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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter III - Disease Control by Department of Agriculture (§§ 711 — 739) › § 739 - Penalties generally

Any natural or juridical person who, either directly or through agents, employers or subordinates, violates any provision of §§ 730—739 of this title or the regulations promulgated hereunder shall incur a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days for the first offense, and for each subsequent violation shall be punished with a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) months, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in those cases in which penalties are imposed and collected under the provisions of § 733 of this title.
History —June 18, 1957, No. 69, p. 161, § 10; June 8, 1979, No. 68, p. 140, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 741 - Definitions

As used in §§ 741—756 of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Livestock. — Shall mean any bull, steer, ox, cow, heifer, calf, horse, colt, mule, ass, goat, kid, sheep, lamb, deer, buffalo, zebra or other domestic ruminant or equine animal in Puerto Rico.
(b) Cattle diseases. — Means Texas fever or bovine piroplasmosis, equine piroplasmosis, anaplasmosis fever, infectious anemia, dermatophilosis, pericarditis, as well as other infectious or transmissible livestock diseases.
(c) Texas fever or bovine piroplasmosis. — Shall mean a dangerous disease that causes death to livestock and is transmitted from a sick animal to another sick or well animal, by the cattle tick.
(d) Anaplasmosis fever. — Shall mean another dangerous fever transmitted by the cattle tick.
(e) Infectious anemia, dermatophilosis and pericarditis. — Shall mean other infectious diseases that endanger the livestock industry, transmitted through vectors which include the cattle tick.
(f) Cattle tick. — Shall mean the cattle tick fever, Boophilus microplus, Boophilus australis, Boophilus annulatus, African tick (Amblyoma variegatum) and the tropical horse tick (Dermacentor nitens and Anocenter nitens).
(g) Department. — Shall mean the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.
(h) Secretary. — Shall mean the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.
(i) Secretary’s costs. — Shall mean all costs necessarily or reasonably incurred by the Secretary or his authorized representatives in taking infected cattle into custody.
(j) Expenses. — Shall mean the removal, transportation, dipping, feeding and penning of any livestock taken into custody.
(k) Marshal. — Shall mean the official of the General Court of Justice of the Commonwealth who takes the livestock into custody.
(l) Marshal’s costs. — Shall mean the remuneration allowed by law to the Marshal for the services performed under § 750 of this title.
(m) Premises. — Shall mean any premises, range, field, pasture, pen, barn, or any enclosure whatsoever.
(n) Quarantine zone. — Shall mean that area surrounded by quarantine lines and which the Secretary or his authorized representatives have designated as a quarantine zone for the purpose of eradicating the tick causing cattle or livestock diseases in said district.
(o) Regular and systematic treatment. — Shall mean the dip or spray with the tickicide established by the Department to which the livestock, whether infected or not, shall be submitted in the quarantine zones for each period and the time that is necessary, through immersion baths or sprays or any other system established in the future.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 2; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 742 - Declaration of purposes

It is hereby found and declared that all premises, all property thereon, and all livestock in Puerto Rico are exposed to infection by, or are infected with the ticks causing diseases in livestock. The livestock industry in Puerto Rico has for many years been exposed to the serious risk of infection or contagion of the diseases known as Texas fever or bovine piroplasmosis, equine piroplasmosis, anaplasmosis fever, infectious anemia, dermatophilosis and pericarditis, which can cause death of livestock. It has been proved that Texas fever and anaplasmosis fever have become generalized in the Commonwealth and that it is necessary to attack these grave evils effectively. It is likewise necessary as a preventive and generalized measure to attack and eradicate the other types of ticks to prevent them from becoming epidemic. It has also been established that these fevers and diseases are transmitted from one animal to another by means of the cattle tick.
The experience of the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture has shown that the tick is difficult to exterminate unless a general, systematic, uniform, and effective campaign is carried on uninterruptedly throughout the Commonwealth. The treatment now given to livestock in the fixed or portable vats manufactured or acquired by the Department of Agriculture or by the owner of the livestock, and with the spraying or dipping equipment or any other system or equipment to be used in the future, is effective in freeing the livestock so treated from tick infestations, but it does not protect them against possible infestations coming from adjacent and neighboring properties. Therefore, it is convenient, necessary and indispensable, that the work be extended to all the livestock and to all the properties in the same manner, and more or less at the same time, so that the infestation that prevails or may arise in the future in our livestock and in the Commonwealth may speedily decrease.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 3; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 743 - Powers of Secretary

