﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  889 
  

  

  Inspector 
  is 
  to 
  kill 
  certain 
  diseased 
  animals 
  and 
  pay 
  for 
  same. 
  

   (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  31.) 
  

  

  JSTo 
  person 
  shall 
  barter, 
  sell 
  or 
  dispose 
  of 
  the 
  carcass 
  of 
  any 
  

   swine 
  or 
  other 
  domestic 
  animal 
  infected 
  with 
  cholera 
  or 
  other 
  

   infectious 
  diseases, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  death, 
  to 
  any 
  persdn 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  the 
  same 
  into 
  lard, 
  soap 
  or 
  other 
  

   purpose, 
  except 
  that 
  of 
  burial 
  or 
  burning. 
  

  

  Live 
  swine 
  that 
  are 
  infected 
  with 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  shall 
  not 
  

   be 
  sold 
  or 
  disposed 
  of 
  or 
  driven 
  on 
  the 
  public 
  highway, 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  chap. 
  2.) 
  

  

  OKEGOK 
  . 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  veterinarian, 
  upon 
  receiving 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  from 
  a 
  stock 
  inspector 
  of 
  any 
  county 
  that 
  any 
  conta- 
  

   gious 
  or 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  exist, 
  to 
  immediately 
  examine 
  or 
  

   deputize 
  a 
  competent 
  person 
  to 
  examine 
  all 
  animals 
  reported 
  

   to 
  be 
  diseased, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  finds 
  such 
  animals 
  so 
  infected 
  to 
  

   take 
  such 
  measures 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  necessary 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   spread 
  of 
  the 
  disease. 
  The 
  commission 
  shall 
  be 
  notified 
  of 
  his 
  

   action, 
  and 
  shall 
  instruct 
  him 
  how 
  to 
  proceed 
  and 
  prescribe 
  such 
  

   rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  as 
  the 
  exigencies 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  require 
  

   for 
  the 
  suppression 
  and 
  eradication 
  of 
  the 
  disease. 
  The 
  said 
  

   State 
  veterinarian 
  may 
  list 
  and 
  describe 
  the 
  domestic 
  animals 
  

   affected 
  with 
  such 
  disease, 
  and 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  

   thereto 
  and 
  included 
  Avithin 
  the 
  infected 
  district 
  or 
  premises 
  so 
  

   defined 
  and 
  quarantined 
  as 
  would 
  lead 
  to 
  their 
  identification, 
  and 
  

   no 
  domestic 
  animal 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  mth 
  the 
  disease 
  or 
  capa- 
  

   ble 
  of 
  communicating 
  the 
  same, 
  shall 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  enter 
  or 
  

   leave 
  the 
  district, 
  premises 
  or 
  grounds 
  quarantined, 
  except 
  by 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  commission. 
  " 
  When, 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mission, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  necessary, 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  contagious 
  

   or 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  among 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  to 
  de- 
  

   stroy 
  animals 
  aft'ected 
  with, 
  or 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  any 
  

   such 
  disease, 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  determined 
  what 
  animals 
  shall 
  be 
  killed 
  

  

  