2 CATTLE commissioners' REPORT. 



Sect. 5. That any person who is the owner of or wlio is possessed of 

 any interest in any animals affecterl with any of the diseases named in 

 section two of this act, or any person wlio as ajjent, common carrier, 

 consignee or otherwise, is eharo^ed wirli any duty in regard to any animal 

 so diseased, or exposed to tlie contagion of sncn disease, or finy officer or 

 agent charged with any duties under the provisions of tliis act, who shall 

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

 of such exposure to said contagion, or who sluiU l<nowingty and wilfully 

 fail, within a reasonable time, to report to the said Commissioners, their 

 knowledge or their information in regard to tiie 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. 7. That no person or persons owning or operating any railroad, 

 nor the owner or owners, or masters of any steam, sailing or other ves- 

 sels within the State, shall receive for tran-^portation or transport from 

 one part of the State to another part of the State, or to bring from any 

 other State or foreign country affected with any of the disease* named in 

 section two of this act, or that have been exposed to such diseases, es- 

 pecially the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such cattle no be 

 aflfected or to have been so exposed; nor shs^ll any person or persons, 

 company or corporation, deliver for such transportation to any railroad 

 company, or to the master or owner of any vessel, any cattle, knowing 

 them to be affected with or to have been exposed to any of the said dis- 

 eases; nor shall anj' person or persons, company or corporation, drive on 

 foot or transport in privaC'3 conveyance, from one State to another part of 

 the State, any cattle, knowing the same to be affected with or to h;ive 

 been exposed to any of said diseases. 



Anj' person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 

 punished hj tine not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, or by 

 imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprison- 

 ment. 



Whenever the Commissioners shall inspect and condemn an animal as 

 diseased, they will cause the appra.sal of the animals affected with, or 

 that have been exposed to said diseases, and the same shall be destroyed 

 and paid for as provided in section 10, out of the moneys appropriated 

 by this act, upon requisition made by the Commissioners or a majority of 

 their board. Whenever the Commissioners shall decide animals to be 

 diseased, or to have been exposed to contagion, and the owner refuses to 

 accept the sum authorized to be paid under the appraisement provided 

 for in this act, the Commissioners will declare and maintain a rigid quar- 

 antine of such animals at the expense of the owner, and also of the 

 premises or places where such cattle may be found. All notices of dis- 

 eases among cattle provided for in this act shall be made directly to the 

 veterinary inspector of this board, who will by himself or some other 

 member of the b jard, give the same immediate attention. 