In order to promote the elimination of the cattle tick fever, to prevent its propagation and spread and to eradicate it, the Secretary is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed:
(a) To establish, maintain and enforce the quarantine zones in Puerto Rico and the quarantine lines in and between such zones.
(b) To modify, terminate, renew, and reestablish any quarantine zones.
(c) To quarantine all premises and the property and the cattle thereon, or on any other that the Department has available, when the Secretary or his authorized representatives deem it necessary to prevent contagion with the diseases caused by ticks, and proceed to order the proper treatment to such effects.
(d) To establish, construct, maintain, operate, acquire and use immersion vats, spray pumps, bathing equipment or any other equipment giving similar or better results for the systematic, uniform and effective treatment with tickicides that are designed in the future, as well as fences, corrals or pens.
(e) To enter into contracts, agreements, or other voluntary arrangements with, and to accept and use loans or grants of funds or property from the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any agency, department, division or bureau thereof; with and of natural or juridical private persons as established under the laws for such cases.
(f) To use the services of any officer or employee of the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with or without compensation.
(g) To appoint and commission veterinarians, agronomists, livestock inspectors and any other necessary personnel in accordance with the resources available and pursuant to the Puerto Rico Public Personnel Act, Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, and its regulations.
(h) To employ or contract all necessary services and labor; to purchase all necessary materials and implements; to incur all necessary or proper expenses, and to do all other things that are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of §§ 741—756 of this title.
(i) To take all necessary veterinary policing measures needed for the protection of Puerto Rico’s livestock.
(j) The Secretary shall establish or modify a quarantine without complying with the requirements established in §§ 741—756 of this title in emergency or unforeseen situations in which the health of the livestock is imminently at risk.
(k) To fix, determine and authorize a reasonable amount to be charged in payment of the expenses necessarily incurred by the Secretary or his authorized representatives for regular and systematic treatments in excess of the treatments required scientifically to eradicate the ticks which, due to the fault, negligence or carelessness of the owner or person in charge of the livestock, are needed, until the herd is clean and free of ticks.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 4; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 744 - Appropriation; trust fund

An amount up to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is hereby appropriated, subject to what it may hereinafter be determined, out of any funds there may be available in the Commonwealth Treasury, which sum shall be credited by the Secretary of the Treasury to, and covered by the Secretary of the Treasury into, a special fund which shall be known as “Fund to Continue the Campaign to Eradicate the Cattle Tick Fever—Trust Fund”, which sum shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, until fully expended, to carry out the purposes of §§ 741—756 of this title. The appropriation hereinbefore made shall be effective only when the Governor, by proclamation, declares it so, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to begin to use said appropriation. Only after the Governor issues said proclamation shall the Secretary of the Treasury credit to, and the Secretary of the Treasury cover into, said special fund, the said sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000).
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, added as § 4(a) on May 5, 1941, No. 102, p. 766; May 9, 1942, No. 176, p. 902; Dec. 7, 1942, No. 30, p. 170; Apr. 25, 1946, No. 468, p. 1366.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 745 - Notice of quarantine action—Public hearings

