﻿906 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Repokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Whenever, 
  upon 
  inspection, 
  the 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  shall 
  find 
  such 
  

   sheep, 
  or 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  them, 
  affected 
  with 
  scab 
  or 
  any 
  infec- 
  

   tious 
  or 
  contagious 
  disease, 
  he 
  shall 
  notify 
  the 
  o^vner 
  or 
  person 
  

   in 
  charge 
  to 
  put 
  such 
  diseased 
  sheep 
  and 
  the 
  band 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  

   are 
  found 
  into 
  an 
  inclosure, 
  and 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  immediately 
  treat 
  

   them 
  for 
  the 
  cure 
  of 
  such 
  disease 
  in 
  some 
  approved 
  manner. 
  

   Should 
  the 
  owner 
  fail 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  as 
  directed' 
  within 
  ten 
  days, 
  the 
  

   inspector 
  shall 
  seize 
  such 
  sheep, 
  isolate 
  them 
  and 
  treat 
  them 
  for 
  

   the 
  cure 
  of 
  such 
  disease, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  

   on 
  the 
  sheep 
  so 
  seized. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  dip 
  sheep 
  

   between 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  December 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  No 
  o^vner 
  of 
  any 
  toll 
  bridge 
  or 
  ferry 
  boat 
  shall 
  permit 
  any 
  

   sheep 
  to 
  cross 
  unless 
  the 
  person 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  such 
  sheep 
  shall 
  

   first 
  exhibit 
  a 
  valid 
  certificate, 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  such 
  sheep 
  are 
  

   free 
  from 
  scab 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases. 
  

  

  Every 
  certificate 
  issued 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  sheep 
  

   continuously 
  kept 
  %vithin 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  void 
  after 
  one 
  year 
  

   from 
  the 
  date 
  thereof, 
  and 
  every 
  certificate 
  issued 
  on 
  sheep 
  not 
  

   kept 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  void 
  after 
  six 
  months 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  

   thereof. 
  (Laws 
  189 
  Y, 
  Feb. 
  26.) 
  

  

  WEST 
  VIEGINIA. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   pression 
  and 
  extirpation 
  of 
  pleuro-pneumonia, 
  and 
  authorizes 
  the 
  

   Governor 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  rules 
  and 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  under 
  and 
  

   in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  section 
  three 
  of 
  an 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  

   May 
  29, 
  1884, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  and 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  

   the 
  authorities 
  in 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  proAdsions 
  of 
  said 
  act. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  inspectors 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  inspection, 
  

   quarantine 
  and 
  condemnation 
  of 
  animals 
  affected 
  with 
  any 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  disease, 
  or 
  suspected 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  affected, 
  or 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  