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shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned at hard labor for a 

 terra not more than five years or fined not to exceed one 

 thousand dollars. 



Sec. 6. That any person, company, or corporation vio- 

 lating the provisions of sections two or four of this act shall 

 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be pun- 

 ished 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, March 3, lOO.j. 



[Public— Xo. 340.] 



An Act To prevent cruelty to animals while in transit by 

 railroad or other means of transi)ortation from one State 

 or Territory or the District of Columbia into or through 

 another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, and 

 repealing sections forty-three hundred and eighty-sis, 

 forty-three hundred and eighty-seven, forty-three hundred 

 and eighty-eight, forty-three hundred and eighty-nine, and 

 forty-three hundred and ninety of the United States Re- 

 vised Statutes. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. 

 That no railroad, express company, car company, common 

 carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or 

 lessee of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line 

 of road over which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals 

 shall be conveyed from one State or Territory or the District 

 of Columbia into or through another State or Territory or 

 the District of Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, 

 sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, 

 sheep, swine, or other animals from one State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia into or through another State or 

 Territory or the District of Columbia, shall confine the same 

 in cars, boats, or vessels of any description for a period 

 longer than twenty-eight consecutive hours vrithout unload- 

 ing the same in a humane manner, into properly equipped 

 pens for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least 

 five consecutive hours, unless prevented by storm or by other 

 accidental or unavoidable causes which can not be antici- 

 pated or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and fore- 

 sight : Provided, That upon the written request of the owner 

 or person in custody of that particular shipment, which 

 written request shall be separate and apart from any printed 

 bill of lading, or other railroad form, the time of confinement 

 may be extended to thirty-six hours. In estimating such 

 confinement, the time consumed in loading and unloading 

 shall not be considered, but the time during which the 

 animals have been confined without such rest or food or 

 water on connecting roads shall be included, it being the 

 intent of this act to prohibit their continuous confinement 

 beyond the period of twenty-eight hours, except upon the 



