﻿COMMISSIOXER 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  885 
  

  

  contagious 
  disease, 
  shall 
  keep 
  the 
  said 
  sheep 
  securely 
  within 
  some 
  

   inclosure, 
  or 
  shall 
  herd 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  

   miles 
  from 
  all 
  farms, 
  corrals, 
  sheds 
  or 
  other 
  established 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  where 
  sheep 
  are 
  kept 
  or 
  being 
  herded." 
  " 
  Provided, 
  that 
  

   owners, 
  etc., 
  of 
  sheep, 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  diseased 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  who, 
  

   prior 
  to 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  had 
  established 
  headquarters 
  shall 
  

   be 
  allowed 
  to 
  range 
  such 
  sheep 
  upon 
  the 
  public 
  domain 
  within 
  

   five 
  miles 
  in 
  any 
  direction 
  of 
  such 
  established 
  headquarters, 
  

   and, 
  provided 
  fwther, 
  that 
  said 
  sheep 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  allow^ed 
  to 
  

   range 
  within 
  three 
  miles 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  headquarters, 
  unless 
  the 
  

   same 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  miles 
  distant, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  said 
  sheep 
  shall 
  

   not 
  be 
  herded 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  headquarters 
  than 
  a 
  distance 
  

   equal 
  to 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  headquarters." 
  

  

  "Any 
  person 
  owning 
  sheep 
  or 
  any 
  one 
  in 
  his 
  employ 
  shall 
  

   have 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  examine 
  any 
  band 
  of 
  sheep 
  that 
  shall 
  be 
  

   driven, 
  remaining 
  within 
  his 
  district 
  without 
  a 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  

   health 
  of 
  such 
  animals 
  from 
  a 
  duly 
  authorized 
  State 
  or 
  district 
  

   veterinarian 
  or 
  examiner 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  from 
  which 
  such 
  animals 
  

   hai^'e 
  been 
  shipped, 
  or 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  have 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  any 
  infectious 
  or 
  contagious 
  disease 
  or 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  

   thereto." 
  (Chap. 
  14T, 
  Laws 
  1897.) 
  

  

  The 
  county 
  commissioners 
  of 
  any 
  organized 
  county 
  shall, 
  upon 
  

   a 
  petition 
  signed 
  by 
  ten 
  wool-growers 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  appoint 
  a 
  

   sheep 
  inspector 
  who 
  is 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  diseases 
  to 
  which 
  sheep 
  

   are 
  subject 
  and 
  a 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  appointed. 
  

  

  The 
  sheep 
  inspector 
  is 
  required 
  whenever 
  he 
  has 
  knowledge 
  or 
  

   information 
  of 
  any 
  sheep, 
  within 
  his 
  jurisdiction, 
  having 
  the 
  scab 
  

   or 
  any 
  other 
  malignant 
  contagious 
  disease, 
  to 
  inspect 
  said 
  flock 
  

   and 
  report 
  in 
  writing 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  inspection 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  vet- 
  

   erinarian, 
  to 
  be 
  filed 
  by 
  him 
  for 
  reference 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  com- 
  

   missioners 
  or 
  any 
  party 
  concerned, 
  and, 
  if 
  so 
  diseased, 
  once 
  every 
  

   four 
  weeks 
  thereafter 
  to 
  reinspect 
  said 
  flock 
  and 
  report 
  in 
  writing, 
  

   the 
  result 
  and 
  treatment, 
  if 
  any, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  until 
  said 
  dis- 
  

   ease 
  is 
  reported 
  cured. 
  

  

  