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432 LIVE STOCK. [ART. LVIII
under such rules and regulations as are or may from time to time be
approved by the State Board of Agriculture; and said Board shall make
its rules and regulations for the production of said milk comply with
all the rules and requirements for the production of certified milk as
may from time to time be approved by the American Association of
Medical Milk Commissioners and the Certified Milk Producers Associa-
tion of America. Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply
with any of the provisions of this Section or of Section 22 shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined
rot less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each day on which the
offense was committed.
1908, ch. 365, sec. 1. 1916. ch. 337.
24. The importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding
purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, excepting
when such cows and neat cattle are accompanied by a certificate from
an inspector, whose competency and reliability are certified to by the
authorities charged with the control of the diseases of domestic animals
in the State from whence the cattle came, certifying that they have
been examined and subjected to the tuberculin test and are free from
disease, and when said certification is satisfactory to the State Board of
Agriculture.
1908, ch. 365, sec. 2. 1916. ch. 337.
25. In lieu of an inspection certificate, as above required, the cattle
may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to the State line on the
railroad over which they are shipped, and then examined at the expense
of the owner; or cattle as above specified from points outside the State,
may, under such restrictions as may be provided by the State Board of
Agriculture, be shipped in quarantine to their destination in Maryland,
there to remain in quarantine until properly examined at the expense
of the owner, and released by the State Board of Agriculture.
1908, ch. 365, sec. 3. 1916. ch. 337.
26. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized and em-
powered to prohibit the importation of domestic animals into the State
of Maryland whenever in their judgment such measures may be neces-
sary for the proper protection of the health of the domestic animals of
the State, and to make and enforce rules and regulations governing
such traffic as may from time to time be required.
1908, ch. 365, sec. 4. 1916, ch. 337
27. Any person, firm or corporate body violating the provisions of
Sections 24, 25 or 26, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall, in the proper Court of the County in which such
cattle are sold, offered for sale, delivered to a purchaser, or in which
such cattle may be detained in transit, for each offense forfeit and pay
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