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 732 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 169. 1895. best, in the collection of information concerning live stock, dairy and other animal products, and to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, and other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, includ- Clgjfgfgjkguei *° ing one thousand dollars additional temporary compensation to the “ Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, andtoexpend any part of this m;;s;g*;;§;mj°·· °’ sum in.the purchase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals and the quarantine of the same whenever in his judgment it IS essen tial to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State into another, and for printing and R°P""* publishing such reports relating to animal industry as he may direct; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not· exceeding one thou- I·=b°¥*¤¤Y- sand two hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of {°,,'§P”§‘,g,,,, of 1,,., Animal Industry: Provided, That section two of the Act entitled ·‘An snnutirtm. Act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses V'"' ”"“1°°°‘ and products thereof which are the subiects of interstate commerce, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be amended to read as follows: w{§s'g°°!;m Q; *;g“,}: “SEc. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall also cause to be tgmm. made a careful inspection of all live cattle, the meat of which, c,,,,,§,§,'§f‘}§j’c‘i *” °“’°°· fresh, alted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended for exportation to any foreign country, at such times and places, and in such manner as he may think proper, with a view to ascertain whether said cattle are free from disease, and their meat sound and wholesome, and may appoint inspectors who shall be author- It:¤1>•>·=¤•>¤¤•r¢i¤· ized to give an official certificate clearly stating the condition in which °“m;,.,,,..,.,, such cattle and meat are found, and no clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef being the meat of cattle killed after the passage. of this Act for exportation to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United States until the owner or shipper shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this Act a certificate that said cattle were free from disease and that their meat is sound and wholesome? Also that section four of said Actbe so amended as to read as follows: gazjffxjgeom “Sec. 4. That said examination shall be made in the manner pro- P'vided by rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and after said examination the carcasses and products of all cattle, sheep, and swine found to be free of disease and wholesome, sound, and lit for human food shall be marked, stamped, or labeled for identification as may be provided by said rules and regulations of the _ :;·¤:_l?l_fKf¤:£;¤i§; Secretary of Agriculture. Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, m,simulate, imitate, falsely represent, or use without authority, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, detace, or destroy any of the marks, stamps, or other devices provided for in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, of any such carcasses or their products, or who shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, imitate, falsely represent, or use without authority, or knowingly and wrongtirlly alter, deface, or destroy any certificate or stamp provided in said regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.” “R¤l9¤g xw The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make such merlin rules and regulations as he may decide to be necessary to prevent the transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, of the condemned carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, and swine,` which have been inspected in accordance with hgunishmencmvw- the provisions of this Act. Any person, com pany. or corporation own- °“" ing or operating any such slaughterhouse, abattoir, or meat curing, packing, or canning establishment, or any employee of the same, that shall willfully violate any provision of this Act shaH be deemed guilty