44 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



■wliicli live stock are exported, and make report of the results of sucli investigation 

 to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, from time to time, establish such regu- 

 lations concerning the exportation and transportation of live stock as the results of 

 said investigations may re(]uire. 



Sf.c. 5. That to ])revent the exportation from any port of the United States to any 

 port in a foreign country, of live stock aftected with any contagious, infectious, or 

 communicable disease, and especially pleuro-pneumonia, the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury be, and he is hereby, authorized to take such steps and adopt such measures 

 not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as he may deem necessary. 



Sec. 6. That no railroad company within the United States, or the owners or mas- 

 ters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation 

 or transport, from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock aftected with 

 any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the dise.ase known 

 as pleuro-pne>imonla; nor shall any person, company, or corporation deliver for 

 transportation to any railroad company, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, 

 any live stock, knowing them to be aftected with any contagious, infectious, or 

 communicable disease; nor shall any person, company, or corporation drive on foot 

 or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from 

 any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any 

 live stock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communi- 

 cable disease, and especially the disease known as plenro-pneumonia: Provided, 

 That the so-called splenetic or Texas fever shall not be considered a contagious, 

 infectious, or communicable disease within the 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. 



Sf.c. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify, in 

 wi iting, the proper oflflcials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transpor- 

 tation company doing business in or through any infected locality, and by publica- 

 tion in such newspapers as he may select, of the existence of said contagion; and 

 any person or persons operating 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 jtro- 

 visions of section six of this act, shall b!> guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- 

 viction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five 

 thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such 

 fine and imprisonment. 



Sec. 8. That whenever any contagions, infectious, or communicable disease aft"ecting 

 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 Commis- 

 sioners 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 

 animals coming into the District to be detained at any place or places for the pur- 

 pose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for and to require the 

 destruction of animals aftected with contagious, infectious, or communicable dis- 

 ease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and carcasses; to prescribe regu- 

 lations for disinfection, and such other regulations as they may deem necessary to 

 prevent infection or contagion being communicated, and shall report totheCommis- 

 missioner of Agriculture whatever they may do 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 knowl- 

 edge by any person making the complaint under oath; and the same shall be heard 



