VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRINTING OF THE 

 REPORT OF THE VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



// is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the S/eifc of 

 Vermont: 



Section i. Section two hundred and forty-seven of the 

 Vermont Statutes shall be amended so as to read as follows : 



The Secretary shall prepare on or before the 30th day of 

 June annually, a detailed report of the proceedings of the Board 

 with such suggestions in regard to its duties and the advance- 

 ment of the interests herein specified as may seem pertinent, 

 and he may append thereto such abstracts of the proceedings of 

 the several agricultural societies, and farmers' clubs in the 

 State as may be advisable, and the report of the Vermont 

 Dairymen's Association. The report shall show under separate 

 heads the work of the Board relating to the different subjects 

 herein mentioned. 



SEC. 2. The provision of-section two hundred and fifty- 

 one of Vermont Statutes requiring the printing of a report by 

 the Vermont Dairymen's Association is hereby repealed. 



Approved November 24, 1896. 



CHAPTER 203. 



PRESERVATION OF CATTLE AND SHEEP. 



Section 



4802. Owner of diseased sheep running at 



large liable to penalty and damages. 



4803. Sheep forfeited. 



Pledro-Pneumonia and Other 

 Infectious Diseases. 



4504. Penalty for bringing diseased cattle 



into State. 



4505. Towns may take measures to protect 



themselves. 



4806. Power of selectmen. 



4X07. Penalty for bringing diseased animals 

 into State, or exposing them to 

 others. 



4S08. Selectmen and aide men to make 

 regulations; how enforced. To in- 

 quire and report. 



Board of Agriculture. 



4809. May prohibit introduction of dis- 

 eased animals 



Section 



4810. Penalty. 



4811. To procure and publish information ; 



may compel persons to testify. 



4812. Witnesses' costs. 



4813. May quarantine infected animals. 



Power to make investigations and 

 regulations. Penalties. 



4814. Penalty for offering or selling dis- 



eased animals. 



4815. Value of animals ordered killed, ap- 



praisal and payment of. 



4816. Kxpenses, how paid. 



4817. Commissioners' regulations to take 



precedence. 



4818. Commissioners to keep record and 



report. 



4819. Orders, appointments and notices, 



majority to sign. 



4820. Limitation of prosecutions. 



Section 4802. If sheep are affected with the " hoof ail ' 

 or "foot rot," or with the "scab," the owner or keeper thereof 

 shall restrain them from running at large in the public high- 

 ways or commons, and keep them in an enclosure ; and if he, 

 knowing them to be diseased, knowingly permits them to go at 



