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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  control 
  the 
  population 
  or 
  animals 
  of 
  said 
  city, 
  town 
  or 
  other 
  place, 
  

   to 
  make 
  such 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  shall, 
  in 
  his 
  judgment, 
  

   best 
  protect 
  that 
  population, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  prevent 
  a 
  spread 
  

   of 
  the 
  infection 
  or 
  running 
  at 
  large 
  of 
  animals 
  infected 
  with 
  rabies 
  

   among 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  is 
  to 
  have 
  general 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  

   public 
  health, 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  make,vpromulgate 
  and 
  en- 
  

   force 
  such 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  as 
  maj 
  be 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  importation 
  or 
  spread 
  of 
  hy- 
  

   drophobia. 
  (Chap. 
  4348 
  [No. 
  27], 
  Laws 
  of 
  1895.) 
  

  

  GEORGIA. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  prohibits 
  the 
  driving, 
  transferring 
  or 
  conveying 
  of 
  

   cattle 
  into 
  or 
  through 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Rabun, 
  Towns 
  and 
  Union, 
  in 
  

   this 
  State, 
  from 
  any 
  point 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge, 
  unless 
  free 
  

   from 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  disease 
  or 
  splenetic 
  fever, 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  ISfovember, 
  December, 
  January 
  and 
  Febru- 
  

   arv 
  of 
  each 
  vear. 
  

  

  " 
  Whenever 
  cattle 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  said 
  counties 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   infected 
  with 
  any 
  splenetic 
  fever 
  or 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  dis- 
  

   eases, 
  the 
  ordinary 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  such 
  cattle 
  are 
  found 
  

   shall, 
  in 
  writing, 
  order 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  the 
  person 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  

   said 
  cattle 
  to 
  confine 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  limits 
  to 
  be 
  prescribed 
  in 
  such 
  

   order 
  of 
  said 
  ordinary, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  moving 
  or 
  causing 
  to 
  

   be 
  removed 
  such 
  cattle, 
  w'ithout 
  first 
  obtaining 
  a 
  permit 
  in 
  writ- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  said 
  ordinary, 
  shall 
  be 
  punished 
  as 
  prescribed 
  in 
  section 
  

   1039, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  of 
  the 
  Code 
  of 
  1895." 
  

  

  Work 
  cattle 
  may 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  this 
  State 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  

   of 
  Xovember, 
  December, 
  January 
  and 
  February, 
  and 
  said 
  cattle 
  

   which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  out 
  of 
  said 
  territory 
  longer 
  than 
  two 
  weeks. 
  

   (No. 
  332, 
  p. 
  489, 
  Laws 
  1899.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  cattle 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  from 
  all 
  con- 
  

   tagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  diseases, 
  and 
  authorizes 
  and 
  empowers 
  the 
  

  

  