from any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon itemized vouchers signed and sworn to by him and submitted to the State auditor, who shall draw warrants upon the State treasurer for the amounts found correct, separate vouchers being made for salary and expenses. No person shall be competent under this act to receive the appointment of veterinary surgeon who is not at the date of his appointment a graduate in good standing of a recognized college of veterinary surgeons and of not less than five years' actual practice. He shall hold his office for two years. He may be removed for cause by the governor, who shall also have power to fill the vacancy as herein before provided. The appraisers herein provided for shall each receive three dollars ($3) for each day or part of a day they may be actually employed as such, which shall be paid from the State treasury out of the stock-indemnity fund hereinafter provided, upon vouchers which bear the certificate of the justice who summoned them. The justice of the peace shall receive for his services the fees provided by law for similar services, to be paid out of the county general fund. The veterinarians, physicians, or freeholders called in consultation by the veterinary surgeon shall each receive three dollars ($3) for each day or part of a day they may be actually so employed and five (5) cents per mile mileage for distance necessarily traveled, which sums shall be paid from the State treasury out of the stock-indemnity fund hereinafter provided for, upon vouchers certified to by the veterinary surgeon, and other incidental expenses connected with his work and made his duty by this act, such as causing animals to be slaughtered and their carcasses to be burned or buried, and disinfecting infected premises, shall be paid from the State treasury out of the stock-indemnity fund hereinafter provided for, upon vouchers certified to by him under oath. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall give a bond to the State of South Dakota, with good and sufficient surety, in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), conditioned for the proper discharge of the same. No constructive mileage shall be paid under this act, nor shall the veterinary surgeon receive any mileage.

SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved, February 28, 1901.

TENNESSEE.

AN ACT To create the office of State live-stock inspector, to provide for the appointment of the inspector, fix his salary, define his duties, and provide for the appointment of his deputies.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee:

SECTION 1. That the commissioner of agriculture or Appointment of inspector. secretary of the board or department of agriculture shall appoint, at a salary of $1,500 per annum and his traveling expenses while in discharge of his duties, some competent person, to be known as State live-stock inspector, whose term of office shall be two years from the date of his appointment, or until his successor is elected and qualified: Provided, That said commissioner, or the secretary in conjunction with the members of the said board or department of agriculture, shall have power to remove from office said inspector.

Duties of inspector. shall devote his time exclusively to the protection of the liveSEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said live-stock inspector stock interests of the State, and shall be charged especially with the formulation and enforcement of all rules and regulations for quarantining against or otherwise preventing and for eradicating communicable diseases among domestic animals in the State, as provided for in all the public acts upon this subject.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said live-stock inspector shall Deputy inspectors. be empowered to appoint, for definite periods of time by him designated, and at salaries fixed by him, not to exceed $75 per month each and their actual expenses, itemized and sworn to, three deputy inspectors, one for each grand division of the State: Provided, That the salaries of himself and his deputy inspectors and all expenditures made by him shall not exceed the amount specifically appropriated for this purpose: And provided further, That neither said State live-stock inspector nor any of his deputies shall have any power to expend any other funds of the State, nor to charge the State with any further liability: Provided further, That the appoint

ment of the deputy inspectors shall be approved by the bureau or board of agriculture before they enter upon the discharge of their duties.

Inspector to make quarterly report. live-stock inspector shall make to the comSEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said State missioner of the bureau of agriculture a quarterly report of all moneys received and all disbursements made by him during the preceding quarter, accompanied by the

proper vouchers.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Approved, April 16, 1901.

AN ACT To prevent the spread of communicable diseases among domestic animals in the State of Tennessee, and to provide greater protection to the live-stock industry of the State, and to provide penalties for the violation of this act, and to repeal chapter 424 of the acts of 1829, and to amend chapter 46 of the acts of 1897.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee: SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of the owner Owners must report disease. or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that such animal or animals as aforesaid are afflicted with any communicable disease, to immediately report the fact, belief, or suspicion to the county board of health of the county in which said domestic animal or animals are found.

