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[CITE: 45USC71]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                  CHAPTER 4--CARE OF ANIMALS IN TRANSIT
 
Secs. 71 to 74. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 7(b), July 5, 
        1994, 108 Stat. 1379
        
    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.


                               Short Title

    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chapter and which was repealed by Pub.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''.
