Governor may prohibit importation. good reasons to believe that any disease SEC. 8. That whenever the governor has has become epidemic in another State or Territory, and that the importation of animals from such State or Territory would be prejudicial to the health of the domestic animals of this State, he must, by proclamation, designate such locality or localities and prohibit the importation therefrom of any live stock of the kind diseased, except under such rules and regulations as the State veterinarian shall prescribe. Owners to report disease. SEC. 9. That any person knowing or suspecting a dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease to exist among live stock shall report the same to the local health officer, who shall, within twentyfour hours, report the same to the State veterinarian. The State veterinarian or his agent shall visit the locality and make an examination of the suspected stock and prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary: Provided, That an owner of an animal or animals affected with a dangerous or contagious disease shall report the same within forty-eight hours after knowing such to exist. SEC. 10. The State veterinarian shall, as far as possible, Inspection of dairies, etc. investigate such diseases of animals as are communicable to man, and such conditions of dairies as the State board of health may request. General penalty. SEC. 11. Any person or persons, any company or corporation, wilfully violating any of the provisions of this act, or any regulation or order of the State veterinarian or agent appointed by him shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 12. That the State veterinarian is hereby empowAssistance and supplies. ered to appoint and employ such assistants or agents, and to purchase supplies and materials as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act: Provided, That the sum expended for supplies and materials shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) in any one year. That the State veterinarian or his duly appointed agents are empowered to administer oaths or affirmations, that they may make such examinations into the conditions of the live stock of the State in relation to contagious and infectious diseases, including milk supplies of cities, towns, and villages, as may seem necessary, and to take proper measures to protect such milk supplies from contamination. The decision of the State veterinarian in all matters pertaining to diseases of domestic animals and his orders as to their disposition shall be final. He may call upon any peace officer for assistance in the discharge of his duties, and such peace officer shall give assistance. To publish rules and regulations. from time to time, publish the rules and SEC. 13. That the State veterinarian shall, regulations pertaining to the control and suppression of dangerous, contagious, and infectious diseases of domestic animals, and such regulations shall have the force and effect of laws of the State of Indiana. He shall make an annual report to the governor of all work done and a statement of expenditures. SEC. 14. That the governor, auditor of state, and treasurer Salaries and accounts. of state shall constitute a committee to determine the salary of the State veterinarian and to audit his accounts, and upon the certification by the governor to the auditor of State the amount due the State veterinarian and assistants for salary and expenses the auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer for said amount in favor of the State veterinarian and assistants, respectively, payable out of the funds hereinafter appropriated; and upon further certification by the governor to the auditor of State of the amount due any person for an animal or animals condemned or property destroyed, the auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer for the amount so certified, payable out of the funds hereinafter appropriated: Provided, That said committee shall not receive additional compensation for said work: And further provided, That the salary of the State veterinarian shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) and necessary traveling expenses in one year, and that not more than eight hundred dollars ($800) shall be allowed for assistants. Appropriation. SEC. 15. That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) is hereby appropriated annually for carrying out the provisions of this act. Law of 1889 repealed. stock sanitary commission and a State veterinarian, and SEC. 16. That an act entitled "An act to provide for a liveto prescribe their powers and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and 4901-No. 43-02-3 infectious diseases among the live stock of the State, and to declare an emergency," approved March 9, 1889, and all other laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, March 6, 1901. KANSAS. AN ACT Supplementary to and amendatory of chapter 139 and chapter 142 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, and to repeal sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14, and amend sections 15 and 16 of said chapter 139 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, and to amend sections 2, 13, 14, and 19 of chapter 142 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, and to enlarge the powers and duties of the live-stock sanitary commission, to provide for the inspection of cattle and fix fees therefor, to provide for the appointment of live-stock inspectors and clerk by the live-stock sanitary commission, and fix compensation of persons so appointed, and to provide punishment for the violation of the provisions hereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14 of chapter 139 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, be and the same are hereby repealed. Quarantine regulations. as follows: SEC. 2. That section 15 of chapter 139 of General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, be and hereby is amended to read "SEC. 15. Whenever the live-stock sanitary commission shall determine that certain cattle or other animals within the State are capable of communicating or liable to impart Texas, splenic, or Spanish, fever, or any other infectious or contagious disease, they shall issue their order to the sheriff or any constable of the county in which such cattle or other animals are found, commanding him to take and keep such cattle or other animals in his custody, subject to such quarantine regulations as they may prescribe, until such time as shall be prescribed by the commission, on which date they shall direct such officer to deliver said cattle or other animals to their owner or owners or his or their agent. "Before any cattle or other animals shall be delivered as Costs of quarantine. aforesaid there shall be paid to said live-stock sanitary commission all costs and expenses of taking and detaining and holding said cattle or other animals; and in case such costs and expenses are not so paid at the time fixed by said commission, the said officer shall advertise, in the same manner as is by law provided in cases of sale of personal