Chapter 700. To amend section 6 of the Act of May 29, 1884, creating the Bureau of Animal Industry, by striking out the proviso in section 6 of said Act
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CHAP. 700.— An Act To amend section 6 of the Act of May 29, 1884, creating the Bureau of Animal Industry, by striking out the proviso in section 6 of said Act.June 28, 1926.[[H. R. 9833](/us/bill/69/hr/9833).][[Public, No. 436](/us/69/pl/436).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Animal Industry Bureau.Vol. 23, p. 32, amended. That the proviso in section 6 of the Act of May 29, 1884, entitled “An Act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, and so forth,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed so that section 6, as amended, will read as follows:
" Transporting, etc., livestock with contagious, etc., disease, prohibited.“That no railroad company within the United States, or the owners or masters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation or transport from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any livestock affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the 775disease known as pleuropneumonia; nor shall any person, company, or corporation deliver for such transportation to any railroad company, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, any livestock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; nor shall any person, company, or corporationDriving on foot, etc. drive on foot, or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any livestock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as pleuropneumonia”: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Permission until May 1, 1921, of tick-infested cattle for immediate slaughter.
That until May 1, 1928, cattle infested with or exposed to cattle fever ticks may be shipped in interstate commerce for immediate slaughter after one dipping in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. " Sec. 2. That section 6, chapter 839, “An Act providing for thePure food Act.Vol. 26, p.416, amended. inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food and drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes,” approved August 30, 1890, be amended to hereafter read as follows:
" “That the importation of meat, cattle, sheep, and other ruminants,Importing diseased meat, cattie, etc., prohibited. and swine, which are diseased or infected with any disease, or which shall have been exposed to such infection within sixty days next before their importation, is hereby prohibited: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*.Admission from Mexico into Texas, of tick-infested cattle, freed therefrom. Secretary of Agriculture within his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized to permit the admission from Mexico into the State of Texas of cattle which have been infested with or exposed to ticks upon being freed therefrom.
AnyPunishment for violation. person who shall knowingly violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction, be punished by a for not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle used in such unlawfulForfeiture of vessel, etc. importation within the knowledge of the master or owner of such vessel or vehicle that such importation is diseased or has been exposed to infection as herein described, shall be forfeited to the United States.
” " Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act beConflicting laws repealed. and they are hereby expressly repealed. Approved, June 28, 1926.