The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-01-13
AN ACT.
ro Protect the Health ofshe Domestic
Animals Of the CommenWeslsh
Of Pennsylvania

Section |. BE At enacted, 'tc.,
That the importation Of dairy cows
and neat cattle for breeding pur-
poses into the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania is hereby prohibited,
excepting when such cows and neat
cattle are accompanied by a certiti-
cate from an inspector, whose COM
potency and reliability are certified
to by the authorities charged with
the control of the diseases of domes-
tic animals in the State from whence
the cattle came, certifying that they
have been examined and subjected
to the tuberculin test and are free
from disease.
Section .. That in lieu of an in
spection certificate as above required
the cattle may be detained at suit
able stock-yards nearest to the State
line on the railroad over which they
are shipped, and there examined at
the expense Of the owner, or cattle
as above specified from points out
side of the State may, under such
restrictions as may be provided by
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
be shipped in quarantine to their
destination in Pennsylvania, there
to remain in quarantine until prop
erly examined at the expense of the
owner, and released by the State
Live Stock Senitary Board.
Section 3. The State Live Stock
Senitary Board is hereby authorized
and empowered to prohibit the i'm
portation of domestic animals into
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
whenever in their judgment such
measures may be necessary for the
proper protection Of the health of
the domestic animals of the Com
monwealth, and to make and enforce
rules and regulations governing such
traffic as may from time to time be
required - =.
Section 4. That any person, firm,
or corporate body violating the pro
visions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conyiction.shall, in the proper court
of the county in which such cattle
are sold, offered for sale, delivered
to a purchaser, or in WHICH such
cattle may be detained in transit, for
each offence, forfeit and pay a fine
of not less than fifty dollars or more
than one hundred dollars, or be
punished by imprisonment for not
less than ten days, and not exceed
ing thirty days, either or both, at
the discretion of the court. Such
person, firm or corporate body shall
be liable for the full amount of the
damages that may result from the
violation of this act.
Section 5. The State Live Stock
Senitary Board is hereby charged
with the enforcement of this act, and
is authorized to sec that its provis-
ions are obeyed, and to make, from
time to time, such rules and regula-
tons as may be necessary and prop
cr for its enforcement.
Section 6. That this act shall go
into effect January first, one thous-
and eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Approved-May 26, 1897.
RULES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THE ACT OF MAY 26, 1897.
Dairy cows and neat cattle for
breeding purposes may be brought
into Pennsylvania from other States
only in accordance with one of. the
three following provisions /:
|. The cattle may be examined
and tested with tuberculin in the
State from whence they come by an
inspector whose competency and re-
liability are certified to by the au-
thorities charged with the control of
the diseases of animals in that State.
Special blanks for reporting upon
such examinations will be furnished
by the State Live Stock Senitary
Board upon application. Cattle thus
. examined, found to be free from
disease and brought into Pennsyl-
vania, shall remain in the possession
of the person or persons who own
them when brought into Pennsylva-
mia until the inspection reports have
been approved by Il member of the