State officials to cooperate. of the commissioner of agriculture and State liveSEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty stock inspector to cooperate with the officials of the Federal Government, and with those of other States, in establishing interstate quarantine lines, and in enforcing such rules and regulations as shall best protect all live-stock industry of the State against splenetic, or Texas, fever.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county board of Investigation of outbreaks. health of each county, whenever any case or cases of communicable disease among the domestic animals of their county is reported to exist, shall immediately cause the same to be investigated, preferably by a qualified veterinarian, and should such investigation show a reasonable probability that such animal or animals are affected with a communicable disease the said county board of health shall immediately establish such temporary quarantine as may be necessary, in their judgment, to prevent the spread of disease, and shall without delay report all action taken to the State live-stock inspector, and the acts of the said county board of health establishing said temporary quarantine shall have the same force and effect as though established by the commissioner of agriculture and the State live-stock inspector, until such time as they shall take charge of the case or cases, and the county board of health of every county in the State shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as said commissioner of agriculture and the State live-stock inspector may prescribe, having for their object the prevention and restriction of splenetic, or Texas, fever, or any other communicable disease, among domestic animals which may be either threatened or developed in such localities. And all expenses incurred by the county boards of health in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be a county charge, and shall be paid in like manner as other expenses of the county now are.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That any person, firm, Violation of quarantine law. or corporation who shall knowingly import or introduce any cattle or other domestic animal into the State of Tennessee from any district south of the quarantine line, as established, or as may be established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, or Congress, which is affected with splenetic, or Texas, fever, or which bears upon its or their body or bodies fever ticks (Boophilus bovis), or other causes of said diseases, unless such cattle so introduced or imported are immediately slaughtered, or are brought into the State in conformity with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture and State live-stock inspector, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any amount not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or confined in the

county jail for not less than one nor more than three years, in the discretion of the court.

Owners must submit SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That any person who owns or is in possession of live stock reported or suspected to be to investigation. affected with any communicable disease, or with insects which may produce such disease, who shall refuse to allow said county board of health, or anyone acting under its orders, or the State live-stock inspector, or anyone acting under his orders, to examine such stock, or who shall hinder or obstruct any of them in any examination of or in any attempt to examine such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). Owners must confine SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall have in his or her possession any domestic animal affected diseased animals. with any communicable disease or fever tick, knowing such animal to be affected, who shall permit such animal or animals to run at large, or who shall keep such animal or animals where other domestic animals not affected by or previously exposed to such communicable disease, may be exposed to its contagion or infection, or who shall ship, drive, sell, traffic, or give away such animal or animals which have been exposed to such infection or contagion, or who shall move or drive any domestic animal in violation of any direction, rule, regulation, or order of said commissioner of agriculture or live-stock inspector establishing and regulating live-stock quarantine, or the restriction or spread of communicable diseases among domestic animals, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any amount not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each of such exposed or diseased domestic animals which he or she shall permit to run at large, or sell, ship, drive, trade, or give away in violation of the provisions of this act: Provided, That any owner of domestic animals which have been affected with or exposed to any communicable disease may dispose of the same after having obtained from said commissioner of agriculture, or the live-stock inspector, or the State veterinary surgeon, a certificate of health for such animal or animals.

General supervision. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner of agriculture and the State live-stock inspector shall have the general supervision of all communicable diseases among domestic animals within, or that may be in transit through the State, and they are empowered to establish quarantine against any animal or animals thus diseased, whether within or without the State, and may make such rules and regulations against the spread and for the suppression of said disease or diseases as in their judgment may seem necessary and proper; and in the enforcement of such rules and regulations they shall have the power to call on any one or more of the peace officers, whose duty it shall be to give all the assistance in their power.

Quarantine must not be evaded. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs, or otherwise disregards or evades such quarantine as they may declare, or violate any rule or reglation they shall make in attempting to stamp out or restrict the spread of any disease or diseases aforementioned, or who shall resist any peace officer acting under them, or either of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned in the county jail for a period of three months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Owners to report outbreaks. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That in the event of any communicable disease aforesaid breaking out or being reasonably suspected to exist in any locality in this State it shall be the duty of the local health authorities, or persons owning or having any interest whatever in said animals, immediately to notify the said live-stock inspector of the fact, when he shall institute such measures for the restriction or stamping out of such disease or diseases as he may think necessary. Any person or persons specified who shall neglect or refuse to notify said live-stock inspector of the existence of any communicable disease, as aforementioned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convietion shall be fined not more than ten dollars ($10), or confined in the county jail not exceeding two months, or both, at the discretion of the court. Valuation of condemned animals. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That whenever, in the opinion of the State live-stock inspector, the public safety demands the destruction of any animal or animals under the provisions of this act, he shall, before ordering the killing or slaughter

ing of the same, appoint three competent and disinterested freeholders, who shall be affirmed or sworn before proceeding to act, and they shall make a just and true valuation of said animal or animals to be so killed or slaughtered, and in valuing shall consider the health and condition of the animal when killed, and they shall make and deliver a written certificate, setting forth all the essential facts in the case to the lawful owner, who shall present the same for payment to the chairman of the county court of the county in which such animal or animals are so killed or slaughtered, and the same shall constitute a county charge, to be paid as other claims against the county are.

Trading in diseased stock. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons who knowingly shall import or bring into this State any animal or animals affected with pleuropneumonia, rinderpest, glanders, or any other communicable disease, or who shall sell or trade, or offer for sale or trade, any animal or animals so diseased, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months, r both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That the governor of the State, Federal action. with the commissioner of agriculture and the State live-stock inspector, may cooperate with the Government of the United States for carrying out the purposes of this act, and the governor is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for any moneys receivable by this State under the provisions of any act of Congress which may at any time be in force upon this subject, and to pay the same into the State treasury, to be used according to the act of Congress and the provisions of this act as nearly as practicable.

SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That there may be appointed by County inspector. the county board of health of each county in the State a competent person, to be known as county live-stock inspector, and whose appointment shall be ratified or rejected at the first term of the quarterly court following appointment, whose duty i: shall be to look after the detection and suppression of communicable diseases among domestic animals in his county, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the county court of his county and paid out of the county treasury. Veterinary surgeon. SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner of agriculture and the State live-stock inspector may, when they see proper, employ a competent veterinary surgeon, who shall work under their direction and supervision, and whose compensation shall not exceed the appropriation made for him by law, and who may at any time be discharged by said commissioner and inspector.

Act of 1899 repealed. of 1899, entitled "An act to amend an act passed March 24, SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That chapter 424 of the acts 1897, and approved March 26, 1897, entitled 'An act to reorganize the State board of health of the State of Tennessee,'" be and is hereby repealed.

SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That chapter 46 of the acts of Act of 1897 repealed. 1897, entitled "An act to reorganize the State board of health of the State of Tennessee," be and is hereby amended as follows:

First. By striking out of section 1 the words "one representative live-stock breeder actually engaged in the breeding of live stock."

Second. By striking out of section 2 the words "and one representative live-stock breeder."

Third. By striking out of section 4 the words "the term of office of the representative of the live-stock breeders of the State shall be for six years from date of appointment."

Fourth. By abolishing the office of the live-stock breeder on the State board of health.

SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Approved April 20, 1901.

VERMONT.

AN ACT In amendment of section 4815, chapter 203, of Vermont statutes, relating to the appraisal of animals slaughtered by order of the board of agriculture.

It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

SECTION 1. Section 4815, chapter 203, of the Vermont statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4815. The value of all cattle or other domestic animals, killed by the written order of the board of agriculture, shall be appraised by one of said board and a disinterested person selected by the owner of the condemned animals, but if these two can not agree upon the amount of the appraised value of the animal, they shall select a third disinterested person, who, together with them, shall appraise the animal; such appraisal to be made just before killing, and on a basis of health. The limit of the appraisal of cattle shall be forty dollars ($40.) A postmortem examination shall be made, and, if the animal be found affected with bovine tuberculosis or any disease dangerous to the public health, the owner of the animal shall receive one-half the appraised value; but if no bovine tuberculosis or disease dangerous to the public health be found, the owner of the animal shall receive the full amount of the appraisal, and in addition shall receive the slaughtered animal. The amount which the owner is entitled to receive shall be paid by the State to the owner of such animal or animals upon a written order, signed by the member of the board in charge and countersigned by the secretary of said board. No indemnity shall be paid to the owner of condemned cattle or other domestic animals that have not been owned and kept in the State for at least six months previous to the discovery of the disease, unless such animals have been, at time of importation, duly examined under the regulations of the board and pronounced free from disease."

Any person who shall knowingly violate or refuse to comply with any Penalty. regulations made by such board of agriculture, under the authority and provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Approved, November 22, 1900

WASHINGTON.

AN ACT To create the office of sheep inspector and prescribe the duties thereof; to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among sheep; to provide for the collection of damages for the spreading of disease among sheep; and to repeal an act entitled “An act in relation to and to prevent the introduction or spread of disease among sheep, approved February 2, 1888;" and to repeal an act entitled "An act in relation to and [to] prevent the introduction or spread of disease among sheep," approved February 26, 1897, and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: Appointment of sheep inspector. county in this State may, immediately upon SECTION 1. The county commissioners of each this act going into effect, appoint a qualified person as sheep inspector, for and within the boundaries of their counties, who shall hold office until noon on the second Monday in January, 1903, and until his successor is appointed and has qualified as herein provided; any vacancies by resignation, or otherwise, in said office shall be immediately filled by said county commissioners: Provided, however, That the county commissioners of any county may at any time remove said sheep inspector from office and declare the said office vacant, without a hearing or without assigning any cause therefor, for such reasons alone as may cause them to deem it expedient to act in the premises.

SEC. 2. At the regular meeting of the board of county comElection of successor. missioners next prior to the second Monday in January, 1903, said county commissioners may elect a sheep inspector, whose term of office shall begin at noon on the second Monday in January, 1903, and continue for a period of two years, unless sooner removed as hereinbefore provided, and until his successor is elected and has qualified, and said county commissioners shall elect a sheep inspector each two years thereafter at such meeting, who shall from time to time hold office upon the conditions above and herein provided.

Oath and bond.

SEC. 3. The sheep inspector before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall take an oath of office, and enter into a bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the county commissioners, in