﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  905 
  

  

  ISTo 
  person 
  or 
  corporation 
  shall 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  

   State 
  any 
  sheep 
  without, 
  first, 
  and 
  w-ithin 
  three 
  months 
  prior 
  

   thereto, 
  obtaining 
  from 
  the 
  inspector 
  a 
  certificate 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  

   that 
  said 
  sheep 
  have 
  been 
  personally 
  examined, 
  and 
  that 
  all 
  such 
  

   sheep 
  are 
  sound 
  and 
  healthy, 
  free 
  from 
  scab, 
  scabies 
  or 
  other 
  

   infectious 
  or 
  contagious 
  diseases. 
  

  

  Xo 
  sheep 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  one 
  county 
  or 
  town 
  to 
  another 
  

   without 
  first, 
  and 
  within 
  six 
  months 
  prior 
  thereto, 
  obtaining 
  such 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  as 
  above 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  may 
  ask 
  the 
  inspector 
  to 
  examine 
  sheep 
  in 
  his 
  

   county, 
  or 
  within 
  five 
  miles 
  over 
  the 
  State 
  line, 
  if 
  not 
  inspected 
  

   -w-ithin 
  the 
  preceding 
  three 
  months, 
  and 
  if 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  he 
  shall 
  give 
  the 
  owner 
  a 
  certificate 
  to 
  that 
  effect. 
  If 
  said 
  

   sheep 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  healthy, 
  he 
  may 
  revoke 
  and 
  recall 
  any 
  cer- 
  

   tificates 
  previously 
  issued. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  the 
  county 
  commissioners 
  shall 
  believe 
  that 
  any 
  of 
  

   the 
  diseases 
  named 
  are 
  in 
  other 
  States 
  they 
  may 
  prohibit 
  the 
  

   importation 
  of 
  sheep 
  from 
  such 
  districts 
  into 
  their 
  county 
  from 
  

   such 
  localities, 
  except 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  restrictions: 
  

  

  When 
  persons 
  propose 
  to 
  bring 
  sheep 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  in- 
  

   fected 
  districts, 
  they 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  inspector, 
  who 
  shall 
  ex- 
  

   amine 
  them 
  and 
  quarantine 
  them 
  if 
  found 
  necessary, 
  and 
  order 
  

   them 
  to 
  be 
  dipped. 
  If, 
  at 
  the 
  expiration 
  of 
  sixty 
  days, 
  the 
  sheep 
  

   are 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  disease, 
  he 
  may 
  grant 
  a 
  certificate. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  bring 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  any 
  sheep 
  

   infected 
  with 
  scab 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  diseases. 
  

  

  Any 
  persons 
  having 
  sheep 
  infected 
  with 
  disease 
  shall 
  keep 
  them, 
  

   and 
  all 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  contact, 
  secure 
  from 
  contact 
  with 
  

   other 
  sheep, 
  and 
  shall 
  not 
  permit 
  them 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  any 
  public 
  high- 
  

   way 
  or 
  any 
  inclosed 
  land 
  not 
  their 
  own, 
  but 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  driven 
  

   over 
  the 
  route 
  and 
  at 
  such 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  county 
  inspector 
  may 
  

   direct. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  to 
  visit 
  and 
  inspect 
  

   every 
  band 
  of 
  sheep 
  within 
  his 
  county 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   April 
  and 
  May 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  