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of his desire to appeal to the board of health, said inspector shall 

 cause said animals, meat, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit, or pro- 

 visions to be inspected by said board of health, or by a committee 

 thereof consisting of not less than two members ; and if said 

 board or committee find the same to be tainted, diseased, corrupted, 

 or unwholesome, they shall order the same to be destroyed or dis- 

 posed of otherwise than for food. If said board, or committee do 

 not so find, they shall order said animals, meat, fish, vegetables, 

 produce, fruit, or provisions to be forthwith returned to the owner 

 thereof. All moneys received by said inspectors or board of 

 health for property disposed of as aforesaid shall, after deducting 

 all expenses incurred by reason of such seizure, be paid to the 

 owner of such property. 



Sect. 3. Said inspectors may inspect all veal found in said 

 cities or towns, or offered or exposed for sale, or kept with intent 

 to sell therein, and if said veal is, in the judgment of the in- 

 spector, that of a calf killed under four weeks old, he shall seize 

 the same and cause it to be destroyed or disposed of as provided 

 in the preceding section, subject, however, to the provisions 

 therein contained concerning appeal and the disposal of moneys. 



Sect, 4. "When complaint is made on oath to any police, dis- 

 trict, or municipal court, or to a magistrate authorized to issue 

 warrants in criminal cases, that the complainant believes that any 

 diseased animals, or any tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed, or 

 unwholesome meat, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit, or provisions 

 of any kind, or any veal of a calf killed under four weeks old, 

 are kept or concealed in a particular house or place with the in- 

 tent to kill, sell, or offer the same for sale for food, the court or 

 magistrate, if satisfied tliere is reasonable cause for such belief, 

 shall issue a warrant to search for such animals or articles, and 

 all such warrants shall be directed and executed as provided in 

 section three of chapter two hundred and twelve. If upon hear- 

 ing, said court or magistrate determines that said animals or 

 articles or any of them were kept or concealed for the purpose 

 aforesaid, the same shall be destroyed or disposed of by the in- 

 spector, or by any officer designated by the court or magistrate 

 according to the provisions of section two of this chapter ; if the 

 court or magistrate does not so determine, said animals or articles 

 shall be returned to the owner. 



Sect. 5. Whoever knowingly sells, or offers, or exposes for 

 sale, or has in his possession with intent to sell for food, any 

 diseased animal, or any tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed, or 

 unwholesome meat, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit, or provisions 

 of any kind whatever, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail 



