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  OF 
  Ageiculture. 
  869 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  may 
  co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  Federal 
  government 
  

   in 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  said 
  disease. 
  Said 
  board 
  shall 
  pay 
  no 
  more 
  

   than 
  thirty 
  dollars 
  each 
  for 
  any 
  cattle 
  they 
  order 
  killed. 
  (S. 
  

   1894, 
  sees. 
  49-63.) 
  

  

  The 
  county 
  judge 
  or 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  is 
  required, 
  if 
  it 
  

   appears 
  to 
  his 
  satisfaction 
  that 
  any 
  animal 
  within 
  his 
  county 
  is 
  

   diseased 
  with 
  glanders, 
  to 
  notify 
  the 
  owner 
  and 
  require 
  him 
  to 
  

   kill 
  and 
  bury 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  or 
  animals 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  before 
  being 
  killed 
  ; 
  the 
  valuation 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  fifty 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  for 
  any 
  one 
  animal, 
  and 
  the 
  valuation 
  and 
  other 
  facts 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  certified 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  Court. 
  Provided, 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  animal 
  

   is 
  diseased 
  with 
  glanders, 
  and 
  the 
  owner 
  refuses 
  to 
  destroy 
  the 
  

   animal 
  as 
  is 
  required, 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  enforced 
  by 
  indictment. 
  (Laws 
  189Y, 
  

   chap. 
  3.) 
  

  

  LOUISIAJSTA. 
  

  

  Owners 
  of 
  all 
  animals 
  dying 
  from 
  epidemic, 
  contagious 
  or 
  

   infectious 
  diseases 
  are 
  "required 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  saine 
  

   to 
  be 
  burned 
  or 
  buried 
  immediately 
  after 
  death, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  

   who 
  knowingly 
  neglects 
  or 
  refuses 
  to 
  burn 
  or 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  burned 
  

   the 
  carcass 
  of 
  any 
  animal 
  dying 
  as 
  aforesaid 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  

   a 
  misdemeanor. 
  

  

  The 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  range 
  stock. 
  

   (Laws 
  1898, 
  ^o. 
  98.) 
  

  

  The 
  police 
  juries 
  of 
  each 
  parish 
  are 
  empowered 
  to 
  organize 
  and 
  

   act 
  as 
  a 
  live-stock 
  sanitary 
  commission, 
  with 
  authority 
  to 
  enact 
  and 
  

   enforce 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  suppression 
  of 
  glanders, 
  farcy, 
  and 
  

   other 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  affecting 
  live 
  stock. 
  

  

  When 
  public 
  safety 
  shall 
  demand, 
  such 
  diseased 
  animals 
  shall 
  

   be 
  killed. 
  

  

  Diseased 
  animals 
  or 
  those 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  contagious 
  

   diseases 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State. 
  (Laws 
  1894, 
  ap- 
  

   proved 
  July 
  12.) 
  

  

  