S54 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for carrying 
out the provisions of this act. 
Sec. ti. Article four of the agricultural law of the State of 
New York, is hereby and is repealed, and all acts or parts of 
acts that may conflict with this act or the enforcement of or 
carrying out of any of the provisions of this act are hereby and 
are repealed. 
Sec. 12. This act shall go into effect within thirty days 
after its passage, within which time the commission shall be ap¬ 
pointed and confirmed as hereinbefore provided. 
The following bill (No. loo) was introduced in the Senate 
by Mr. Willis, read twice, and ordered printed, and when printed 
to be committed to the committee on public health : 
AN ACT 
TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF TUBERCULOSIS INTO THE 
DAIRY AND OTHER HERDS OF CATTLE IN THE STATE OF 
NEW YORK. 
The People of the State of New York^ represented in Senate and Assem¬ 
bly, do enact as follows : 
Section i. All bovine animals imported into the State of 
New York, excepting fat cattle for immediate slaughter, must 
be accompanied by the certificate of an approved veterinarian, 
official or otherwise, stating marks for the identification of the 
individual animals, and giving the temperature records, of a 
tuberculin test made in the course of the thirty days imme¬ 
diately preceding the importation. The State official who shall 
be in charge of tuberculosis in cattle at the time of the intro¬ 
duction of such animals, shall furnish a written permit for the 
importation of such cattle, when he shall have assured himself 
that the certificate applies to the cattle in question, and that it 
has been furnished by a veterinarian of character and ability, 
and of approved experience in the use of the tuberculin test. 
Sec. 2. All railroad, steamboat, ferryboat and other carry¬ 
ing companies are forbidden to receive store cattle in any other 
State, for transportation to any destination within the State of 
New York unless such cattle are accompanied by the required 
certificate and by the written permit of the New York State 
official charged with the duty of furnishing the same. 
Sec. 3. In case store cattle shall have been imported into 
the State without the required certificate and permit provided 
for in section one of this act, it shall be the duty of the State 
official, in charge of bovine tuberculosis, to cause all such ani- 
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