172 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ARTICLE LVIII.

LIVE STOCK.

CHAPTER 365.

AN ACT to protect the health of the domestic animals of the
State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the importation of dairy cows and meat cattle for
breeding purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby pro-
hibited, excepting when such cows and meat cattle are accom-
panied 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.

SEC. 2. That in lieu of an inspection certificate, as above
required, the cattle may be detained at suitable stock yards
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 Live
Stock Sanitary Board, be shipped in quarantine to their des-
tination in Maryland, there to remain in quarantine until prop-
erly examined at the expense of the owner, and released by the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board.

SEC. 3. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby
authorized and empowered to prohibit the importation of do-
mestic animals into the State of Maryland whenever in their
judgment such measures may be necessary for the proper pro-
tection 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.

SEC. 4. That any person, firm or corporate body violating
the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, 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 tran-
sit, for each offense forfeit and pay a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars, or be punished by imprisonment for not ex-
ceeding thirty days, either or both, at the discretion of the
court. Such person, firm or corporate body shall be liable for
the full amount of the damages that may result from the viola-
tion of this Act.