﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  859 
  

  

  has 
  not 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  six 
  months 
  prior 
  to 
  its 
  quarantine 
  shall 
  

   be 
  paid 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  shall, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   any 
  domestic 
  animal 
  or 
  animals 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  inspect 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  

   physical 
  examinations, 
  and 
  if 
  he 
  find 
  them 
  free 
  from 
  disease 
  dan- 
  

   gerous 
  to 
  public 
  health 
  he 
  shall 
  so 
  certify 
  to 
  the 
  owner. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  selectmen 
  in 
  each 
  town 
  to 
  

   report 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  any 
  animals 
  infected 
  with 
  contagious 
  

   disease. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  The 
  governor 
  is 
  to 
  appoint 
  biannually 
  a 
  commissioner 
  

   on 
  domestic 
  animals, 
  who 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  practical 
  farmer 
  and 
  stock 
  

   breeder 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  ten 
  years' 
  experience, 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  two 
  years, 
  

   and 
  he 
  may 
  employ 
  all 
  necessary 
  assistants. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  

   119.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  provides 
  for 
  the 
  examination 
  by 
  the 
  duly 
  appointed 
  

   agents 
  of 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  Humane 
  Society 
  of 
  any 
  animals 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  with 
  the 
  disease 
  known 
  as 
  glanders 
  or 
  farcy, 
  

   under 
  certain 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations. 
  The 
  animals 
  may 
  be 
  quaran- 
  

   tined 
  and 
  killed, 
  and 
  provision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  determination 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  infection 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  in 
  case 
  veterinarians 
  disagree. 
  The 
  

   owner 
  of 
  any 
  animal 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  with 
  glanders 
  or 
  farcy 
  

   shall 
  disinfect 
  the 
  stalls 
  or 
  buildings 
  in 
  which 
  said 
  animal 
  has 
  been 
  

   housed, 
  and 
  the 
  harness 
  used 
  upon 
  said 
  animal. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  

   chap. 
  211.) 
  

  

  DELAWAKE. 
  

  

  Beef 
  cattle 
  may 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  under 
  and 
  subject 
  

   to 
  the 
  following 
  restriction. 
  That 
  all 
  such 
  cattle 
  shall 
  be 
  taken 
  

   directly 
  from 
  the 
  cars 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  transported 
  to 
  the 
  abat- 
  

   toir, 
  slaughter-houses 
  or 
  enclosure 
  connected 
  therewith, 
  and 
  kept 
  

   therein 
  until 
  slaughtered. 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  chap. 
  180.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  authorizes 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  when 
  its 
  citizens 
  

   are 
  threatened 
  by 
  an 
  epidemic 
  of 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  

   among 
  the 
  lower 
  animals, 
  to 
  issue 
  his 
  proclamation 
  stating 
  the 
  fact, 
  

  

  