LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY,

Washington, D. C., July 22, 1902.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of State and Territorial laws relating to contagious and infectious diseases of animals which were enacted during the year 1901, and suggest that these be published as Bulletin No. 43 of this Bureau. Heretofore it has been the custom to publish these laws biennially in the report of this Bureau, but they have become so voluminous that they take up much space in that volume which it is deemed can be better utilized for articles of more general interest. While it is important that these laws be published, it is believed that a limited edition in bulletin form will answer all requirements.

Respectfully,

Hon. J. H. BRIGHAM, Acting Secretary.

D. E. SALMON,

Chief of Bureau.

LAWS FOR THE CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS.

ARIZONA.

AN ACT Entitled An act to amend an act to codify and revise the laws with reference to live stock," being act 6, of the nineteenth legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona:

SECTION 1. Amend section 2, eighth line, by striking out Amending law of 1897. the words "twelve hundred" and insert in place thereof "eighteen hundred.”

SEC. 2. Amend section 15, last line, by striking out the word "fifty” and insert in place thereof "one hundred."

SEC. 3. Amend section 37 to read as follows:

Slaughter license, bond, etc. gaged in the slaughter of live stock for sale in this "Any person or persons, firm, or corporation enTerritory, shall slaughter all such animals in a fixed and definite slaughterhouse or slaughter pen, to be kept by such person or persons for that purpose; and before such person, persons, firm, or corporation shall begin, enter upon, or carry on the business of slaughtering any neat or horned cattle, swine, sheep, or goats for sale, or for the sale of meat, or selling or exposing for sale the meat of such animals in the Territory of Arizona, such person, persons, firm, or corporation shall first procure from the live stock sanitary board a license to operate such slaughtering business, and to sell or expose for sale such meat, under the conditions and upon payment of the fees herein provided, and after procuring such license, and before engaging in such business, such person, or persons shall execute upon a blank form furnished by the said board a bond with two or more good and sufficient sureties to the Territory of Arizona in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be approved by the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county in which such business is to be carried on, conditioned that such person, persons, firm, or corporation shall not slaughter or expose for sale any neat animal or the meat thereof without first being the legal and equitable owner thereof, as well in law as in fact, and in case such person, persons, firm, or corporation shall slaughter or sell or expose for sale any neat animal, or the meat thereof as aforesaid, shall pay therefor double the value of any such animal, the same to be recovered by action on the said bond in the name of the true owner of such animal; the amount so recovered shall be paid as follows: Onehalf to the owner of such animal, one-fourth to the inspector or person discovering the wrongful possession or slaughtering of such animal, and the remaining one-fourth to the license and inspection fund herein provided for; and the compliance with all the provisions of this act applying to butchers.

The live stock sanitary board shall grant to each and every applicant therefor, upon the payment of the fees herein provided, a license to slaughter horned and neat cattle, swine, sheep, and goats as may be set forth in such application for the term of one year from the date that such license is granted. If the business is to be carried on within, or within four miles of, any town of more than five thousand inhabitants, the applicant shall pay to the board the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for a license to operate such business of slaughtering, at a fixed and definite slaughtering place; in case the business is to be carried on within, or within four miles of, any town or village of more than three thousand and less than five thousand inhabitants, the applicant shall pay to the board one hundred and twenty dollars ($120) for such slaughtering license; in case the business is to be carried on within, or within four miles of, any town or village of over one thousand and ess than three thousand inhabitants, the applicant shall pay to the board ninety doirars