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or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine 

 and imprisonment. 



Sect. 8. That it shall be the duty of the several county attor- 

 neys to prosecute all violations of this act, which shall be brought 

 to their notice or knowledge by any person making the complaint 

 under oath ; and the same shall be heard in any supreme judicial 

 court having jurisdiction in the county in which the violation of 

 this act has been committed. 



Sect. 9. That the said commissioners are hereby authorized 

 to appoint or elect one of their number as secretary of said board, 

 who shall receive a reasonable compensation for his services dur- 

 ing the time in which, under the provisions of this act, the ser- 

 vices of the said commissioners shall be required. The said 

 commissioners shall make and preserve a full record of all rules 

 and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this act, of 

 all payments and expenses hereunder incurred, and all other 

 transactions performed by said commissioners in the discharge 

 of their duties as herein provided ; and the said commissioners 

 shall, on or before the first Wednesday in January of each year, 

 during their continuance in service, and at other times as they 

 may deem conducive to the public interests, or as they may be 

 required by the governor of State, report to said governor full 

 and accurate accounts of their expenditures, and other proceed- 

 ings under the provisions of this act, and of the condition of said 

 diseases, if any, in the State, to be communicated by him to the 

 legislature. Whenever the functions of said commission shall 

 be suspended or terminated, it shall turn over to the secretary 

 of state, all its books, papers, records, and other effects, taking 

 his receipt therefor, and he shall remain the custodian of the 

 same until such time as the functions of said commission may 

 be restored. 



Sect. 10. That the commissioners shall have power, and are 

 hereby authorized to employ skilled veterinarians, and such other 

 agents and employes as they may deem necessary to carry into 

 effect the provisions of this act, and to fix the compensation of 

 the person or persons so employed, and to terminate such 

 employment at their discretion ; and they are authorized out of 

 the moneys by this act appropriated, to make such expenditures 

 as may be needed for the actual and necessary traveling expenses 



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