Chapter 998. Regulating the importation of breeding animals
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CHAP. 998.— An Act Regulating the importation of breeding animals. March 3, 1903.[[Public, No. 148](/us/pl/57/148).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That paragraph four hundred Imported breeding animals. Vol. 30, p. 194, amended. and seventy-three of the Act approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States” (Thirtieth United States Statutes at Large, page one hundred and ninety-four), shall be so amended as to read as follows:
" “473. Any animal imported by a citizen of the United States specially Free admission for sale added. for breeding purposes shall be admitted free, whether intended to be so used by the importer himself or for sale for such purpose: *Provided*, That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred *Provisos*. Pure breed. of a recognized breed, and duly registered in the books of record established for that breed: *And provided further*, That certificate of Certificates required. such record and of the pedigree of such animal shall be produced and submitted to the customs officer, duly authenticated by the proper custodian of such book of record, together with the affidavit of the owner, agent, or importer that such animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree: *And provided further*, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to Secretary of Agriculture to determine. the Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and purebred animals under the provisions of this paragraph.
The Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such additional regulations as may be required for the strict enforcement of this provision. Cattle, horses, Animals straying, etc., may be returned. sheep, or other domestic animals straying across the boundary line 1024 into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purposes only, together with their offspring, may be brought back to the United States within six months free of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Act applicable to animals now imported. the Treasury: *And provided further*, That the provisions of this Act shall apply to all such animals as have been imported and are in quarantine, or otherwise in the custody of custom or other officers of the United States, at the date of the passage of this Act.
” " Approved, March 3, 1903.