446 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



shall fortliwitli give notice to the selectmen of the town or mayor and alder- 

 men of the city where such cattle may be kept, and for failure so to do, shall 

 be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 

 not exceeding one year.* 



Sect. 10. Any town or city whose officers shall neglect or refuse to carry 

 into effect the provisions of sections one, two, three, tour, five, six and seven, 

 shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each day's neglect. 



(Section 11 relates to appraisals. Section 12 authorizes municipal officers, 

 when necessary, to establish quarantine grounds and buildings.) 



Sect. 13. Whenever such disease shall exist in any town or city in this 

 state, it shall be the duty of the selectmen of such town or mayor and alder- 

 men of such city, forthwith to give notice thereof to the governor and secre- 

 tary of the board of agrieulture ; provided however, that if commissioners 

 shall have been appointed, as hereinafter provided, such notice shall be given 

 forthwith to said commissioners. 



Sect. 14. The governor is hereby autliorized, whenever in his opinion the 

 public good requires, to appoint commissioners who shall have full power to 

 make all necessary regulations, and to issue summary orders relative thereto, 

 for the treatment and extirpation of any contagious disease among cattle, and 

 may direct the selectmen of towns and mayor and aldermen of cities to enforce 

 and carry into eflfect all such regulations as may from time to time be made for 

 that end ; and any such officer or person refusing ®r neglecting to enforce, 

 carry out or comply with any regulation of the commissioners shall be pun- 

 ished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not ex- 

 ceeding one year for every offense. 



Sect. 15. When said commissioners shall make and publish any regula- 

 tions concerning the extirpation or treatment of cattle infected with, or which 

 have been exposed to, the disease known as lung murrain or pleuro pneumonia, 

 or other contagious disease, such regulations shall supersede the regulations 

 made by the selectmen of towns and mayors and aldermen of cities, upon the 

 same subject matter, and the operation of the regulations made by such select- 

 men and mayors and aldermen shall be suspended during the time those made 

 by the commissioners, as aferesaid, shall be in force. And said selectmen and 

 mayors and aldermen shall carry out and enforce all orders and directions of 

 said commissioners to them directed as they shall from time to time issue. 



Sect. 16. All losses and damages sustained in consequence of the execu- 

 tion of the orders of said commissioners, shall be appraised as provided in the 

 third section of this act, and paid as provided in the first section, and such 

 necessary expenses as may be incurred by reason of said orders shall be paid 

 in the same manner. 



(Section 17 directs commissioners to keep record of doings and to report, 

 etc. Section 18 authorizes the governor to terminate the commission at his 

 discretion.) 



* Tho Foot and Mouth diseaso not being usually " fatal," this penalty may not attach 

 if notice be not given; but it would be well for owners of sick cattle to conform to the 

 requirement. 



