﻿904 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  to 
  or 
  through 
  their 
  respective 
  towTis, 
  counties 
  or 
  cities 
  of 
  any 
  

   animals, 
  and 
  may 
  arrest 
  and 
  detain 
  all 
  animals 
  passing 
  in 
  viola- 
  

   tion 
  thereof, 
  and 
  the 
  board 
  may 
  also 
  enforce 
  rules 
  preventing 
  

   the 
  spread 
  of 
  diseases 
  among 
  the 
  animals 
  of 
  their 
  tOAvns, 
  and 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  shall 
  adopt 
  regulations 
  con- 
  

   cerning 
  the 
  extirpation 
  of 
  the 
  diseases 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals, 
  such 
  

   regulations 
  shall 
  have 
  precedence 
  over 
  those 
  of 
  any 
  local 
  board. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  establish 
  and 
  maintain 
  

   quarantine, 
  and 
  to 
  condemn 
  diseased 
  animals 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  without 
  

   an 
  appraisement 
  or 
  compensation 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  thereof. 
  (Laws 
  

   1895, 
  approved 
  March 
  20.) 
  

  

  There 
  shall 
  be 
  created 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  State 
  Veterinarian, 
  who 
  

   shall 
  be 
  the 
  professor 
  of 
  veterinary' 
  science 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  

   College 
  and 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  and 
  he 
  shall 
  become 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health. 
  

  

  He 
  shall 
  have 
  general 
  supervision 
  of 
  all 
  contagious 
  and 
  infec- 
  

   tious 
  diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  animals, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  empowered 
  to 
  

   establish 
  quarantine 
  against 
  animals 
  thus 
  diseased, 
  and 
  make 
  

   regulations 
  to 
  be 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  and 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernor. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  his 
  duty, 
  on 
  receipt 
  of 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  

   of 
  infectious 
  or 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  to 
  repair 
  to 
  the 
  location 
  and 
  

   enforce 
  such 
  practice 
  as 
  the 
  exigencies 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  suggest. 
  

   Whenever 
  he 
  is 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  ptiblic 
  interests 
  demand 
  it, 
  

   he 
  may 
  destroy 
  all 
  such 
  animals 
  if 
  the 
  owners 
  consent, 
  otherwise 
  

   notify 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Unless 
  in 
  his 
  judgment 
  immediate 
  action 
  

   is 
  necessary, 
  the 
  Governor 
  may 
  appoint 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  competent 
  

   veterinary 
  surgeons 
  to 
  act 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  board. 
  

  

  The 
  Governor, 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  veterinary 
  surgeon, 
  may 
  co-oper- 
  

   ate 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  authorities 
  for 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

   (Laws 
  1895, 
  March 
  22.) 
  

  

  The 
  commissioners 
  of 
  each 
  county 
  may 
  appoint 
  a 
  sheep 
  in- 
  

   spector. 
  

  

  