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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  MAINE. 
  

  

  The 
  Governor 
  shall 
  appoint 
  three 
  commissioners, 
  designated 
  

   as 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maine 
  Cattle 
  Commission, 
  who 
  shall 
  cause 
  inves- 
  

   tigation 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  tuberculosis, 
  pleuro-pneumonia, 
  

   foot 
  and 
  mouth 
  disease, 
  and 
  any 
  other 
  infectious 
  or 
  contagious 
  dis- 
  

   ease, 
  establish 
  and 
  maintain 
  quarantine, 
  as 
  they 
  deem 
  necessary, 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  disease, 
  appraise 
  condemned 
  ani- 
  

   mals 
  and 
  pay 
  one-half 
  the 
  amount 
  to 
  the 
  owners, 
  not, 
  however, 
  

   to 
  exceed 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  pedigreed 
  stock, 
  or 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  

   for 
  others. 
  ]!^o 
  sum 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  unless 
  the 
  animals 
  are 
  owned 
  in 
  

   the 
  State, 
  and 
  not 
  then 
  if 
  any 
  attempt 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  conceal 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  disease. 
  Regulations 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  must 
  be 
  approved 
  

   by 
  the 
  Governor 
  and 
  published. 
  Penalties 
  and 
  method 
  of 
  proced- 
  

   ure 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  this 
  lengthy 
  law. 
  (Laws 
  1893, 
  chap. 
  194; 
  Laws 
  

   1897, 
  chap. 
  311.) 
  

  

  MARYLAND. 
  

  

  " 
  All 
  hogs 
  and 
  other 
  domestic 
  animals 
  dying 
  of 
  any 
  contagious 
  

   or 
  infectious 
  disease 
  shall 
  be 
  buried 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  

   feet, 
  or 
  be 
  burned, 
  at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  owner, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  

   or 
  persons 
  permitting 
  any 
  dead 
  hogs 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  domestic 
  ani- 
  

   mals, 
  having 
  died 
  of 
  any 
  contagious 
  or 
  infectious 
  disease, 
  to 
  

   remain 
  unburied 
  upon 
  his 
  or 
  their 
  premises 
  for 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  three 
  

   hours, 
  prior 
  to 
  sunset 
  of 
  said 
  day, 
  after 
  he 
  has 
  discovered 
  the 
  

   same, 
  shall 
  be 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor." 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  chap. 
  321.) 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  sell 
  any 
  calf 
  less 
  than 
  

   three 
  weeks 
  old 
  to 
  any 
  butcher, 
  or 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  be 
  butchered. 
  

   Any 
  person 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  

   be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misdemeanor. 
  (Laws 
  1900, 
  chap. 
  672.) 
  

  

  MASSACHUSETTS. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  has 
  charge 
  of 
  animals 
  affected 
  by 
  

   glanders, 
  farcy 
  and 
  rabies, 
  and 
  such 
  diseases 
  must 
  be 
  reported 
  to 
  

   them. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  178, 
  and 
  Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  293.) 
  

  

  