﻿908 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Veterinarian 
  is 
  authorized, 
  if 
  necessarv. 
  to 
  ordrr 
  quaran- 
  

   tine 
  of 
  any 
  premises 
  upon 
  which 
  domestic 
  animals 
  arc 
  that 
  are 
  

   afHicted 
  \\'ith 
  contagion? 
  or 
  infectious 
  diseases, 
  or 
  that 
  are 
  sus- 
  

   pected 
  to 
  be 
  affected 
  with 
  such 
  disease, 
  or 
  have 
  lieen 
  exposed 
  to 
  

   the 
  same, 
  and 
  to 
  forbid 
  the 
  removal 
  therefrom 
  of 
  any 
  animals 
  

   susceptible 
  to 
  such 
  disease, 
  said 
  order 
  of 
  quarantine 
  to 
  be 
  

   served 
  upon 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  occupant 
  of 
  said 
  premises, 
  and 
  

   notice 
  thereof 
  posted 
  at 
  the* 
  usual 
  entrance 
  to 
  said 
  premises, 
  

   and 
  if 
  said 
  disease 
  sliall 
  become 
  epidemic 
  in 
  any 
  locality, 
  

   the 
  State 
  Veterinarian 
  shall 
  immediately 
  notify 
  the 
  Governor, 
  

   who 
  shall 
  thereupon, 
  if 
  deemed 
  necessary, 
  issue 
  a 
  proclamation 
  

   quarantining 
  said 
  locality 
  and 
  forbidding 
  the 
  removal 
  therefrom 
  

   of 
  any 
  animal 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  diseased 
  or 
  any 
  kind 
  susceptible 
  to 
  such 
  

   disease, 
  without 
  the 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Veterinarian. 
  Any 
  

   person 
  removing 
  or 
  allowing 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  any 
  domestic 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  as 
  aforesaid 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  and 
  punishable 
  

   by 
  fine 
  or 
  imprisonment, 
  and 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  all 
  right 
  to 
  indemnity 
  

   as 
  herein 
  provided, 
  and 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  injured 
  thereby 
  

   for 
  damages 
  l)y 
  them 
  sustained. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Veterinarian 
  may, 
  if 
  in 
  his 
  judgment 
  necessary, 
  

   order 
  slauglitored 
  any 
  diseased 
  animal 
  or 
  animals 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  exposed 
  to 
  such 
  contagion 
  or 
  infection 
  of 
  ]nalignant 
  or 
  very 
  

   fatal 
  nature, 
  such 
  as 
  rinderpest, 
  foot 
  and 
  mouth 
  diseases, 
  pleuro 
  

   pneumonia, 
  anthrax 
  and 
  Texas 
  fever 
  among 
  bovines; 
  of 
  glanders 
  

   among 
  equines, 
  anthrax 
  in 
  sheep, 
  and 
  other 
  diseases 
  of 
  like 
  na- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  State 
  Veterinarian 
  shall 
  deem 
  the 
  slaughter 
  of 
  any 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  necessary, 
  he 
  shall 
  notify 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  

   in 
  which 
  said 
  diseased 
  animals 
  are, 
  describing 
  the 
  diseased 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  wdth 
  reasonable 
  certainty, 
  stating 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  when 
  

   knowm. 
  After 
  the 
  said 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  shall 
  have 
  entered 
  

   the 
  same 
  upon 
  his 
  docket, 
  he 
  shall 
  summon 
  three 
  disinterested 
  

   citizens, 
  non-residents 
  of 
  the 
  immediate 
  neighborhood 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  animals 
  are 
  owned 
  or 
  kept, 
  and 
  they 
  shall 
  make 
  an 
  appraise- 
  

  

  