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CHAPTER 337 ■ 



THE COMMONWEALTH OF IIASSACKUSETTS 

 In the Year One Thousand Hine Hundred and Fifty-Seven 

 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL OF DISEi^SE IN THE 



pbiicriASE, Sals and transportation op live poultry 



AND HATCHING EGGS. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, 

 as follows: 



Chapter 129 of the General Laws is hereby amended by 

 inserting after section 26^. the follov;ing section: --Section 

 26b. No person shall buy, sell or transport within or import 

 into the common'-jealth hatching eggs, baby chicks or live 

 poultry, except poultry intonded for immediate slaughter or 

 for exhibition subTect to permit granted by the ntate depart- 

 ment of agriculture, unless such hatching eggs are the produce 

 of flocks which meet, and s ich baby chicks or live poultry 

 meet or are th.e first generation progeny of flocks which 

 meet, the minimum requirements for "pullorum passed" or 

 "pullorum clean" grades of poultry, as established by the 

 comm.issioner of agric;'.ltur ^, or the equivalent thereof. Who- 

 ever, himself or by his s^rvunt or agent, violates any prov- 

 sion of this section snail be punished for the first offence 

 by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and for a 

 subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more 

 than two hundred dollars . 



Approved May 6, 1957. 



