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This, perhaps, was unintentional by the owner of the cattle, who 

 merely wished to profit by an expected rise in the New York mar- 

 ket ; but the breaking of the regulations exists. It certainly was 

 overlooked by the railroad men and ignored by the stock yard men. 

 I find that most carloads of cattle are shipped through from Buf- 

 falo to Boston, or New York. This run requires more than twenty- 

 eight hours ; it being claimed that cattle are often twenty-two 

 hours in reaching Albany. It is rumored about the stock yards 

 there that little attention is paid to the fact whether cattle are 

 twenty-eight hours en route or forty-eight, further than it is for 

 the profit of the stockman to care for his cattle. 



Sections of the Revised Statutes referring to the Transportation of Animals. 



Sect. 4386. No railroad company within the United States whose road 

 forms any part of a line of road over which cattle, sheep, swine or other 

 animals are conveyed from one State to another, or the owners or 

 masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or transporting 

 cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals from one State to another, shall 

 confine the same in cars, boats, or vessels of any description /or a longer 

 period than twenty-eight consecutive hours, without unloading the same 

 for rest, water and feeding, for a. period of at least five consecutive hours, 

 unless prevented from unloading by storm or other accidental causes. 

 In estimating such confinement the time during which the animals have 

 been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they 

 are received shall be included, it being the intent of this section to pro- 

 hibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-eight 

 hours, except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated. 



Sect. 4387. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered 

 during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or 

 in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad company or 

 owners or masters of boats or vessels transporting the same, at the 

 expense of the owner or person in custody thereof ; and such company, 

 owners, or masters shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for 

 food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for any deten- 

 tion of such animals. 



Sect. 4388. Any company, owner, or custodian of such animals who 

 knowingly and willingly fails to comply with the provisions of the two 

 preceding sections, shall, for every such failure, be liable for and forfeit 

 and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hun- 

 dred dollars. But when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other 

 vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and 

 opportunity to rest, the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall 

 not apply. 



Sect. 4389. The penalty created by the preceding section shall be 

 recovered by civil action in the name of the United States, in the circuit 

 or district court of the United States, holden within the district where 

 the violation may have been committed, or the person or corporation 