Prior to the establishment, modification, elimination, renewal or reestablishment of any quarantine zone, the Secretary shall give due notice thereof by its publication a single time in a newspaper of general circulation on the island of Puerto Rico, or by posting suitable notice in three (3) public places, one of which shall be the city hall of the municipality, in each municipality of which any part is to be included within the quarantine zone. Said notice shall state the proposed action of the Secretary or his authorized representatives and the summons that shall provide for a public hearing of all interested parties to be held not less than one week after the publication and posting of such notice and shall specify the date, time and place of such hearing. At such public hearing, all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard. The Secretary or his authorized representatives shall establish, modify, eliminate, renew or reestablish any quarantine zone, or place any herds of livestock or farms outside of the quarantine zones under quarantine at any time, and without following the procedures established herein, in any situation of imminent danger to the health of the livestock or unforeseen circumstances that require the Secretary or his authorized representatives to exercise their power to take the necessary measures for the supervision and prevention by veterinary police for the protection of livestock in Puerto Rico. In these cases the Secretary shall give notice as established in this section of all measures that he has adopted or shall adopt. In addition, he shall grant the interested parties the opportunity to be heard within a term not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours following the date of the notice.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 5; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 746 - Notice of quarantine action—Commencement of treatment

After a quarantine zone is established, the Secretary or his authorized representatives shall inform the livestock farmer or owner, in writing, of the regular and systematic treatments to which the livestock in said quarantine zone shall be submitted. The notice shall specify the date and hour said treatments shall commence. The Secretary or his representatives shall establish the treatment zones, the herds that shall be treated and the sequence of the treatments, as the Department’s resources allow.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 6; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 747 - Written notice to owners; marking of cattle

The Secretary or his authorized representatives, at any time after the giving of public notice as provided in § 746 of this title, shall deliver to any person who is then the owner, bailee, or custodian of livestock within such quarantine zone, a written notice requiring such person to herd and pen all his livestock, allowing and enabling the Secretary or his authorized representatives to give the necessary general and systematic treatment on the date specified in the notice and on any other dates and for the time it is necessary, until the Secretary or his authorized representatives advise that the treatments are to cease. The Secretary or his authorized representatives may require the owner, bailee or custodian of the livestock, by prior notice, to again herd and pen the livestock to verify if it has become reinfected or not; and said process shall be resumed as many times as needed, while the zone, farm or herd is under quarantine. All cattle treated at the time of the general and systematic treatment, shall be suitably marked or sealed for identification by a representative of the Secretary with a painted mark or seal, prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of § 755 of this title.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 7; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 748 - Treatment of livestock without owner’s permission; seizure and confinement of animals

The Secretary or his authorized representatives, after obtaining a judicial order and accompanied by a police officer or marshal, shall enter any premises to inspect any land or livestock to determine whether there is any livestock infected with ticks, provided due notice has been given to the owner, bailee or custodian of said land or livestock pursuant to § 747 of this title.
Whenever it has not been possible to deliver the notice specified in § 747 of this title after a bona fide attempt to the owner, bailee or custodian of any livestock, because his identity or domicile is unknown, the Secretary or his authorized representatives shall proceed to take such livestock into custody. The livestock under his custody shall be transported to the nearest available treatment station or pen as established by the Department. The Secretary’s representatives shall give the necessary treatment or treatments and keep them confined under their custody.
When the livestock can be delivered to its owner, bailee or custodian, they shall be given notice thereof, in writing. In case the owner, bailee or custodian of the livestock cannot be located because their identity or domicile are unknown, the owner or holder of the premises on which the livestock was found and taken into custody shall be notified. The notice shall include the facts and place where the cattle was taken into custody, the place where it was treated and is still in custody, besides a claim for the payment of the Secretary’s costs, within five (5) days following the delivery of such notice.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 8; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 749 - Notice of sale; redemption; costs; lien

