﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  exposed 
  to 
  any 
  such 
  disease. 
  Said 
  inspectors 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  power 
  

   to 
  call 
  on 
  sheriffs, 
  constables 
  or 
  peace 
  officers, 
  to 
  assist 
  them 
  in 
  car- 
  

   rying 
  out 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  of 
  Congress, 
  and 
  said 
  inspec- 
  

   tors 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  powers 
  and 
  protection 
  as 
  peace 
  officers 
  

   while 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  their 
  duties. 
  

  

  The 
  expenses 
  of 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  measures 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  sup- 
  

   press 
  and 
  extirpate 
  pleuro-pneumonia 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  and 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  shall 
  this 
  State 
  be 
  liable 
  for 
  any 
  damages 
  

   or 
  expenses 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  (Laws 
  

   1891, 
  chap. 
  59.) 
  

  

  WISCONSm. 
  

  

  A 
  competent 
  veterinary 
  surgeon 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernor 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Senate, 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  State 
  

   Veterinarian. 
  His 
  duty 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  suppress 
  and 
  prevent 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction 
  or 
  spread 
  of 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  among 
  

   domestic 
  animals, 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  Board 
  of 
  Health 
  

   in 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  such 
  diseases 
  as 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  man 
  and 
  

   animals, 
  or 
  any 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  likely 
  to 
  affect 
  

   the 
  general 
  health 
  of 
  mankind. 
  He 
  shall 
  make 
  scientific 
  study 
  

   and 
  investigations 
  and 
  experiments, 
  and 
  gather 
  and 
  diffuse 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  of 
  ani- 
  

   mals. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  town 
  and 
  village 
  

   boards 
  of 
  health 
  to 
  take 
  cognizance 
  of 
  such 
  diseases 
  among 
  ani- 
  

   mals, 
  and 
  report 
  all 
  cases 
  under 
  their 
  observation 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   Veterinarian, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  such 
  diseases, 
  and 
  

   to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  said 
  Veterinarian, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  authorized 
  

   to 
  order 
  quarantine 
  of 
  any 
  animals 
  suspected 
  of 
  being 
  affected 
  

   with 
  such 
  disease, 
  or 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  such 
  disease, 
  

   and 
  forbids 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  such 
  animals 
  from 
  any 
  premises 
  where 
  

   they 
  may 
  be 
  kept. 
  In 
  cases 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  unable 
  to 
  determine 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  any 
  disease, 
  the 
  said 
  boards 
  of 
  health 
  may 
  request 
  the 
  

   State 
  Veterinarian 
  to 
  make 
  such 
  investigation 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary. 
  

  

  