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food products thereof, are contained in act Marcli 3, 1891, c. 555, as 

 amended by act March 3, 1895, c. 169, set forth on p. 55, ante. 



The sanitary provisions for slaughtering, etc., establishments, in act 

 June 30, 1906, c. 3713, as repeated and re-enacted in ]>ermanent form in 

 this act, are, by a proviso of the agricultural appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1913. act August 10, 1912. e. 284, set forth on p. 60, ante, ex- 

 tended to cover renovated-butter factories as defined in act May 9, 1902, 

 c. 784, s. 5, set forth on p. 59, ante. 



ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.) 



Permanent appropriation for expenses of inspection of cattle, etc., and meat and 

 meat food products thereof in interstate or foreign commerce, and for car- 

 rying into effect provisions relating to meat inspection. 



That there is permanently appropriated, out of any money in the 

 Treasury not other"\vise api^ropriated, the sum of three million dollars, 

 for the. expenses of the inspection of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats 

 and the meat and meat food products thereof which enter into inter- 

 state or foreign commerce and for all expenses necessary to carry into 

 effect the provisions of this Act relating to meat inspection, including 

 rent and the employment of labor in Washington and elsewhere, for 

 each year. 



Act June 30, 1900, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 679. 



This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal 

 year 1907, cited above. It follows other provisions of that act relating 

 to meat inspection, which are mentioned in this provision. Those pro- 

 visions are repeated in the same language and re-enacted in permanent 

 form in act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth above. 



ACT JUNE 29, 1906, c. 3594. An act to prevent cruelty to animals while in 

 transit by railroad or other means of transportation from one State or 

 Territory or the District of Columbia into or through another State or 

 Terrltorj' or the District of Columbia, and repealing sections forty-three 

 hundred and eighty-six. forty-three hundred and eighty-seven, forty-three 

 hundred and eighty-eight, forty-three hundred and eighty-nine, and forty- 

 three hundred and ninety of the United States Revised Statutes. (34 

 Stat. 607.) 



Transportation of animals; limitation of time of confinement in cars, boats, 

 or vessels; unloading for rest, water, and feeding; extension of time of 

 confinement on reqiTest of owner, etc.; estimation of time of confinement; 

 sheep not required to be unloaded in nighttime. 



That no railroad, express company, car company, conimon carrier 

 other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, 

 whose road forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, 

 swine, or other animals shall be conveyed from one State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia into or through another State or Terri- 

 tory or the District of Columbia, or the owners or masters of steam, 

 sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting cattle, sheep, swine, 

 or other animals from one State or Territory or the District of Co- 

 lumbia into or through another State or Territory' or the District of 

 Columbia, shall confine the same in cars, boats, or vessels of any de- 

 scnption for a period longer than twenty-eight consecutive hours 

 without unloading the same in a humane manner, into properly 

 equipped pens for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least 

 five consecutive hours, unless ])reventcd by storm or by other acci- 

 dental or unavoidable causes wliich can not be anticipated or avoided 

 by the exercise of due diligence and foresight : Provided., That upon 

 the written request of the owner or person in custod}' of that par- 

 ticular shipment, which written request shall be separate and apart 