If said livestock are not redeemed by the payment provided in § 748 of this title, the Secretary or his authorized representatives shall deliver to the Marshal of the corresponding court, together with the custody of the livestock, a written notice stating:
(a) The time, place and hour that such livestock were taken into custody.
(b) The description of the number of heads, species and kind thereof.
(c) Any marks or brands thereon.
(d) The name of their owner or, if this is unknown, the name of the bailee or custodian thereof, or if such persons are not known, the name of the owner or possessor of the land where said cattle were when taken into custody or the place it stopped at while straying and was taken into custody, and the number of the complaint through which the Puerto Rico Police were given notice of the fact.
(e) That on the date and at the hour specified therein, which shall be not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days after the delivery or posting of said notice, if said livestock are not redeemed as hereinafter provided in this section the Marshal shall offer said cattle for sale at public auction.
(f) The place where said cattle are then corralled or penned.
(g) After payment of the Secretary’s and Marshal’s costs, the owner, bailee or custodian may redeem his livestock. Provided, That if none of the persons specified in subsection (d) of this section can be located after all pertinent efforts and steps have been made, the Marshal, in lieu of delivering the notice personally, shall post it in three (3) public places, one of which shall be the city hall of the municipality in which such sale is to be held, and a notice to the unknown owners drafted in the same terms as the notice ordinarily given to known owners. The Marshal shall forthwith deliver said notice to the person or persons in the specified site and if the owner offers to pay all costs incurred by the Secretary and the Marshal, which shall be stated in said notice prior to the public auction of the cattle, he may recover it and it shall be delivered to the owner at the place where it is penned. If the bailee or custodian, or any other person having a lawful interest in said livestock redeems it as stated above, said person shall be entitled to reimbursement for the amount paid, plus the necessary and reasonable costs incurred by such person in the removal, transportation, feeding and penning thereof. The costs for transportation of said livestock shall not exceed the costs of transportation to a suitable place for feeding and penning nearest to the premises of the owner by him known.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 9; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 750 - Sale of livestock in custody; distribution of proceeds

If, prior to the sale of said livestock by the Marshal, the livestock is not redeemed pursuant to § 749 of this title by the owner, bailee or custodian, the Marshal shall, after reading said notice, offer said livestock for sale at public auction on the date, at the hour, and place provided in the said notice. The sale shall be for cash and the Marshal shall deliver the livestock to the highest bidder. The Marshal’s costs and the Secretary or his authorized representative’s costs shall be deducted from the proceeds of said sale by the Marshal and the Secretary respectively, and the balance shall then be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury, in the name of the Secretary, in a special account, which shall be subject to withdrawals made by the Secretary on properly endorsed vouchers as hereinafter provided in this section; Provided, That if the former owner of such cattle shall, within twelve (12) months from and after the date of said sale, file and establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary a good and sufficient claim to the proceeds of said sale as former owner, the Secretary shall deliver to said persons, through a voucher directed to the Secretary of the Treasury, the full amount of the proceeds of said sale, after deducting the Marshal’s costs and the Secretary’s costs. If a good and sufficient claim to such proceeds is not established as aforesaid, within twelve (12) months after said proceeds were deposited, then the total amount shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 10; May 5, 1949, No. 184, p. 578, § 5; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 751 - Nature of title vested in purchaser

The delivery of livestock by the Marshal to the highest bidder, as provided in § 750 of this title, shall vest in such bidder, upon payment in cash of the full amount of his bid, full and absolute title of ownership to said livestock free of all liens and claims of any kind whatsoever, except liens for unpaid taxes of registered mortgages on such livestock.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 11; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 752 - Movement of livestock within, from or to the quarantine zone; prohibition

The movement, transportation, driving, sending or consignment by any way or means, into or within any quarantine zone of livestock located in or outside of said quarantine zone, is hereby forbidden, except as provided in §§ 753 and 755 of this title.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 12; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 753 - Penalties