property on execution, that he will sell such cattle or other animals, or such portion thereof as may be necessary to pay such costs and expenses, together with the costs and expenses of such sale; and at the time and place so advertised he shall proceed to sell as many of said cattle or other animals as may be necessary to pay for such costs and expenses and the expenses of such sale, and shall forthwith pay over to the live-stock sanitary commission any amount so received in excess of the legal fees and expenses of such officer; and any officer performing any of the duties enjoined in this section or any other section of this act shall receive the same compensation therefor as is prescribed by law for similar services, and in case such fees can not be collected by the sale of such stock they shall be paid by the county in which such stock was held." SEC. 3. That section 16 of chapter 139 of the General Shipping diseased cattle. Duties of secretary of commission. SEC. 4. That section 2 of chapter 142 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall elect one of their members chairman, one of their members secretary, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to make and keep a record of all of the official acts and proceedings of the commission and its members and report the same to the governor annually, and oftener, if required, for publication. Such annual report shall include an itemized statement of the expenditures and disposition of all funds coming into the possession of the commission, and of the amount of compensation received by said commission, and all expenses incurred by said commission in the performance of their duties, and a statement of all animals directed to be killed, together with the appraised value thereof; and for such purposes the commission may appoint and employ one clerk, at a salary not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) per annum." Owners to report disease. amended to read as follows: SEC. 5. That section 13 of chapter 142 of the General SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals, who discovers, supposes, or has reason to believe that any domestic animal owned by him or in his charge or keeping is affected with Texas, splenic, or Spanish, fever, or any other contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief, or supposition to the live-stock sanitary commission or some member thereof and to the sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is kept or found; and it shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of any person to report the same at once to the Sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animals are kept or found.” Duties of sheriff. SEC. 6. That section 14 of chapter 142 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: **SEC. 14. The sheriff to whom the existence of any Texas, splenic, or Spanish, fever or any other contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals is reported shall forthwith proceed to the place where such domestic animal is and examine the same, and forthwith report the result of such examination to the live-stock sanitary commission or any member thereof, and said sheriff shall prescribe such temporary quarantine regulations as will prevent the spread of the disease, contagion, or infection until the live-stock sanitary commission can provide and order suitable quarantine rules and regulations; and any such sheriff who shall take or detain such cattle or other live stock under the provisions of this act shall not be liable to the owner or owners of such cattle or other live stock for any damages by reason of such taking or detention, or by reason of the performance of any other duties enjoined by law." SEC. 7. That section 19, chapter 142, of the General Statutes of Owners liable. Kansas, 1897, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 19. Any person who shall have in his possession any domestic animals affected with any contagious or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, or after having received notice that such animal is so affected, who shall permit such animal to run at large or who shall keep such animal where other domestic animals not affected with or previously exposed to such disease, contagion, or infection, or who shall sell, ship, drive, trade, or give away such diseased and infected animal or animals which have been exposed to such infection and contagion, or who shall move or drive any domestic animal in violation of rules, regulation, direction, or order establishing and regulating quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each of such diseased or exposed domestic animals which he shall permit to run at large or keep, or sell, ship, drive, or trade, or give away in violation of the provisions of this act: Provided, That any owner of any domestic animal which has been affected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease may dispose of the same after they [he] obtain[s] from the live-stock sanitary commission a bill of health for such animal." SEC. 8. All cattle being at or brought from any point south Cattle carrying ticks. of the south line of the State of Kansas, and carrying Eoophilus boris, or Southern ticks, are deemed to be infected with and capable of communicating Texas, splenic, or Spanish, fever, and such cattle shall not be shipped or transported into the State of Kansas except for immediate slaughter, and then only under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the live-stock sanitary commission. Southern cattle to be inspected. SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring, drive, or transport any cattle into any county of the State of Kansas, except for immediate slaughter, as provided in the preceding section, from any point south of the south line of Kansas, without having first caused such animal or animals to be inspected and passed under certificate of health by the live-stock sanitary commission of this State, or some inspector thereof; and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars.($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 10. The live-stock sanitary commission is hereby authorInspection stations. ized and empowered to establish stations along the south line of the State of Kansas for the inspection and admission of cattle into the State, as may be necessary to afford reasonable convenience for the inspection and admission of such cattle as are healthy and, being free from infection and contagion, may be entitled to admission under the laws of Kansas; and such commission shall appoint competent inspectors, and station them at such points and places as the commission may deem necessary for the accommodation of the business interests and protection of the live stock in the State of Kansas, by the prompt and thorough inspection of cattle brought into this State: Provided, That the number of inspectors so appointed shall not at any time exceed seven. