and shall prepare for general 

 distribution pamphlets containing information with regard to tuberculo- 

 sis and other diseases, and the manner in which they are disseminated 



