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Sec. 2. That the Secretarj- of Agriculture shall have au- 

 thority to make such regulations and take such measures 

 as he maj' deem proper to prevent the introduction or dis- 

 semination of the contagion of anj- contagious, infectious, 

 or communicable disease of animals from a foreign country 

 into the United States or from one State or Territory of 

 the United States or the District of Columbia to another, 

 and to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay. straw, 

 forage, or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other 

 animal products coming from an infected foreign country 

 to the United States, or from one State or Territory or the 

 District of Columbia in transit to another State or Terri- 

 tory or the District of Columbia whenever in his .judgment 

 such action is advisable in order to guard against the intro- 

 duction or spread of such contagion. 



Sec. 3. That any person, company, or corporation know- 

 ingly violating the provisions of this act or the orders or 

 regulations made in pursuance thereof shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a 

 fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 

 one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than 

 one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Approved, February 2, 1903. 



[Public — No. 229.] 



An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 

 and maintain quarantine districts, to permit and regulate 

 th^ movement of cattle and other live stock therefrom, 

 and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of the United States of America in Cong)€Ss assemtled, That 

 the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to 

 quarantine any State or Territory or the District of Co- 

 lumbia, or any portion of any State or Territory or the 

 District of Columbia, when he shall determine the fact that 

 cattle or other live stock in such State or Territory or Dis- 

 trict of Columbia are affected with any contagious, infec- 

 tious, or communicable disease ; and the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is directed to give written or printed notice of the 

 establishment of quarantine to the proper officers of rail- 

 road, steamboat, or other transportation companies doing 

 business in or through any quarantined State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia, and to publish in such newspa- 

 pers in the quarantined State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia, as the Secretary of Agriculture may select, notice 

 of the establishment of quarantine. 



Sec, 2, That no railroad company or the owners or mas- 

 ters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or boat shall 

 receive for transportation or transport from any quarantined 

 State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from the 

 quarantined portion of any State or Territory or the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, into any other State or Territorv or the 



