﻿890 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  and 
  appraise 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided, 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  same 
  

   to 
  be 
  killed 
  and 
  the 
  carcasses 
  disposed 
  of 
  as, 
  in 
  their 
  judgment, 
  will 
  

   best 
  protect 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals 
  of 
  the 
  localities. 
  

   When, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  anv 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  are 
  infected 
  with 
  tuberculosis 
  the 
  commission 
  shall 
  have 
  

   the 
  power 
  to 
  instruct 
  and 
  authorize 
  the 
  State 
  veterinarian 
  to 
  apply 
  

   to 
  such 
  animals 
  as 
  are 
  suspected 
  of 
  having 
  tuberculosis 
  the 
  ' 
  tuber- 
  

   culin 
  ' 
  test." 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  p. 
  60.) 
  

  

  Sec. 
  1. 
  " 
  That 
  from 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   lawful 
  for 
  any 
  express 
  company, 
  otherwise 
  authorized 
  by 
  law 
  to 
  

   transact 
  express 
  business 
  within 
  the 
  State, 
  to 
  transport 
  sheep, 
  not 
  

   to 
  exceed 
  four 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  shipment 
  to 
  or 
  from 
  any 
  point 
  within 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  Oregon, 
  without 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  sheep, 
  and 
  it 
  

   shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  all 
  shippers 
  to 
  ship 
  sheep 
  by 
  express, 
  not 
  to 
  

   exceed 
  four 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  shipment, 
  without 
  an 
  inspection 
  thereof." 
  

   (Laws 
  1898, 
  p. 
  30.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  requires 
  that 
  " 
  Whenever 
  on 
  examination 
  of 
  any 
  

   bands 
  or 
  herds 
  of 
  sheep 
  kept 
  or 
  herded 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  the 
  

   stock 
  inspector 
  finds 
  such 
  sheep 
  or 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  them 
  

   affected 
  with 
  scabs 
  or 
  scabies 
  or 
  any 
  infectious 
  or 
  conta- 
  

   gious 
  disease 
  he 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  notify 
  the 
  o^Tier 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  such 
  sheep 
  in 
  writing 
  to 
  dip 
  said 
  sheep 
  for 
  said 
  disease 
  

   within 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  fifteen 
  days 
  from 
  such 
  notice, 
  and 
  also 
  during 
  

   such 
  period 
  to 
  keep 
  said 
  sheep 
  from 
  contact 
  vnih 
  other 
  sheep 
  by 
  

   such 
  means 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  specify; 
  " 
  provided, 
  no 
  person, 
  company 
  or 
  

   corporation 
  shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  dip 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  ewes, 
  or 
  any 
  part 
  

   of 
  them, 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  ewes 
  with 
  lambs, 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  from 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  March 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  Mav 
  of 
  anv 
  vear." 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  

   a 
  provision 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  dipping 
  ewes 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  provision 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  flocks 
  of 
  ew^es 
  and 
  lambs 
  and 
  time 
  for 
  dipping 
  

   such 
  sheep 
  in 
  each 
  year. 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  p. 
  45.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  " 
  bring 
  or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  

   any 
  sheep 
  or 
  band 
  of 
  sheep 
  without 
  first 
  and 
  within 
  three 
  months 
  

   prior 
  thereto, 
  obtaining 
  from 
  a 
  sheep 
  inspector, 
  duly 
  appointed 
  

  

  