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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  WYOMING. 
  

  

  A 
  Board 
  of 
  Sheep 
  Commissioners, 
  to 
  consist 
  of 
  three 
  mem- 
  

   bers, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Each 
  member 
  of 
  said 
  

   board 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  qualified 
  elector 
  of 
  the 
  coimty 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  

   chosen, 
  an 
  owner 
  of 
  sheep 
  within 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  must 
  reside 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  office 
  within 
  such 
  county. 
  The 
  State 
  may 
  be 
  di- 
  

   vided 
  by 
  said 
  Board 
  into 
  suitable 
  districts 
  for 
  inspection 
  purposes, 
  

   and 
  may 
  provide 
  for 
  inspection 
  when 
  necessary. 
  It 
  shall 
  exercise 
  

   a 
  general 
  supervision 
  over 
  and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  practicable, 
  protect 
  the 
  

   sheep 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  theft 
  and 
  disease, 
  and 
  devise 
  

   and 
  recommend 
  such 
  legislation 
  as 
  will 
  foster 
  and 
  develop 
  the 
  

   sheep 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  make 
  rules 
  

   and 
  regulations 
  for 
  its 
  own 
  governance 
  and 
  its 
  employes, 
  and 
  also 
  

   for 
  the 
  State 
  Veterinary 
  Surgeon 
  in 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  carrying 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  any 
  organized 
  wool-growers' 
  association 
  

   in 
  the 
  State, 
  or 
  of 
  any 
  three 
  sheep 
  owners 
  in 
  any 
  county, 
  or 
  

   upon 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Veterinary 
  Surgeon, 
  the 
  

   said 
  Board 
  must 
  appoint 
  a 
  capable 
  person 
  as 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  in 
  

   and 
  for 
  such 
  county. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  complaint 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  Board 
  that 
  any 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  disease 
  exists 
  in 
  any 
  locality 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  

   State 
  or 
  Territory, 
  amongst 
  sheep 
  or 
  goats, 
  or 
  that 
  conditions 
  

   exist 
  that 
  render 
  sheep 
  or 
  goats 
  likely 
  to 
  convey 
  such 
  disease, 
  the 
  

   said 
  Board, 
  or 
  a 
  committee 
  thereof, 
  shall 
  cause 
  an 
  investigation 
  

   of 
  such 
  complaint, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  find 
  the 
  complaint 
  well 
  founded, 
  

   they 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  facts 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  such 
  complaint 
  to 
  the 
  

   Governor 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  Governor 
  shall 
  by 
  proclamation, 
  upon 
  the 
  receipt 
  of 
  such 
  

   certificate, 
  " 
  designate 
  such 
  localities, 
  disease 
  and 
  class 
  of 
  live 
  

   stock 
  affected, 
  and 
  prohibit 
  the 
  importation 
  from 
  such 
  locality 
  

   or 
  locaKties 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  stock 
  affected 
  or 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  exposed 
  to 
  contagion, 
  into 
  this 
  State, 
  except 
  such 
  stock 
  has 
  

   been 
  held 
  in 
  quarantine 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  and 
  supervision 
  of 
  

  

  