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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178. 1918. 977 quarantine districts, to permit and regulate the movement of cattle and other live stock therefrom, and for other purposes; and for car- }.’§§é§,‘{» 1§·§¥’,;, hm out the provisions of the Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen law. Y hun red and six, entitled "An Act to prevent cruelty to animals prhile in transit byl railroad or otherhmepns of trans(portatip1n;" and V 137 or carryin out the provisions 0 the ct a rove Marc fourth °.· ·P,·,,?m,,·, nineteen higrndred and thirteen, regulating Ellie preparation, sale: Amml Bm barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products manufactured in the nited States, and the importation of such roducts intended for use in the treatment of domestic _ animals; andp to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and ,,§,°‘},‘§Q‘”‘ ‘“‘°"“‘“‘ disseminate information concerning live stock, dairy, and other ani- ' mal products; to prepare and disseminate reports on animal industry; to employ and paggrom the appropriation herein made as many per- E“‘P'°’°"“· sons in the city of ashington or elsewhere as he may deem necessary; _ to purchase in the open market samples of all tuberculin, serums, °,,Q*:‘§Q§‘;‘}“°· °"“‘““· antitoxins, or analtgustproducts, of foreign or domestic manufacture, , which are sold in e nited States, for the detection, prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to disseminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best; to purchase and destroy diseased or exposed animals or ,,§,‘f"§§,,“f’°·°, ,g,"j?',§,‘g qlparantine the same whenever in his judgment essential to prevent ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- - t e spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State to another, as follows: md For inspection and quarantine work, includi.r§ all necessary ex- s¤If££°°•¤ii»°f. qu" penses for the eradication of scabies in shepzp an cattle, the insripction of southern cattle, the supervision of e transportation of `ve stock and the inspection of vessels, the execution of the twenty- eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of imported amma, _ including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings thereon; the inspection work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, and the mallein testing of animals, $503,662; Tu, I , , mi For investigating the disease of tuberculosis of animals, for its mis. _ _ ° ` control and eradication, for the tuberculin testing of animals, and ,,§{"’§%§,‘§§,,§°’$f‘ for researches concerning the cause of the disease, its modes of spread, <>f- ’ ' and methods of treatment and prevention including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and such other means as may be necessary, either independently or in cooperation with farmers, asso- ,,,,,,,,,,_ ciations, State or county authorities, $500,000: Provwlied, however, ,°R•¤·¤, bmwmagmngy That in carrying out the purpose of this applropriation, if in the opin- sti. y ’ ion of the Secretariy of Agriculture, it sha be necemary to destroy tuberculous anima s and to compensate owners for loss thereof, he may, in his discretion, expend in the city of Washington or elsewhere out of the moneys of this appropriation, such sums as he shall determine to be necessary for the reimbursement of owners of amrrials so destroyed, in cooperation with such States, counties, or municiplali- €,f°Qg;”m;;Q,*}°'S¤°¤» ties, as shall by law or by suitable action in keeping with its author- " ity in the matter, and by rules and regulations adopted and enforced in pursuance thereof, provide inspection of tuberculous annuals and for compensation to owners of animals so destroyed, but no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of such animals except in cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, county, or municipa `ty where destruction of such animals shall take place; nor shall any payment be mgm, °° P"` made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal destroyed if at the time of inspection or test of such ammal or at the time of destruction thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation, to which it has been sold, shipped, 112460°—v0L 4-0—PT 1-62