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swine treated with serum-virus, or premises on which such swine 

 are kept, to prevent danger of possible spread of infection from 

 inoculated animals. 



"18. Penalty for failure to comply with regulations made under 

 authority of this act by the live stock sanitary authorities of the 

 state to be made punishable by fine: ten dollars for first offense, 

 one hundred dollars or imprisonment, or both, for second offense. 



'^Distribution and Administration 



"Virus in connection with serum or virus alone to be shipped, 

 sold, or supphed to and administered by specially hcensed persons 

 only and under direction and supervision of state authorities as 

 far as practicable. 



"Regulation of the Sale of Proprietary Remedies for Hog-cholera 



"1. Providing for the disclosure of the nature of advertised 

 proprietary remedies and investigation of their merits by the live 

 stock sanitary authorities of a state and publication of results 

 of such investigation. 



"2. Providing for the enforcement of the laws suggested in the 

 foregoing, and regulations made under authority of the same by the 

 proper authorities charged with the control of animal diseases. 



"3. Providing adequate penalty for violation of the provisions 

 of such laws or of regulations made under authority of the same. 



"4. Specifying methods to be followed in prosecutions of vio- 

 lations. 



"5. Appropriation of necessary funds to administer the law." 



Who Should Administer Serum? — This is a question that fre- 

 quently arises. Should the administration of serum be limited 

 only to those who are licensed to practice veterinary medicine? 

 Many practitioners would assert that this should be the rule. I 

 hardly agree, however, with this statement. The demand for use 

 of serum will soon be so large that it would be impossible for the 

 present members of the profession to meet the demands upon their 

 time which the work would require. Furthermore, this work is 

 more or less unprofitable as compared with other lines of practice. 