Any person, partnership, association or corporation who shall:
(a) Without the permission of the Secretary or his authorized representatives withdraw, remove, introduce, drive, consign, transport, carry or send out of or into any quarantine zone, any livestock located in or outside of such quarantine zone.
(b) Counterfeit the painted mark or brand provided in § 747 of this title or the document provided in § 756 of this title.
(c) Interfere with, hinder, threaten, molest or impede the Secretary or his duly authorized representatives in the performance of the duties imposed on him by §§ 741—756 of this title.
(d) Attempt to do any act specified in this section, or assist, aid, abet, advise, encourage, counsel or incite any other person, partnership, association or corporation to do or to attempt to do any act specified in this section.
(e) Violate any provision of §§ 741—756 of this title or the regulations promulgated pursuant hereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for a term of not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days for the first violation, and for each subsequent violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
The Department and the Court of First Instance shall have concurrent jurisdiction in these cases. The Secretary or his authorized representatives shall have discretion in the selection of the forum which shall have jurisdiction in the matter. The selection of the forum shall bar resorting to another in the matter, but not if new violations of the provisions of §§ 741—756 of this title arise.
After due administrative hearing, where the person involved is given the opportunity to be heard, the Secretary is empowered to impose administrative fines up to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation, and up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any subsequent violation, when it is found that the provisions of §§ 741—756 of this title or the regulations promulgated by virtue hereof have not been complied with.
The Secretary shall issue a report that shall include issues of law and findings of fact. Any party affected by the Secretary’s order shall have the right to petition for review before the Court of First Instance within a term of thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the Secretary’s decision. The review before the Court of First Instance shall not have the effect of suspending the effect of the order.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 13; June 9, 1981, No. 10, p. 91; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 754 - Police assistance

The Secretary or his authorized representatives may call upon the Police of Puerto Rico to aid them in the performance of their duties. The Police of Puerto Rico shall render them all proper assistance when so called upon.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 14; Apr. 24, 1950, No. 91, p. 216, § 1; May 6, 1988, No. 24, p. 96, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 755 - Regulations

The Secretary may make such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 741—756 of this title, including regulations granting exceptions to the prohibitions imposed by § 753 of this title which regulations shall have the force of law.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 756 - Travel permits in quarantine districts

The Secretary may provide by regulation for the issuance of permits authorizing the transportation, consignment, sending, or driving of cattle into a quarantine district.
History —May 15, 1936, No. 106, p. 542, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 757 - Private and municipal dipping tanks

The provisions of §§ 757—764 of this title shall be applicable to cattle, horses, mules and donkeys, for the combating and extinction of the tick plague.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 758 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Owners of 100 head or more

Every owner of cattle to the number of one hundred (100) head or more, in each municipality, shall be bound to construct a tank in which any cattle owned by him, subject to the provisions of §§ 757—764 of this title, shall receive the treatment of immersion bathing.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 759 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Construction of tanks

The Secretary of Agriculture shall furnish gratis plans for the construction of said tanks and the works shall be inspected and approved by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works without compensation for the Department, and the construction work shall be paid for by the owner of the cattle.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 760 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Construction on leased land

If the owner of the cattle subject to the provisions of §§ 757—764 of this title has them on leased lands, he shall have the right to construct on such lands the tank or tanks which he is obliged to so construct in proportion to the number of head of cattle owned by him, and the construction of said tank shall be at the expense of the owner of the cattle pursuant to the provisions of §§ 757—764 of this title.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 4, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 761 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Aid in preparing solution

The Department of Agriculture shall furnish all owners of tanks applying for it the prescription for the components of the tickicide solution, to be applied in the tanks, with detailed explanations for the use thereof, and the inspectors and subinspectors and agricultural agents, as well as any other employees of said department under instructions so to do, shall propagate the advisability of the immersion baths and shall teach the manner of giving such baths.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 5, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 762 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Municipal tanks

It shall be the obligation of each and every municipality to construct at least one tank for the bathing of cattle of such owners as shall own less than one hundred (100) head; Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to assist, in the construction of said tanks, such municipalities of the third class as shall lack resources for the construction thereof. For this purpose the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby appropriated from any surplus in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 6, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 763 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Location of municipal tanks; charges

The tanks shall be constructed at convenient places affording facilities for the access of cattle thereto in relation with the places where such cattle pasture. Municipalities are hereby authorized to charge a rate not exceeding three cents (3¢) per bath for each head of cattle, to provide for the maintenance and care of the said tanks.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter IV - Cattle Tick Fever (§§ 741 — 764) › § 764 - Private and municipal dipping tanks—Penalties

