﻿COMMISSIOXER 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  893 
  

  

  than 
  fifty 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  appraised 
  value 
  of 
  any 
  standard 
  breed, 
  

   registered 
  or 
  imported 
  horses. 
  

  

  Examinations 
  shall 
  he 
  made 
  into 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  

   in 
  relation 
  to 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  including 
  the 
  milk 
  supply 
  of 
  

   cities, 
  towns, 
  boroughs 
  and 
  villages, 
  and 
  to 
  take 
  proper 
  measures 
  

   to 
  protect 
  such 
  milk 
  supplies 
  from 
  contamination. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  

   'No. 
  66.) 
  

  

  The 
  importation 
  of 
  dairy 
  cows 
  and 
  neat 
  cattle 
  for 
  breeding 
  

   purposes 
  is 
  prohibited 
  except 
  when 
  such 
  cows 
  and 
  cattle 
  are 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  by 
  a 
  certificate 
  from 
  an 
  inspector 
  whose 
  competency 
  

   and 
  reliability 
  are 
  certified 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  authorities 
  charged 
  mth 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  diseases 
  of 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  whence 
  

   the 
  cattle 
  came, 
  certifying 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  examined 
  and 
  

   subjected 
  to 
  the 
  tuberculin 
  test 
  and 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  disease. 
  

  

  In 
  lieu 
  of 
  inspection 
  certificate 
  above 
  required, 
  the 
  cattle 
  may 
  

   be 
  detained 
  at 
  suitable 
  yards 
  near 
  the 
  State 
  line, 
  on 
  the 
  railroad 
  

   over 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  shipped, 
  and 
  there 
  examined 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  

   of 
  the 
  owner, 
  under 
  such 
  restrictions 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  

   board, 
  and 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  quarantine 
  until 
  properly 
  examined 
  and 
  

   released 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  live 
  stock 
  board. 
  

  

  Said 
  board 
  may 
  prohibit 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  any 
  cattle 
  when 
  

   they 
  deem 
  it 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  cattle 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   (Laws 
  1897, 
  No. 
  82.) 
  

  

  EHODE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

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  No 
  neat 
  cattle 
  or 
  other 
  animals 
  shall 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  

   if 
  kno^vn 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  with 
  contagious 
  disease. 
  

  

  To"\vn 
  councils 
  may 
  pass 
  such 
  ordinances 
  as 
  they 
  think 
  proper 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  diseases 
  among 
  animals. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  may 
  prohibit 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  any 
  cattle 
  or 
  other 
  domestic 
  animals 
  into 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  shall 
  knowingly 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  animal, 
  

   or 
  part 
  thereof, 
  infected 
  with 
  disease, 
  or 
  sell 
  any 
  milk 
  from 
  such 
  

   animal. 
  

  

  