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not more than sixty days, or by fine of not more than one 

 hundred dollars. 



Sect. 6. The place where property condemned under this 

 chapter is found, and the name of every person in whose posses- 

 sion it is found, and of every person convicted of an offence 

 under the preceding section, shall be published in two newspapers 

 published in the county in which the property was found or the 

 conviction took place. 



Sect. 7. The provisions of this chapter shall not be in force 

 in any city or town unless thoy are adopted by the city council of 

 such city or the inhabitants of such town, or unless the provisions 

 of chapter one hundred and eiglity of the statutes of the year 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-six have been already so adopted. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

 In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-two. 



An Act 

 to molle effectually prevent the spread of tuhekculosis. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eej)rese7iiatives in General 

 Court assembled, and b/j the aulhoritij of the same, as follows : — 



Section 1. Section one of chapter fifty-eight of the Public 

 Statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words " may an- 

 nually " in the second line of said section and inserting in place 

 thereof the words " shall annually in the montli of April," also by 

 inserting after the word " slaughter," in the third line of said 

 section, the words "or kept for the production of milk," so as to 

 read as follows : Section 1. The mayor and aldermen of cities 

 and the selectmen of towns shall annually in the month of April 

 appoint one or more persons to be inspectors of provisions and of 

 animals intended for slaughter or kept for the production of milk. 

 Such inspectors sliall be sworn faithfully to discharge the duties of 

 their ollice, and shall receive such compensation as the city council 

 or the selectmen shall determiue. 



Sect. 2. Said inspectors, in addition to the powers conferred 

 upon them by section two of chapter fifty-eight of the I'ublic 

 Statutes, may inspect all animals kci)t for the production of milk, 

 and shall report to the board of cattle commissioners all suspected 

 cases of tuberculosis wliicli come to their notice among animals 

 intended for slaughter or kept for the production of milk. 



Sect. 3. Section thirteen of chapter two hundred and fifty-two 

 of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven is here- 

 by amended by inserting after the word " of " in tlie ninth line of 

 said section the word " tuberculosis," and by adding at the cud of 



