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which shall have been exposed to such infection within sixty days 

 next before their exportation, is hereby prohibited ; and any person 

 who shall knowingly violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a 

 fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not "ex- 

 ceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle used in such unlawful 

 importation with the knowledge of the master or owner of said vessel 

 or vehicle that such importation is diseased or has been exposed to 

 infection as herein described, shall be forfeited to the United States. 



Act August 30. 1890, c. 839, s. 6, 26 Stat. 416. 



Trovisions authorizing the President to suspend the prohibition of the 

 iuii>ortatiou of neat cattle, domestic animals, and hides from foreign 

 countries or parts thereof, upon certification by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture that such countries or parts thereof are free from contagious, 

 etc., diseases, are contained in act April 23, 1897, c. 1, set forth on p. 

 52, post. 



Other provisions prohibiting the importation of neat cattle or hides 

 thereof from foreign countries, and authorizing the susi>ension of such 

 prohibition as to such foreign countries or parts thereof whenever the 

 Secretary of the Treasury shall determine such importation will not tend 

 to introduction or spread of contagious, etc., diseases among cattle, are 

 contained in act August 5. 1900. c. G, set forth on p. 51, post. 



Provisions authorizing regulations and measures to prevent introduc- 

 tion or dissemination of contagious, etc.. diseases from foreign countries, 

 and the seizure, quarantine, and disiwsal of materials, meats, and hides, 

 etc., from infected countries, are contained in act February 2, 1903. c. 

 349. s. 2. set forth on p. 46, ante. 



A provision authorizing the erection of fences along international 

 boundary lines for keeping out diseased animals, is contained in act May 

 26, 1910, c. 256, set forth on p. 52, post. 



ftuarantine of imported neat cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and swine. 



Sec. 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and is hereby, au- 

 thorized, at the expense of the owner, to place and retain in quaran- 

 tine all neat cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and all swine, im- 

 ported into the United States, at such ports as he may designate for 

 such purpose, and under such conditions as he may by regulation 

 prescribe, respectively, for the several classes of animals above de- 

 scribed; and for this* purpose he may have and maintain possession 

 of all lands, buildings, animals, tools.fixtures, and appurtenances now 

 in use for the quarantine of neat cattle, and hereafter purchase, con- 

 struct, or rent as may be necessary, and he may appoint veterinary 

 surgeons, inspectors, officers, and employees by him deemed necessary 

 to maintain such quarantine, and provide for the execution of the 

 other provi-sions of this act. 



Act August 30, 1890. c. 839, s. 7. 26 Stat. 41fl. 

 See notes under section 6 of this act. 

 Importation of diseased or infected cattle, sheep, and other rnminants. and 

 swine, except at quarantine ports, prohibited; slaughter of infected ani- 

 mals; appraisal; payment. 

 Sec. 8. That the importation of all animals described in this act 

 into any port in the TTnited States, except such as may be designated 

 bv the Secretarv of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretaiy 

 of the Treasury, as quarantine stations, is hereby prohibited; and the 

 Secretary of A'irriculture may cause to be slaughtered sucli <>* the 

 animals named in this act as may be, unHer regulation- prescribed 

 bv him, adjudged to be infected with any contagious disease, or to 

 h'ave been expo.sed to infection so as to be dangerous to other animals; 

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