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of such inspectors so appointed Duties of inspectors. by the live-stock sanitary commission to promptly examine and inspect all cattle presented for admission into this State from any point south of the south line of the State of Kansas, and if, upon such inspection, the same shall be found free from any infection or contagion, and clean of and not carry any Boophilus bovis, or Southern ticks, he shall make out and deliver to the owner or person in charge of said cattle a certificate that the same have been inspected and found to be healthy and free from infection and contagion. SEC. 12. Any owner or owners of cattle required to be inspected Inspection fees. under the provisions of the preceding section shall not be entitled to have such inspection made until he shall have paid or tendered to the live-stock sanitary commission, or some member thereof, or some person appointed and authorized to make inspection for said commission, an inspection fee of two (2) cents for each head so to be inspected, which fee, when collected by the commission, commissioner, or inspector, as aforesaid, shall be paid into the State treasury of the State of Kansas, and become a fund for the payment of salaries of such inspection: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to shipments made to points not within the State of Kansas, nor to points within the State of Kansas, if such shipments are for immediate slaughter. SEC. 13. The inspectors herein before provided shall receive Salary of inspectors. as full compensation for their services the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per month, to be paid out of the funds in the State treasury derived from the fees collected as provided in the last preceding section; but if from any cause said fund shall at any time be insufficient to pay such salaries, then the same shall be paid as the salaries of other State officers. SEC. 14. That sections 15 and 16, of chapter 139 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, and sections 2, 13, 14, and 19, of chapter 142 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 15. This act to take effect and be enforced from and after its publication in the official State paper. Approved February 28, 1901. Published in official State paper March 15, 1901. MASSACHUSETTS. AN ACT Relative to infectious diseases among domestic animals. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Law of 1899 amended. Section eight of chapter four hundred and eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine 18 hereby amended by inserting after the word "killed," in the twenty-sixth line, the words: "or if such animal has been inspected and proof satisfactory to said board has been furnished to it, by certificate or otherwise, of the freedom of such animal from disease," so as to read as follows: SEC. 8. When the board of cattle commissioners or any of Animals condemned. its members or agents, by examination of a case of contagious disease among domestic animals, is convinced that the public good requires it, the board, commissioner, or agent shall cause such animal or animals to be securely isolated, or shall cause it or them to be killed without appraisal or payment. Such order for killing shall be issued in writing by the board or any of its members, and may be directed to an inspector or other person, and shall contain such direction as to the examination and disposal of the carcass, and the cleansing and disinfecting of the premises where such animal was condemned, as the board or commissioner shall deem expedient. "A reasonable sum may be paid out of the treasury of the Payment to owner. Commonwealth for the expense of such killing and burial. If it shall subsequently appear, upon postmortem examination or otherwise, that such animal was free from the disease for which it was condemned, a reasonable sum therefor shall be paid to the owner by the Commonwealth. Whenever any cattle condemned as afflicted with the disease of tuberculosis are killed under the provisions of this section, the full value thereof at the time of condemnation, not exceeding the sum of forty dollars ($40) for any one animal, shall be paid to the owner out of the treasury of the Commonwealth if such animal has been owned within the State six months continuously prior to its being killed, or if such animal has been inspected and proof satisfactory to said board has been furnished to it, by certificate or otherwise, of the freedom of such animal from disease: Provided, however, That such person shall not have, prior thereto, in the judgment of the board, by willful act or neglect, contributed to the spread of tuberculosis; but such decision on the part of the commissioners shall not deprive the owner of the right of arbitration as hereinafter provided." Approved April 4, 1901. MINNESOTA. AN ACT To amend chapter 233 of the the General Laws of 1897 entitled “An act to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in this State. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Regulations for quarantine, etc. dred and thirty-three of the General Laws of SECTION 1. That section one of chapter two hunthe State of Minnesota for the year 1897, entitled "An act to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in this State," be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. Authority is hereby given to the State board of health, and to the several local boards of health of the towns, villages, and cities of this State, to take all steps they may severally deem necessary to control, suppress, and eradicate any and all contagious and infectious diseases among any of the domestic animals in this State, and to that end said board are hereby severally empowered, within their respective jurisdictions, to quarantine any domestic animal which is infected with any such disease, or which has been exposed to infection therefrom; to kill any animal so infected, and whenever deemed necessary by the State board of health, to kill any animal which has been exposed to the infection of any such disease; to regulate or prohibit the arrival in or departure from this State, and the towns, villages, and cities thereof, of any such exposed or infected animal, and, at the cost of the owner thereof, to detain any domestic animal found in violation of any such regulation or prohibition; to adopt all such rules and regulations as may be by such several boards deemed necessary or expedient to enforce the authority hereby given; and said State board of health is hereby expressly given authority to regulate or prohibit the shipment into this State of any domestic animal which, in the judgment of said board, may endanger the public health: Provided, That no board of health shall by any rule or regulation thereof prohibit the sale, disposal, or removal of any domestic animal by any person or persons, or from any place, when said animal has no contagious disease, or has not been exposed to any contagious disease, and that the fact that animals are upon the same premises with others having a contagious disease shall not of itself be construed as evidence of exposure to such contagious disease as is had by said other animals.' SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. |