Chapter XII. to amend an Act entitled “An Act to prevent the Spread of foreign Diseases among the Cattle of the United States,” approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five
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CHAP. XII.— An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to prevent the Spread of foreign Diseases among the Cattle of the United States,” approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.March 6, 1866.1866, ch. ii.*Ante*, p. 1.1866, ch. ii.*Ante*, p. 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That an act entitled “An act to prevent the spread of foreign diseases among the cattle of the United States,” approved December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:" *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the importation of neatImportation of neat cattle and hides thereof, prohibited. cattle and the hides of neat cattle from any foreign country into the United States is hereby prohibited: *Provided, however,* That the opera-4THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 13, 15. 1866.tion of this act, or any part thereof, shall be suspended as to any foreignAct suspended whenever, &c. country or countries, or any parts of such country or countries, whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall officially determine, and give public notice thereof, that such importation will not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among the cattle of the United States; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be his duty, to make all necessary orders and regulations to carry this law into effect, or to suspend the same as therein provided, and to send copies thereof to the proper officers in the United States, and to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary.
" Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the UnitedAct may be made inoperative by proclamation of the President, &c. States, whenever in his judgment the importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat cattle may be made without danger of the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious disease among the cattle of the United States, may, by proclamation, declare the provisions of this act to be inoperative, and the same shall be afterwards inoperative and of no effect from and after thirty days from the date of said proclamation.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That any person convicted of a wilfulPenalty for violation of this act. violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Approved, March 6, 1866.