﻿800 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  and 
  ordering 
  precautions 
  against 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  such 
  diseases. 
  He 
  

   may 
  order 
  animals 
  detained 
  for 
  inspection. 
  He 
  may 
  prescribe 
  

   regulations 
  for 
  destroying 
  animals 
  and 
  infectious 
  objects, 
  provided 
  

   that 
  no 
  animal 
  shall 
  be 
  destroyed 
  unless 
  first 
  examined 
  by 
  a 
  med- 
  

   ical 
  or 
  veterinary 
  practitioner 
  in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  governor. 
  

   He 
  may 
  prescribe 
  regulations 
  for 
  disinfection 
  and 
  take 
  such 
  fur- 
  

   ther 
  action 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  expedient. 
  (Laws 
  1893, 
  chap. 
  639.) 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  person, 
  being 
  the 
  ov^mer 
  of 
  any 
  domestic 
  animal 
  which 
  

   has 
  died 
  from 
  anthrax, 
  and 
  who 
  shall 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  

   of 
  any 
  such 
  animal 
  cremate 
  the 
  carcass 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  shall, 
  within 
  

   ten 
  days, 
  make 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  said 
  animal 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  governor, 
  

   he 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  treasurer, 
  for 
  each 
  animal 
  that 
  has 
  so 
  

   died 
  the 
  sum 
  hereinafter 
  mentioned, 
  to-wit 
  : 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  horned 
  

   cattle, 
  horses 
  and 
  mules, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  eight 
  dollars; 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   swine, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  dollars 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  sheep, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  

   dollar 
  ; 
  Provided, 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  said 
  dead 
  animal 
  shall 
  first 
  se- 
  

   cure 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  death 
  of 
  such 
  animal 
  by 
  anthrax 
  from 
  the 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  College 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  or 
  in 
  such 
  other 
  

   manner 
  as 
  the 
  governor 
  may 
  direct, 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  451.) 
  

  

  That 
  whenever 
  the 
  governor 
  shall 
  receive 
  reliable 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  the 
  contagious 
  disease 
  known 
  as 
  anthrax 
  exists, 
  he 
  

   is 
  hereby 
  authorized, 
  at 
  his 
  discretion, 
  upon 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner 
  of 
  such 
  domestic 
  animals 
  as 
  are 
  exposed 
  to 
  said 
  contagious 
  

   disease, 
  to 
  order 
  the 
  same 
  vaccinated 
  by 
  skilled 
  persons 
  with 
  Pas- 
  

   teur 
  vaccine 
  ; 
  provided 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  said 
  domestic 
  animals 
  assumes 
  

   the 
  risk 
  of 
  whatever 
  losses 
  may 
  result 
  therefrom. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  

   chap. 
  450.) 
  

  

  DISTEICT 
  OF 
  COLUMBIA. 
  

  

  Any 
  animal 
  affected 
  by 
  glanders 
  or 
  other 
  contagious 
  or 
  pesti- 
  

   lential 
  disease, 
  kept 
  or 
  remaining 
  in 
  any 
  stable, 
  is 
  declared 
  a 
  nuis- 
  

   ance 
  to 
  be 
  abated. 
  

  

  All 
  animals 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  with 
  any 
  infectious, 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  or 
  communicable 
  disease 
  shall 
  be 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  

  

  