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be considered a contagious, infectious, or communicable dis- 

 ease within ttie meaning of sections four. five. six. and seven 

 of this act. as to cattle being transported by rail to market 

 for slaughter, when the same are unloaded only to be fed and 

 watered in lots on the way thereto. 



Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture to notify, in writing, the proper officials or agents 

 of any railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company 

 doing business in or through any infected locality, and by 

 publication in such newspapers as he may select, of the ex- 

 istence of said contagion ; and any person or persons operat- 

 ing any such railroad, or master or owner of any boat or 

 vessel, or owner or custodian of or person having control over 

 such cattle or other live stock within such infected district, 

 who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section six of 

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

 tion, shall bo punished l\v a fine of not less than one hundred 

 dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprison- 

 ment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and 

 imprisonment. 



Sec. 8. That whenever any contagious, infectious, or com- 

 municable disease affecting domestic animals, and especially 

 the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia. shall be brought 

 into or shall break out in the District of Columbia, it shall 

 be the duty of the Commissioners of said District to take 

 measures to suppress the same promptly and to prevent the 

 same from spreading ; and for this purpose the said Com- 

 missioners are hereby empowered to order and require that 

 any premises, farm, or farms, where such disease exists, or 

 has existed, be put in quarantine ; to order all or any ani- 

 mals coming into the District to be detained at any place ov 

 places for the purpose of inspection and examination : to 

 prescribe regulations for and require the destruction of ani- 

 mals affected with contagious, infectious, and communicable 

 disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and 

 carcasses ; to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such 

 other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent 

 infection or contagion being communicated, and shall report 

 to the Commissioner of Agriculture whatever they may d<. 

 in pursuance of the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 9. That it shall be the duty of the several United 

 States district attorneys to prosecute all violations of this 

 act which shall be brought to their notice or knowledge by 

 any person making the complaint itnder oath : and the same 

 shall be heard before any district or circuit court of the 

 United States or Territorial court holden within the district 

 in which the violation of this act has been committed. 



Sec. 10. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand 

 dollars, to be immediately available, or so much thereof as 

 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys 

 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into 

 effect the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 11. That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall re- 

 port anntially to Congress, at the commencement of each 

 session, a list of the names of all persons employed, an item- 



