﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  891 
  

  

  and 
  qualified 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  such 
  

   inspector 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  said 
  sheep 
  have 
  been 
  personally 
  in- 
  

   spected 
  by 
  such 
  inspector, 
  and 
  are 
  sound 
  and 
  healthy 
  and 
  free 
  

   from 
  scab 
  or 
  scabies 
  or 
  other 
  uifectious 
  or 
  contagious 
  disease." 
  

   " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  any 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  upon 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  visit 
  and 
  inspect 
  any 
  band 
  of 
  sheep, 
  within 
  his 
  

   county, 
  or 
  within 
  five 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  unless 
  such 
  

   band 
  of 
  sheep 
  has 
  been 
  inspected 
  by 
  him 
  within 
  three 
  months 
  

   prior 
  thereto, 
  and 
  if 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  said 
  sheep 
  are 
  healthy 
  and 
  free 
  

   from 
  scab 
  or 
  scabies 
  and 
  all 
  infectious 
  and 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  

   and 
  he 
  shall 
  issue 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  person 
  in 
  cliarge 
  thereof 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tificate 
  to 
  that 
  effect; 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  healthy 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  scab 
  and 
  

   scabies 
  and 
  all 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  he 
  shall 
  revoke 
  

   any 
  certificate 
  which 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  issued 
  by 
  him, 
  and 
  the 
  

   person 
  holding 
  such 
  certificate 
  shall 
  forthwith 
  on 
  demand 
  deliver 
  

   the 
  same 
  to 
  such 
  inspector." 
  

  

  " 
  Whenever 
  the 
  county 
  court 
  of 
  any 
  county 
  has 
  reason 
  to 
  be- 
  

   lieve 
  that 
  any 
  disease 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  has 
  become 
  epidemic 
  

   in 
  certain 
  localities 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  State 
  or 
  territory, 
  or 
  that 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  exist 
  that 
  render 
  sheep 
  likely 
  to 
  couA^ey 
  disease, 
  it 
  must 
  

   thereupon, 
  by 
  order 
  duly 
  entered 
  in 
  its 
  journal, 
  designate 
  such 
  

   localities, 
  and 
  prohibit 
  the 
  importation 
  from 
  such 
  localities 
  of 
  

   any 
  sheep 
  into 
  its 
  county, 
  except 
  under 
  such 
  restrictions 
  as 
  are 
  

   hereinafter 
  provided." 
  

  

  When 
  said 
  order 
  is 
  entered 
  upon 
  said 
  journal 
  " 
  the 
  owTiers 
  

   or 
  persons 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  sheep 
  which 
  are 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  

   into 
  the 
  said 
  county 
  from 
  localities 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  State 
  or 
  territory 
  

   against 
  which 
  sheep 
  quarantine 
  has 
  been 
  declared, 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  

   the 
  next 
  preceding 
  section, 
  must 
  forthwith 
  notify 
  the 
  sheep 
  in- 
  

   spector 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  of 
  such 
  intention, 
  and 
  such 
  owner 
  or 
  per- 
  

   son 
  in 
  charge 
  shall 
  not 
  allow 
  any 
  sheep 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  

   county 
  until 
  said 
  sheep 
  have 
  been 
  quarantined 
  and 
  inspected 
  by 
  

   the 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  succeeding 
  section; 
  

   provided, 
  that 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  sheep 
  being 
  trans- 
  

  

  