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corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended and offered 

 for export to any forein:n country, at such times and i)laccs and in 

 sucli manner as he may deem proper. 



Inspectors of carcasses, etc., of cattle, etc., meat of which Is intended for export- 

 certificates of condition of cattle, etc., and meat thereof, ' 



And for this purpose he may appoint inspectors who shall be 

 authorized to give an official certificate stating the condition in which 

 said cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, and the meat thereof, are found. 



No clearance to vessel having on board meat, etc., for export without inspector's 

 certificate; waiver of requirement of certificate. 



And no clearance ?hall be gi^'en to any vessel having on board any 

 fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed" beef, mutton, pork, or goat 

 meat, being the meat of animals killed after the passage of this Act, 

 or except as hereinbefore provided for export to and sale in a foreign 

 country from any port in the United States, until the owner or 

 shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the 

 provisions of this Act a certificate that the said cattle, sheep, swine, 

 and goats were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, and that 

 their meat is sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary of Agi-i- 

 culturc shall have waived the requirements of such certificate for the 

 country to which said cattle, sheep, swune, and goats or meats are to 

 be exported. 



Delivery of inspectors' certificates, and of copies thereof. 



That the inspectors provided for herein shall be authorized to give 

 official certificates of the sound and wholesome condition of the cattle, 

 sheep, swine, and goats, their carcasses and products as herein de- 

 scribed; and one copy of every certificate granted under the provi- 

 sions of this Act shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, 

 another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when 

 the cattle, sheep, swine, and goats or their carcasses and products are 

 sent abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of 

 the vessel on which the shipment shall be made. 



Transportation or sale, etc., of meat or meat food products in interstate com- 

 merce, without complying with pi'ovisions of act, forbidden. 



That no person, firm, or corporation engaged in the interstate 

 commerce of meat or meat food products shall transport or offer 

 for transportation, sell or offer to sell any such meat or meat food 

 products in any State or Territory or in' the District of Columbia 

 or any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, other than 

 in the State or Territory or in the District of Columbia or any place 

 under the jurisdiction of the United States in which the slaughtering, 

 packing, canning, rendering, or other similar establishment owned, 

 leased, or operated by said firm, person, or corporation is located 

 unless and until said" person, firm, or corporation shall have com- 

 plied with all of the provisions of this Act. 

 Violation of provisions of act; penalty. 



That any person, firm, or corporation, or any officer or agent of 

 anv such per.son, firm, or corporation, who shall violate any of the 

 provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 

 shall be puni.shed on conviction thereof by a fine of not exceeding ten 

 thousand dollars or imprisonment for a period of not more than 

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