Art. 5 Diseases of Domestic Animals 35 c 



person knowingly bringing a domestic animal suffering with an in- 

 fectious or contagious disease into this state 

 Damage for shall be liable to and shall pay all damages, 

 violation. suffered or caused by the spreading of such 



disease, to the owner or owners of animals to 

 which such disease is imparted by such animal or animals so 

 brought in, as liquidated damages in addition to the penalties to 

 the state of New York, as provided in section fifty-two of the agri- 

 cultural law ; provided, that nothing herein con- 

 Interstate traffic, tained shall be construed to prevent or make 

 unlawful the transportation of such animals 

 through this state on railroads or boats. Any person bringing 

 into the state such animals which are used for breeding, feeding 

 or dairy purposes without taking due precaution to ascertain 

 whether such animals are suffering with such a disease shall be 

 presumed to have brought them in knowingly and in violation of 

 the statute. Under the foregoing provisions of this section, any 

 animals, received from outside the state and distributed under 



the supervision of the United States depart- 

 Due precaution, ment of agriculture or the state department of 

 agriculture and for which a permit or certifi- 

 cate has been issued by either of said departments, shall be deemed 

 to have been handled with due precaution. Whenever any in- 

 fectious or contagious disease affecting domestic animals shall 



exist, be brought into or break out in this 



Prompt action state the commissioner of agriculture shall take 



required. measures to promptly suppress the same, and 



to prevent such disease from spreading. The local boards of 



health shall notify the commissioner of the 

 Boards of health existence of infectious or contagion disease 

 to notify affecting domestic animals in the districts sub- 



commissioner, ject to their jurisdiction. Any person import- 

 ing or bringing into this state neat cattle for dairy or breeding pur- 

 poses shall report immediately upon bringing 

 Cattle entering the such cattle into the state to the commissioner of 

 state to be agriculture in writing, giving a statement of 

 reported. the number of cattle thus brought m, the 



place where they were procured, the lines over which they were 

 brought and their point of destination within the state, stating 

 when thev will arrive at such point of destination, and upon the 

 filing with the commissioner of agriculture at the time of making 