Any violation of the provisions of §§ 757—764 of this title shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of from one ($1) to fifty dollars ($50), or in lieu thereof, for nonpayment, with imprisonment of from one (1) to ten (10) days.
History —June 9, 1921, No. 23, p. 162, § 8, eff. 90 days after June 9, 1921.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 781 - Campaign for eradication

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his representatives for continuing the campaign for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis in the cattle of Puerto Rico, as well as to carry out the campaign for the eradication of contagious abortion (Bang’s disease).
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181 p. 918, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 782 - Indemnity payments

In order to insure the success of the campaign for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis and contagious abortion in the cattle of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to enter into contracts with cattle owners in regard to the payment of indemnity for the cattle suffering from, or which have been or are exposed to, bovine tuberculosis or to contagious abortion, after the infected cattle have been killed.
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181, p. 918, § 2; June 23, 1976, No. 23, p. 751.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 783 - Indemnity Fund for the Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion—Trust Fund

The sum of one hundred and forty thousand dollars ($140,000) is hereby appropriated for the Fiscal Year 1942-43, out of any available funds in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum the Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into a special fund which shall be known as “Indemnity Fund for the Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion—Trust Fund”, which shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture for the payment of the indemnity determined in § 782 of this title, for equipping a laboratory, for paying technical personnel and such field employees as may be necessary in order to carry out a campaign for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis and contagious abortion in the cattle of Puerto Rico, and for all such other expenses as may be necessary.
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181, p. 918, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 784 - Regulations of Secretary of Agriculture; publication

The Secretary of Agriculture is empowered to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis and contagious abortion in the cattle of Puerto Rico, which rules and regulations shall have the force of law after their publication in two newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181, p. 918, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 785 - Regulations of Secretary of Health as to destruction of cattle

In order to make more effective the eradication of tuberculosis and contagious abortion in the cattle of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to prescribe the rules and regulations in connection with the killing of animals that react to the tuberculine and contagious-abortion tests.
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181, p. 918, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 786 - Penalties

Any person who violates the terms of any contract entered into pursuant to § 782 of this title, or who violates any provision of the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense; and for each subsequent violation, by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three months, or by both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
After holding the corresponding administrative hearing giving the person concerned a chance to be heard, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines up to a sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the first time and up to five hundred dollars ($500) for any subsequent violation, when it is found that the provisions of §§ 781—786 of this title or of the regulations promulgated hereunder have not been complied with.
History —May 11, 1942, No. 181, p. 918, § 6; May 1, 1980, No. 29, p. 84.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 787 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Definitions

The words “antigen” and “vaccine” shall, for the purposes of §§ 787—795 of this title, be understood in the sense in which they are defined by the science of bacteriology; by “ Brucella abortus antigen ” shall be understood any bacterial product of an antigen nature prepared for use in the diagnosis of brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion), and by “brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine” shall be understood any bacterial product of a vaccine nature, prepared for use in the immunization of cattle against brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion).
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 788 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Registration of dealers

Any natural or juridical person, importing, manufacturing or dealing in Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine in Puerto Rico, whether or not said person is a vendor thereof, shall register his name or the firm name, with the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 2, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 789 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Report of sales

Any natural or juridical person, importing, manufacturing or dealing in Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine in Puerto Rico, whether or not said person is a vendor thereof, shall, within the first five (5) days of each month, render to the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico a statement showing the sales made during the month in question, and the stocks of Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine on hand at the close of the last day of the preceding month. Said statement shall also include full details regarding the source of such Brucella abortus antigen and/or such brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine and the expiration dates of said products.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 790 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Import declaration

Every importer of Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine shall, on the date said products are received in Puerto Rico, or before, if possible, render to the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico an import declaration.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 791 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Unrestricted sale prohibited

The unrestricted sale of Brucella abortus antigen and brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine in Puerto Rico is hereby prohibited.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 792 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Permits to purchasers

