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uials. Before the carcass and its parts and piodncts are covered 

 wiUi earth thej shall be covered with lime, to a depth of not less 

 than three inches. Any oilier method of destroying or disposing of 

 carcasses, and of I he parts and i)roducts of carcass, may be prac- 

 ticed that is specilically approved by the State Live Stock Sanitary 

 Board. 



Section 3. If any person owning an animal that dies while it is 

 afrticted with anthrax, black quarter, hog cholera, swin i>lague, 

 rabies or glanders, or any other infectious, contagious, germ or para- 

 sitic disease, that is adjudged by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board 

 to be of a dangerous oi' virulent character, shall, after notification 

 by anyone, neglect within twenty-four hours to destroy or dispose 

 of the carcass and its parts and products in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of section two of this act, the said person shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- 

 ished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars, at the discretion of the court. 



Section 4. When the carcass and products of any animal that died 

 while alllicted with any of the diseases specified in section one of 

 this act, or of any infectious, contagious, germ or parasitic disease, 

 adjudged by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to be of a danger- 

 our or virulent character, is not disposed of or destroyed in one of 

 the ways set forth in section two of this act, and this fact shall be 

 brought to the attention of an agent of the State Live Stock Sani- 

 tary Board, the board of health of the township, borough or city in 

 which the death occurs or in which the carca^ss of the animal may 

 be; or when this fact shall be brought to the attention of any mem- 

 ber of such board of health; or in the event that there is no board of 

 health having jurisdiction, when any township auditor, of a town- 

 ship in which such a carcass may be, is notified of the fact; it shall 

 be the duty of the said agent of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, 

 or member of a board of health, or said board of health, or said town- 

 ship auditor, to at once cause the carcass and its parts and products 

 to be disposed of or destroyed in accordance with the methods pre- 

 scribed in section two of this act. 



The disposal or destruction of the carcass shall be carried out in 

 a way that is as economical as is compatible with efficiency and 

 safety, and a fully itemized bill of the expense incurred shall be 

 drawn up by the agent of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, the 

 board of health, or the board of township auditors, and forwarded as 

 a voucher to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. If the voucher 

 is approved by said board, it shall be paid in the same manner as 

 other expenses of said board are paid: Provided, however. That no 

 charge shall bo paid of more than ten dollars for the destruction of 

 a single carcass of a horse, mule, cow. bull or ox; nor more thnn 



