﻿902 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  

  

  VIRGINIA. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Virginia 
  

   Agricultural 
  and 
  Mechanical 
  College 
  to 
  protect 
  domestic 
  animals 
  

   from 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  of 
  a 
  malignant 
  character, 
  

   whether 
  said 
  diseases 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  or 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  

   purpose 
  they 
  shall 
  establish, 
  maintain 
  and 
  enforce 
  quarantine 
  

   lines 
  and 
  such 
  sanitary 
  regulations 
  as 
  they 
  deem 
  necessary. 
  It 
  

   shall 
  also 
  be 
  their 
  duty 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  quaran- 
  

   tine 
  commissioners 
  and 
  officers 
  of 
  other 
  States, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  in 
  establishing 
  quaran- 
  

   tine 
  lines, 
  etc., 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  live-stock 
  industry 
  against 
  Texas 
  

   or 
  sj)lenetic 
  fever. 
  

  

  The 
  board, 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  any 
  

   malignant 
  disease, 
  shall 
  send 
  a 
  veterinarian 
  to 
  investigate, 
  and 
  

   if 
  such 
  shall 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  exist 
  to 
  do 
  what 
  they 
  can 
  to 
  prevent 
  its 
  

   spread. 
  'No 
  animal 
  infected 
  with 
  disease, 
  or 
  capable 
  of 
  commu- 
  

   nicating 
  the 
  same, 
  shall 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  enter 
  or 
  leave 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict, 
  premises 
  or 
  grounds 
  quarantined. 
  

  

  The 
  said 
  board 
  shall 
  give 
  and 
  enforce 
  such 
  directions 
  and 
  

   prescribe 
  such 
  regulations 
  as 
  to 
  separating, 
  feeding 
  and 
  caring 
  

   for 
  such 
  diseased 
  or 
  exposed 
  animals 
  as 
  are 
  necessary 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   exposing 
  others 
  to 
  disease. 
  

  

  Notice 
  of 
  quarantine 
  lines 
  shall 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Governor, 
  who, 
  

   by 
  proclamation, 
  shall 
  confirm 
  and 
  make 
  effective 
  said 
  rules 
  and 
  

   regulations. 
  The 
  Governor 
  may 
  also 
  prohibit 
  the 
  bringing 
  into 
  

   the 
  State, 
  from 
  sections 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  affected 
  by 
  diseases, 
  

   any 
  animals 
  unless 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  railway 
  corporations 
  to 
  disinfect 
  

   their 
  cars 
  used 
  in 
  transporting 
  live 
  stock. 
  

  

  Owners 
  or 
  other 
  persons 
  who 
  discover 
  or 
  who 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  

   believe 
  that 
  any 
  domestic 
  animals 
  are 
  affected 
  with 
  any 
  contagious 
  

   or 
  infectious 
  disease 
  shall 
  report 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  board, 
  and 
  to 
  

   the 
  board 
  of 
  supervisors 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  such 
  animals 
  may 
  

  

  