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any duties under the provisions of this act, who shall knowingly 

 conceal the existence of such contagious disease, or the fact of 

 such exposure to said contagion, and who shall knowingly and 

 wilfully fail, within a reasonable time, to report to the said com- 

 missioners their knowledge or their information in regard to the 

 existence and location of said disease, or of such exposure 

 thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 

 punishable as provided in section four of this act. 



Sect. 6. That when the owner of animals, decided under the 

 provisions of this act, by the proper authority, to be diseased, or 

 to have been exposed to contagion, refuses to accept the sum 

 authorized to be paid under the appraisement provided for in this 

 act, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to declare and main- 

 tain a rigid quarantine as to the animals decided, as aforesaid, 

 to be diseased or to have been exposed to any contagious or 

 infectious disease, and of the premises or places where said cattle 

 may be found, according to the rules and regulations to be pre- 

 scribed by said commissioners, approved by the governor, and 

 published as provided in the third section of this act. 



Sect. 7. That no person or persons owning or operating any 

 railroad, nor the owner or owners, or masters, of any steam, sail- 

 ing, or other vessels, within the State, shall receive for transporta- 

 tion, or transport from one part of the State to another part of the 

 State, or bring from any other state or foreign country any ani- 

 mals affected with any of the diseases named in section two of 

 this act, or that have been exposed to such diseases, especially 

 the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such animals to be 

 affected, or to have been so exposed ; nor shall any person or per- 

 sons, company or corporation, deliver for such transportation 

 to any railroad company, or to the master or owner of any vessel, 

 any animals, knowing them to be affected with, or to have been 

 exposed to, any of said diseases ; nor shall any person or persons, 

 company or corporation, drive on foot, or transport in private 

 conveyance, from one part of the State to another part of the 

 State, any animal, knowing the same to be affected with, or to 

 have been exposed to, any of said diseases. Any person or per- 

 sons violating the provisions of this section, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 punished by fine not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, 



