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unjust discriminations are made by or under the authority of 
any foreign state against the importation to or sale in such for¬ 
eign state of any product of the United States, he may di¬ 
rect that such products of such foreign state so discrimi¬ 
nating against any product of the United States as he may 
deem proper shall be excluded from importation to the 
United States; and in such case he shall make proclamation 
of his direction in the premises, and therein name the time 
when such direction against importation shall take effect, and 
after such date the importation of the articles named in such 
proclamation shall be unlawful. The President may at any 
time revoke, modify, terminate, or renew any such direction 
as, in his opinion, the public interest may require. 
§ 6. That the importation of neat cattle, sheep and other 
ruminants, and swine, which are diseased or infected with 
any disease, or which shall have been exposed to such infec¬ 
tion within sixty days next before their exportation, is 
hereby prohibited; and any person who shall knowingly 
violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine 
not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle used in such 
unlawful importation with the knowledge of the master or 
owner of said vessel or vehicle that such importation is dis¬ 
eased or has been exposed to infection as herein described, 
shall be forfeited to the United States. 
§ 7. That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and is hereby, 
authorized, at the expense of the owner, to place and retain 
in quarantine all neat cattle, sheep and other ruminants, and 
all swine, imported into the United States, at such ports as 
he may designate for such purposes, and under such condi¬ 
tions as he may by regulation prescribe, respectively, for the 
several classes of animals above described ; and for this pur¬ 
pose he may have and maintain possession of all lands, 
buildings, tools, fixtures, and appurtenances now in use for the 
quarantine of neat cattle, and hereafter purchase, construct, 
or rent as may be necessary, and he may appoint veterinary 
surgeons, inspectors, officers, and employees by him deemed 
