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at the reasonable expense of the owner or person in custody thereof, and such 
railroad, express company, car company, common earrier other than by water, 
receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, owners or masters, shall in such case 
have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, collectible 
at their destination in the same manner as the transportation charges are col- 
lected, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals, when such 
detention is of reasonable duration, to enable compliance with section one of 
this act; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the owner or 
shipper of animals from furnishing food therefor it he so desires. 
Sec. 3. That any railroad, express company, car company, common carrier 
other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, or the 
master or owner of any steam, sailing, or other vessel who knowingly and will- 
fully 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 hundred dollars: Provided, That 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. 
- Sec. 4. That 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 
holden within the district where the violation may have been committed or the 
person or corporation resides or carries on business; and it shall be the duty 
of United States attorneys to prosecute all violations of this act reported by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, or which come to their notice or knowledge by other 
means. 
Sec. 5. That 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 Revised Statutes of the 
United States be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 
Approved, June 29, 1906. 
