No. 88.

AN ACT

To provide for the prevention of the spread of disease from the carcasses of animals that die of dangerous or virulent diseases, or are killed while afflicted with such disease; to provide for the safe disposal or distruction of such carcasses; to authorize the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to make regulations for the enforcement of this act; and to provide penalties for the violations of this act and of the regulations that may be made under it by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.

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Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That when any domestic animal may die of, or be killed while afflicted with, an infectious, contagious, germ or parasitic disease, adjudged by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to be of a dangerous or virulent character, and in particular when any domestic animal may die or be killed while it is afflicted with any one of the diseases known as anthrax, black quarter, hog cholera, swine plague, rabies or glanders, the owner or owners of such animal shall at once destroy or dispose of the carcass of such animal by one of the methods herein provided. Section 2. The methods of destruction or disposal Destruction or shall be of a kind that will completely destroy or securely sequester the poison, germ. parasite or infective agent of the disease with which the animal was afflicted at the time of death. The following methods of destruction or disposal shall be allowed: Complete burning or cremation of the carcass, and of all of its parts and products. Two. Boiling the carcass and all of its parts and products in water, or heating the same with steam, at the temperature of boiling water, for at least two hours. Three. Burying the carcass and all of its parts and products in a place that is not subject to overflow from ponds or streams, that is distant not less than one hundred feet from any water course, well, spring, public highway or building used as a house or stable, and in the following manner, to wit: The grave shall be of such a depth that when the carcass and the parts and products thereof are placed in it, and the grave is filled with earth and the top is smoothed to the level of the surrounding surface, the uppermost part of the carcass and of its parts and products shall be completely covered; and, further, the grave shall be so protected that the carcass cannot be dug out or exposed by dogs or other animals. Before the carcass and its parts and products are covered with earth they shall be covered with lime, to a depth of not less than three inches. Any other method of destroying or disposing of carcasses, and of the parts and products of carcass, may be practiced that is specifically approved by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.

Neglect to destroy or dispose of carcass.

Misdemeanor.

Fine.

Notice to Board of Health.

Section 3. If any person owning an animal that dies while it is afflicted with anthrax, black quarter. hog cholera, swine plague, rabies or glanders, or any other infectious, contagious, germ or parasitic disease. that is adjudged by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to be of a dangerous or virulent character, shall, after notification by anyone neglect within twenty four hours to destroy or dispose of the carcass and its parts and products in accordance with the provisions of section two of this act, the said person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court.

Section 4. When the carcass and products of any animal that died while afflicted with any of the diseases specified in section one of this act, or of any infectious, contagious, germ or parasitic disease, adjudged by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to be of a dangerous or virulent character, is not disposed of or destroyed in one of the ways set forth in section two of this act, and this fact shall be brought to the attention of an agent of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, the board of health of the township, borough or city in which the death occurs or in which the carcass of the animal may be; or when this fact shall be brought to the attention of any member of such board To township audi- of health; or in the event that there is no board of health having jurisdiction, when any township auditor, of a township in which such a carcass may be, is noti Duty of agent of fied of the fact; it shall be the duty of the said agent

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State Live Stock

Sanitary Board.

Itemized bill of expenses.

Proviso.

of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, or member of a board of health, or said health board, or said township auditor, to at once cause the carcass and its parts and products to be disposed of or destroyed in accordance with the methods prescribed in section two of this act.

The disposal or destruction of the carcass shall be carried out in a way that is as economical as is com patible with efficiency and safety, and a fully itemized bill of the expense incurred shall be drawn up by the agent of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, the board of health, or the board of township auditors, and forwarded as a voucher to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. If the voucher is approved by said board, it shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of said board are paid: Provided, however, That no charge shall be paid of more than ten dollars for the destruction of a single carcass of a horse, mule, cow, bull, or ox; nor more than three dollars for the destruction of a single carcass of a colt, calf, sheep, hog, or dog.

Section 5. The cost of the destruction of the carcass or carcasses, as hereinbefore provided, shall constitute a lien on the property of the owner or owners of the animals at the time of their death; and it shall be the duty of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to attempt to recover, and if possible to recover, by due process of law, from said owner or owners the amounts expended by it for disposing of or destroying the carcasses of their animals, in the enforcement of this act. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901.

WILLIAM A. STONE.

Cost of destruc

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property of

owners.

No. 89.

