﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageiculture. 
  867 
  

  

  ILLINOIS. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  contagious 
  and 
  infec- 
  

   tious 
  diseases 
  among 
  swine, 
  and 
  provides 
  that 
  no 
  owner 
  of, 
  or 
  

   having 
  charge 
  of 
  swine 
  shall 
  suffer 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  run 
  at 
  large, 
  

   fixes 
  a 
  penalty 
  for 
  each 
  offense 
  and 
  defines 
  the 
  herding 
  of 
  swine 
  

   under 
  this 
  act. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  or 
  person 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  charge 
  of 
  any 
  s\\'ine, 
  having 
  knowledge 
  or 
  reasonable 
  grounds 
  

   to 
  suspect 
  the 
  existence 
  among 
  them 
  of 
  " 
  hog 
  cholera 
  " 
  or 
  any 
  

   contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  disease, 
  to 
  use 
  all 
  reasonable 
  means 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  if 
  any 
  such 
  swine 
  has 
  died 
  

   of, 
  or 
  been 
  slaughtered 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  disease, 
  to 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  burn, 
  or 
  bury, 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  two 
  feet. 
  Dis- 
  

   eased 
  swine 
  or 
  carcasses 
  thereof 
  are 
  excluded 
  from 
  public 
  high- 
  

   ways. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  p. 
  6.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  kill 
  or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   sale 
  any 
  immature 
  calf, 
  or 
  any 
  calf 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  weeks 
  old, 
  or 
  to 
  

   knowingly 
  sell 
  or 
  have 
  in 
  possession 
  such 
  calf 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  sell 
  it 
  

   for 
  food, 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  meat 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  kept 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  

   sell, 
  may 
  be 
  seized 
  and 
  destroyed 
  by 
  any 
  health 
  officer 
  or 
  any 
  

   sheriff, 
  deputy 
  sheriff, 
  constable 
  or 
  police 
  officer. 
  (Criminal 
  Code, 
  

   E. 
  S. 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  38.) 
  

  

  " 
  ISTo 
  person 
  shall 
  buy, 
  sell, 
  deal 
  in 
  or 
  give 
  away, 
  or 
  offer 
  to 
  

   buy, 
  sell 
  or 
  deal 
  in 
  any 
  swine 
  that 
  have 
  died 
  of 
  any 
  disease, 
  or 
  

   that 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  any 
  disease." 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  

   chap. 
  113.) 
  

  

  KANSAS. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  a 
  Live 
  Stock 
  Sanitary 
  Commission 
  to 
  protect 
  

   the 
  health 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals, 
  to 
  promulgate 
  rules, 
  establish 
  and 
  

   maintain 
  quarantine 
  and 
  other 
  sanitary 
  regulations. 
  Whenever 
  

   the 
  Governor 
  shall 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  dangerous, 
  contagious 
  or 
  

   infectious 
  diseases 
  have 
  become 
  epidemic 
  in 
  other 
  States, 
  he 
  may. 
  

  

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