Any natural or juridical person, who wishes to buy Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine in Puerto Rico, shall file his application with the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, and the said Secretary shall issue a permit if in his judgment it is justified.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 6, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 793 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Inspection of factories and books

All employees of the Department of Health or of the Department of Agriculture shall, if authorized by their respective Secretaries, have free access to the factories, pharmacies, warehouses, or depots in which Brucella abortus antigen and/or brucellosis (Bang’s disease or contagious abortion) vaccine is or are stored, and said employees shall also have access to the books, vouchers, and orders showing the receipts and deliveries of said products.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 7, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 794 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Rules and regulations

The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for the enforcement of §§ 787—795 of this title.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 8, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter V - Bovine Tuberculosis and Contagious Abortion (Bang’s Disease) › § 795 - Regulation of antigen and vaccine—Penalties

Any violation of §§ 788—790, 792, 793 of this title, or of any regulation promulgated by the Secretary of Health, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or, in default thereof, by imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than one (1) month. Likewise shall any violation of § 791 of this title hereof be considered a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200), or, in default thereof, by imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than three (3) months. Repetition of the offense shall entail in addition to the above fines, imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 159, p. 378, § 9, eff. 90 days after May 11, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter VI - Fowl and Hatching Eggs (§§ 811 — 815g) › § 815 - Short title

Sections 815—815g of this title may be cited as “Fowl and Hatching Eggs Act”.
History —June 25, 1966, No. 124, p. 383, § 1, eff. 120 days after June 25, 1966.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter VI - Fowl and Hatching Eggs (§§ 811 — 815g) › § 815a - Definition of terms

(a) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Person. — Means any natural or juridical person, his agents, employees or representatives.
(c) Inspector. — Means the official or employee of the Department of Agriculture in charge of enforcing §§ 815—815g of this title and of verifying compliance with the standards and regulations established and promulgated hereunder.
(d) Fowls. — Means any vertebrate animal, oviparous, of pulmonary respiration and warm-blooded, horny beak, body covered with feathers, and with two legs and two wings commonly fitted for flight [sic]. The term includes, but without limitation, all those fowl commonly known as cocks, hens, chickens, turkeys, ducks, fighting cocks, geese, guinea hens, doves, peacocks, pheasants, parakeets, and parrots, of any age and of both sexes.
(e) Hatching eggs. — Means fertile eggs of fowl intended for the reproduction thereof.
(f) Infectious and/or contagious diseases. — Means any disease of an infectious and/or contagious nature, including the following, but without construing the enumeration thereof as a limitation of the number of diseases of fowl that may be considered as infectious and/or contagious diseases:
(1) Bacillary white diarrhea (Pullorum)
(2) Fowl typhoid
(3) Chronic respiratory disease (CRD)
(4) Infectious bronchitis
(5) Avian pneumoencephalitis, Newcastle disease
(6) Infectious coryza
(7) Fowl cholera
(8) Fowl pox
(9) Laryngotracheitis
(10) Avian tuberculosis
(11) Paratyphoid infection of fowl
(12) Fowl erysipelas infection
(13) Psittacosis, ornithosis
(14) Blackhead of turkeys, enterohepatitis of turkeys
(15) Infectious synovitis
(16) Any other disease of an infectious and/or contagious nature that may be discovered.
(g) Marketing. — Means the holding, possession, warehousing, purchase, sale, cession, donation, transportation, or any form of handling of the fowls and hatching eggs covered by §§ 815—815g of this title.
History —June 25, 1966, No. 124, p. 383, § 2, eff. 120 days after June 25, 1966.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 29 - Livestock Disease Control (§§ 641 — 838d) › Subchapter VI - Fowl and Hatching Eggs (§§ 811 — 815g) › § 815b - Prohibitions

The introduction into and the marketing in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of fowls suffering from infectious and/or contagious diseases, and of fowls and hatching eggs that are carriers or spreaders of, or that have been exposed to, infectious and/or contagious diseases, is prohibited.
History —June 25, 1966, No. 124, p. 383, § 3, eff. 120 days after June 25, 1966.