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CHAPTER 4 - CARE OF ANIMALS IN TRANSIT

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45 USC Secs. 71 to 74 01/06/03

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Secs. 71 to 74. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 1994,

108 Stat. 1379

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Section 71, act June 29, 1906, ch. 3594, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 607,

related to transportation of animals, provided maximum time for

their confinement while in transit, unloading for rest and feeding,

and included special provision for unloading sheep. See section

80502 of Title 49, Transportation.

Section 72, act June 29, 1906, ch. 3594, Sec. 2, 34 Stat. 608,

provided that animals in transit were to be fed and watered by or

at expense of owner and that railroad was to have a lien upon such

animals for food, care, and custody. See section 80502 of Title 49.

Section 73, act June 29, 1906, ch. 3594, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 608,

provided penalty for failure to comply with provisions of sections

71 and 72 of this title with proviso that provisions regarding

unloading of animals would not apply when animals in transit had

proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest. See section

80502 of Title 49.

Section 74, acts June 29, 1906, ch. 3594, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 608;

Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167, provided that

penalty created by section 73 of this title was recoverable by

civil action and that United States attorneys had duty to prosecute

violations of this chapter. See section 80502 of Title 49.

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Act June 29, 1906, ch. 3594, 34 Stat. 607, which enacted this

chapter and which was repealed by Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July

5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379, was popularly known as the "Live Stock

Transportation Act" and also as the "Cruelty to Animals Act",

"Twenty-Eight Hour Law", and "Food and Rest Law".

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Secs. 75, 76. Transferred

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Section 75, acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 521, Sec. 1, 26 Stat. 833; May

28, 1928, ch. 824, 45 Stat. 789, relating to rules as to

accommodations for export animals, was transferred to section 466a

of Title 46, Shipping, and subsequently repealed and reenacted as

section 3901 of Title 46 by Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat.

500. Section 3901 of Title 46 was subsequently repealed by Pub. L.

107-171, title X, Sec. 10418(a)(20), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508.

Section 76, acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 521, Sec. 2, 26 Stat. 833; May

28, 1928, ch. 824, 45 Stat. 790, relating to penalties for rule

violations, was transferred to section 466b of Title 46, and

subsequently repealed and reenacted as section 3902 of Title 46 by

Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 500. Section 3902 of Title

46 was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 107-171, title X, Sec.

10418(a)(20), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 508.

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