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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II. CH. 497 . 1930 .

689 (b) PENALTY ON GOVERNMENT 0111-1CERS .-Any officer, agent, or SPE rr nr, PROVISIONS . employee of the Government of the United States who shall know- tions~by ' Gov ern men t ingly aid or abet any person engaged in any violation of any of the offic ers,a misdem eanor . provisions of law prohibiting importing, advertising, dealing in, exhibiting, or sending or receiving by mail obscene or indecent publi- cations or representations, or books, pamphlets, papers, writings, a dvert iseme nts, circ ulars , pr ints, pict ures , or drawi ngs conta ining any matter advocating or urging treason or insurrection against the United States, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States, or containing any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United States, or means for preventing con- c eptio n or proc uring abor tion , or other art icles of i ndec ent o r imm oral use or tendency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall Pnnshment for. for every offense be punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both . SEC . 306 . CATTLE, SHEEP, SWINE, AND MEATS-IMPORTATION Cattle, etc . PRO HIB ITE D IN CE RTA IN CASES. (a) RINDERPEST AND FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE .-If the Secretary Rinderpest and foot- of Agriculture determines that rinderpest or foot-and-mouth disease and-mouth disease. e xists in a ny f oreig n cou ntry , he shall off icial ly no tify the Secre tary Importations pro - hibited from co untry of the Treasury and give public notice thereof, and thereafter, and where, etc ., exists, until until the Secretary of Agriculture gives notice in a similar manner notice of nonexistence . that such disease no longer exists in such foreign country, the impor- tation into the United States of cattle, sheep, or other domestic ruminants, or swine, or of fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb, or pork, from such foreign country, is prohibited . (b) MEATS UNFIT FOR HUMAN FOOD .-No meat of any kind shall fooddeats for human be importe d into th e United States unless s uch meat is healt hful, w hol eso me, and fit for hu man fo od and co nta ins no dy e, che mic al, unless Adm ission refused, p reservat ive, or ingredien t which renders such meat unhealt hful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food, and unless such meat also complies with the rules and reg ula tio ns made by the Sec ret ary of Agriculture. All imported meats shall, after entry into the United pu eef inspection oa be States in compliance with su ch rules and regulations, be deemed complied with . and treated as domestic meats within the meaning of and subject to the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes Vol- 34,pp.674,768. at Large, page 674), commonly called the " Meat Ins pecti on Ame nd- U.S. O.,pp.621,631. ment," and the Act of June 30, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at L arge, page 768), commonly called the " Food and Drugs Act," and Acts amendatory of, supplementary to, or in substitution for such Acts . (c) REGuIATIoNs.-The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to reRegofi ns by Se c- make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, aut horiz ed . and in such rules and regulations the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and conditions for the destruction of all cattle, Sheep and oth er dom est ic ruminants, and swi ne, and of all mea ts, of, Destruction >

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f of, refus ed ad missio n . offered for entry and refused admission into the United States, unless such cattle, sheep, domestic ruminants, swine, or meats be exported by the consignee within the time fixed therefor in such rules and regulations . SEC. 307 . CONVICT MADE GOODS-IMPORTATION PROHIBITED .

Convict made goods, etc . All goods, war es, articles, and mer cha ndi se min ed, pr odu ced or hi b~ted, incl uding that man ufa ctu red wholly or in part in any foreign co unt ry by con vic t by forced labor. labor or/an d for ced la bor or /and indent ured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importat ion there of is he reby pro hibited, 57894•-31-44