﻿866 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  IOWA. 
  

  

  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  OAvner 
  or 
  person 
  having 
  

   charge 
  of 
  any 
  swine 
  or 
  having 
  knowledge 
  of 
  their 
  d^ang, 
  and 
  

   upon 
  its 
  coming 
  to 
  his 
  knowledge 
  that 
  any 
  such 
  swine 
  have 
  died 
  

   of, 
  or 
  have 
  been 
  slaughtered 
  on 
  account 
  of, 
  any 
  disease, 
  to 
  im- 
  

   mediately 
  burn 
  or 
  bury 
  the 
  same 
  three 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  The 
  selling, 
  giving 
  away, 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale, 
  any 
  swine 
  that 
  

   have 
  died 
  of 
  any 
  disease, 
  or 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  any 
  

   disease, 
  is 
  forbidden, 
  and 
  the 
  conveying 
  of 
  any 
  diseased 
  swine 
  

   as 
  aforesaid 
  upon 
  any 
  public 
  highw^ay 
  or 
  any 
  private 
  land, 
  except 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  swine, 
  is 
  also 
  forbidden, 
  and 
  the 
  proof 
  

   that 
  any 
  person 
  has 
  hauled, 
  or 
  is 
  hauling 
  dead 
  swine 
  from 
  a 
  

   neighborhood 
  in 
  which 
  swine 
  have 
  been 
  dying, 
  or 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  dying 
  from 
  any 
  disease, 
  shall 
  be 
  presumptive 
  evidence 
  of 
  

   the 
  fact. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  negligently 
  or 
  wilfully 
  

   to 
  allow 
  his 
  hogs, 
  or 
  those 
  under 
  his 
  control, 
  afflicted 
  with 
  any 
  

   disease, 
  to 
  escape 
  his 
  control 
  or 
  run 
  at 
  large." 
  (Laws 
  1896, 
  chap. 
  

   58, 
  p. 
  59.) 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  Veterinary 
  Surgeon 
  shall 
  have 
  supervision 
  of 
  all 
  

   contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  animals, 
  and 
  

   is 
  empoW'Cred 
  to 
  establish 
  quarantine. 
  When 
  the 
  public 
  safety 
  

   demands 
  it, 
  he 
  may 
  destroy 
  diseased 
  stock, 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  shall 
  

   receive 
  compensation 
  in 
  actual 
  value 
  when 
  colidemned, 
  but 
  no 
  

   compensation 
  shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  stock 
  in 
  transit 
  across 
  the 
  

   State. 
  

  

  Diseased 
  sheep 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  under 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  a 
  county 
  sheep 
  in- 
  

   spector 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  spread 
  of 
  scab, 
  he 
  may 
  order 
  owners 
  to 
  

   dip 
  or 
  otherwise 
  treat 
  them 
  until 
  such 
  disease 
  is 
  eradicated. 
  

  

  Penalties 
  are 
  prescribed 
  for 
  bringing 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  any 
  cattle 
  in 
  

   such 
  condition 
  as 
  to 
  infect 
  other 
  cattle 
  wath 
  pleuro-pneumonia 
  

   or 
  Texas 
  fever, 
  and 
  for 
  horses, 
  mules, 
  etc., 
  affected 
  with 
  nasal 
  

   gleet, 
  glanders 
  or 
  farcy, 
  and 
  no 
  horses 
  suffering 
  from 
  such 
  dis- 
  

   eases 
  shall 
  run 
  at 
  large. 
  (Code, 
  1897.) 
  

  

  