2078 ARTICLE 58.

the provisions of this Section or of Section 26 shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars for each day on which the offense was committed.

1924, ch. 351.

28. It shall be unlawful to import into the State of Maryland any
fluid milk that has not been produced, handled and shipped according to
the same standards and under the same conditions applicable to milk pro-
duced in Maryland under the rules and regulations of the municipalities
into which such milk is shipped. Any person, firm or corporation violating
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of $50 for the first offense,
and $100 for each subsequent offense.

An. Code, sec. 24. 1908, ch. 365, sec. 1. 1916, ch. 337.

29. The importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding pur-
poses into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, excepting when
such cows and neat cattle or accompanied by a certificate from an inspec-
tor, 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.

An. Code, sec. 25. 1908, ch. 365, sec. 2. 1916, ch. 337.

30. In lieu of an inspection certificate, as above required, the cattle
may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to the State line on the rail-
road 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,
tinder such restrictions as may be provided by the State Board of Agricul-
ture, 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.

An. Code, sec. 26. 1908, ch. 365, sec. 3. 1916, ch. 337.

31. 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 necessary
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.

An. Code, sec. 27. 1908, ch. 365, sec. 4. 1916, ch. 337.

32. Any person, firm or corporate body violating the provisions of
Sections 29, 30 or 31, 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 a fine of not