No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 65 



COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



STATE LIVB STOCK SANITARY BOARD. 



1901. 



PRESIDENT. 

 Hon. William A. Stone, Governor. 



VICE PRESIDENT. 

 Hon. Jesse K. Cope, Dairy and Food Commissioner. 



TREASURER. 

 Prof. John Hamilton, Secretary of Agriculture. 



SECRETARY. 

 Dr. Leonard Pearson, State Veterinarian. 



AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY 



BOARD. 



AN ACT 



To establisli the State Live Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsylvania, 

 and to provide for the control and suppression of dangerous, con- 

 tagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.. That a Board is hereby established 

 to be known as "The State Live Stock Sanitary Board." This Board 

 shall consist of the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, the State Dairy and Food Commissioner and the State 

 Veterinarian, w^ho shall be a competent and qualified person as pro- 

 vided in the act, entitled "An act to create a Department of Agricul- 

 ture and define its duties." 



Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the State Live Stock Sani- 

 tary Board to protect the health of the domestic animals of the State, 



