EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 709

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.

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 re-
strictions as may be provided by the State Board of Agricul-
ture, be shipped in quarantine to their destination in Mary-
land, there to remain in quarantine until properly examined
at the expense of the owner, and released by the State Board
of Agriculture.

26. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized
and empowered 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.

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
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or be pun-
ished by imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days, either or
both, at the discretion of the Court. Such person, firm or cor-
porate body shall be liable for the full amount of the damages
that may result from the violation of said Sections.

. 28. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby charged with
the enforcement of Sections 24, 25 and 26, and is authorized
to see that their provisions are obeyed and to make from time
to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary and
proper for their enforcement.

28A. Every person who, by any false pretense, shall obtain
from any club, association, society or company, for improving
the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic ani-
mals, the registration of any animal in the herd register, or