AN ACT

Relative to adulteration of natural fruit juice, and providing penalties for violations thereof.

or substitutes for fruit juice.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act any person or persons, firm or corporation, who shall knowingly sell, offer or expose for sale, or give away, any compound or preparation composed in whole or in part of any unwholesome, deleterious or poisonous acid, or other unwholesome, deleterious or poisonous substance, as a substitute Adulterations for the pure, unadulterated and unfermented juice of lemons, limes, oranges, currants, grapes, apples, peaches, plums, pears, berries, quinces, or other natural fruits, representing such compound or preparation to be the pure, unadulterated and unfermented juice of any such fruits; or who, in the mixing, decoction of, preparation, of food or drink, shall knowingly use any such compound or preparation in the place of, or as a substitute for, the pure, unadulterated and unfermented juice of one or more of such fruits; shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be pun- Misdemeanor. ished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty Fine and penalty. dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

The agent of the Department of Agriculture, known as the Dairy and Food Commissioner of this State, shall be charged with the enforcement of all the provisions of this act, and shall have the same power to enforce the provisions of this act that is given him to enforce the provisions of the act by which he receives his appointment.

Duty of Dairy missioner.

and Food Com

All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and Repeal, the same are hereby repealed.

Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901.

WILLIAM A. STONE.

Tenth clause of fourth section of act of July 9, 1891, cited for amendment.

Bondsmen.

Suretles.

Section 8 of the act of June 9, 1891, cited for amendment.

No. 90.

AN ACT

Amending the tenth clause of the fourth section and the eighth section of the act, entitled "An act to restrain and regulate the sale of vinous and spiritous, malt or brewed liquors or any admixture thereof by wholesale," approved the ninth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone, authorizing bondsmen from any part of the county, or a security trust or surety company, organized under the laws of this State or any other state of the United States, to execute the bond required, and fixing the amount thereof, and providing for the filing and approval thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the tenth clause of the fourth section of the act, entitled "An act to restrain and regulate the sale of vinous and spirituous, malt or brewed liquors or any admixture thereof by wholesale," approved the ninth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, which reads as follows:

"Tenth. The name of no less than two reputable freeholders of the county where the liquors are to be sold, who will be his, her or their sureties on the bond which is required, and a statement that each of said sureties is a bona fide owner of real estate in the said county worth over and above all incumbrances, the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, and that it would sell for that much at public sale, and that he is not engaged in the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Tenth. The names of no less than two reputable freeholders of the county where the liquors are to be sold, who will be his, her or their sureties on the bond which is required, and a statement that each of said sureties is a bona fide owner of real estate in the said county worth, over and above all incumbrances, the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, and that it would sell for that much at public sale, and that he is not engaged in the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors; or of a security, trust or surety company, organized and existing under the laws of this Commonwealth, or of any other state of the United States of America, duly authorized to do business within the State of Pennsylvania by the Insurance Commissioner thereof.

Section 2. That the eighth section of the said act, which reads as follows:

"Section 8. That the license shall not be issued to any person or persons until he, she or they shall have executed a bond to the Commonwealth and a warrant of attorney to confess judgment, in the penal sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the court granting such li

cense, conditioned for the faithful observance of all the laws of this Commonwealth relating to selling or furnishing of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, and to pay all damages which may be recovered in any action which may be instituted against him, her or them under the provisions of any act of Assembly, and all costs, fines and penalties which may be imposed upon him or her or them under any indictment for violating this act or any other act of Assembly, relating to selling or furnishing liquors as aforesaid, and the said bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the said court for the use and benefit of all persons interested therein," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Commonwealth.

Section 8. That the license shall not be issued to any person or persons until he, she or they shall have executed a bond to the Commonwealth and a warrant Bond to the of attorney to confess judgment, in the penal sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, with two sufficient sureties where the same are individuals, or one sufficient Sureties. surety where the same is a security trust or surety company organized and existing under the laws of this Commonwealth, or under the laws of any other state of the United States of America, duly authorized to do business within the State of Pennsylvania by the Insurance Commissioner thereof, to be approved by the court granting such license, conditioned for the Conditions. faithful observance of all the laws of this Commonwealth relating to selling or furnishing of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, and to pay all damages which may be recov ered in any action which may be instituted against him, her or them under the provisions of any act of Assembly, and all costs, fines and penalties which may be imposed upon him or her or them under any indictment for violating this act or any other act of Assembly relating to selling or furnishing liquors as aforesaid, and the said bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of Filing of bond. the said court for the use and benefit of all persons interested therein.

Section 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901.

WILLIAM A. STONE.

Repeal.