﻿898 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  tile 
  

  

  TENNESSEE. 
  

  

  A 
  State 
  veterinary 
  surgeon 
  is 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  

   health, 
  and 
  said 
  board 
  shall 
  have 
  supervision 
  of 
  communicable 
  

   diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  animals 
  \vithin 
  or 
  that 
  may 
  pass 
  through 
  

   the 
  State, 
  establish 
  quarantine, 
  and 
  make 
  regulations 
  against 
  the 
  

   spread 
  and 
  suppression 
  of 
  said 
  diseases. 
  

  

  Any 
  person, 
  knowing 
  or 
  suspecting 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  such 
  dis- 
  

   eases 
  shall 
  report 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  board 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  the 
  public 
  safety 
  demands 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  any 
  

   animals, 
  they 
  shall 
  designate 
  appraisers, 
  who 
  shall 
  make 
  a 
  valua- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  said 
  animal, 
  considering 
  the 
  health 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  

   such 
  animal 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  import 
  animals 
  affected 
  with 
  pleuro- 
  

   pneumonia, 
  rinderpest, 
  glanders 
  or 
  other 
  communicable 
  disease, 
  

   or 
  to 
  sell 
  or 
  dispose 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  animal. 
  (Laws 
  1893.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  government, 
  and 
  mth 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  States, 
  in 
  

   establishing 
  interstate 
  quarantine 
  lines 
  and 
  the 
  enforcing 
  such 
  

   regulations 
  as 
  shall 
  best 
  protect 
  the 
  live-stock 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   against 
  Texas 
  fever. 
  

  

  County 
  boards 
  of 
  health 
  have 
  charge 
  of 
  temporary 
  quarantine 
  

   stations 
  until 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  can 
  assume 
  charge. 
  

  

  No 
  person 
  or 
  corporation 
  shall 
  import 
  or 
  introduce 
  any 
  cattle 
  

   into 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  any 
  district 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  quarantine 
  line 
  

   established 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  authorities, 
  which 
  are 
  affected 
  

   with 
  splenic 
  fever 
  or 
  fever 
  ticks 
  {hoophilus 
  hovis), 
  except 
  such 
  

   cattle 
  are 
  immediately 
  slaughtered, 
  or 
  are 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  

   in 
  conformity 
  with 
  such 
  rules 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  

   board 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  Animals 
  diseased 
  as 
  aforesaid 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  sold, 
  transferred 
  or 
  

   driven 
  in 
  or 
  through 
  the 
  State, 
  except 
  under 
  the 
  certificate 
  of 
  

   the 
  board 
  of 
  health. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  Feb. 
  15.) 
  

  

  