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 FIFTY-NINTH coiveanss. sms. 1. cH. 3913. 1906. 677 under existing law, shall be examined and labeled under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe, and thelmspall be allowed to be sold in interstate or foreign commerciiz. { a no person, firm, or cor ration, or officer, a ent or em 0 ee P°'”*“>’ °' mtg"] thereof, shall forge, counterfeitlosimulate, or falsely éileprlesent, og sliall gg? °°umdmmg' without proper authority use, fail to use, or detach, or shall knowingly or wrongful y alter, deface, or destroy, or fail to deface or destroy, any of the marks, stamps, tags, labels, or other identification devices provided for in this Act, or in and as directed by the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder by the Secretary of Agriculture, on any carcasses, parts of carcasses, or the food product, or containers thereof, subject to the provisions of this Act, or any certificate in relation thereito, authprkecge or requirgclx by this Act or by the said rules and re ations o the cretary o gricu ture., dlhat the Secretar of Agriculture shall cause to be made a careful ,,,f““}{j;°§;’{,*0Q{““l°· inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats intended and offered " for export to forei countries at such times and places, and in such manner asl he may gaxém p1koper,£S ascertain whether such cattle, sheep, swine, an goats are ree romease. And for this purpose he may appoint inspectors who shall be author- °°"m°"“’“· ized] to give alp official certifleéate c early ptatiiég the condition in which suc cattle, s ee, swine, an oats are oun. And no clearanllze shall be givgen to any vessel having on board cattle, ugmggégwp sheep, swine, or oats for export to a foreign country until the owner mum. or shipper of such cattle, sheep, swine, or goats has a certificate from the inspector herein ahthorize to be ap(pointed, stating that the said cattle, shee, swine, or goats are soun and healthy, or unless the mzeiver <>f¤<=¤¤¤· Secretary of Agriculture shall have waived the requirement of such ` certificate for export to the particular gountry to which such cattle, shee swine or oats are to e exporte . Tllht the éecrgtary of Agriculture shall also cause to be made a emcgggfgwe careful inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, " sheep, swine, and goats, the meat of w ich, fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended and offered for export to angy foreigin country, at such times and places and in such manner as e ma i eem ro r. And for this purposle he nnliy dplpoint inspectors who shall be au· C°’*“*°°*°°· thorized to ive an official certificate stating the condition in which said cattle, jieep, swine, or goats, and the meat thereof, are found. And no clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any m$;g'°é';$gj.,c;$f,“§,°,‘j fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef, mutton, pork, or goat mum. meat, bein the meat of animals killed after the passage of this Act, or except as liereinbefore provided fonexport to and sale in a foreign country from any'p0rt In tl16_UI1lt8d btutestuntll the owner or shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this Act a certificate that the said cattle, sheep, swine, and goats were sound and healthy at the time of inspection, and that their meat ig sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary of Agriculture shall mzflver 0* ¤°¤i°· have waived the requirements of such certificate for the country to which said cattle, sheep. swine, and goats or meats are to  exported. That the inspectors FOV1d6d fOl` 9I’€lH shall be authorized to give csbtgivery of emmofficial certiticates of the sound and wholesome condition of the cattle, ' sheep, swine, and goats, their carcasses and products as herein described, and one copy of every certificate granted under the provisions of this Act shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the cattle, sheep, swine, and oats or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shallgbe delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made.