﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  lations 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  judge 
  necessary 
  or 
  expedient 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   communication 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  by 
  infection 
  or 
  contagion, 
  in 
  any 
  

   way 
  from 
  the 
  places 
  so 
  quarantined. 
  

  

  § 
  63. 
  Detention 
  and 
  destruction 
  of 
  animals. 
  The 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  or 
  an 
  assistant 
  commissioner, 
  may 
  order 
  all 
  or 
  any 
  animals 
  

   coming 
  into 
  the 
  state 
  to 
  be 
  detained 
  at 
  any 
  place 
  or 
  places 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  inspection 
  and 
  examination. 
  He 
  may 
  prescribe 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  animals 
  affected 
  with 
  infectious 
  or 
  

   contagious 
  disease, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  disposal 
  of 
  their 
  hides 
  and 
  

   carcasses, 
  and 
  of 
  all 
  objects 
  which 
  might 
  carry 
  infection 
  or 
  con- 
  

   tagion. 
  Whenever, 
  in 
  his 
  judgment 
  necessary, 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  

   speedy 
  and 
  economical 
  suppression 
  or 
  prevention 
  of 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  

   any 
  such 
  disease, 
  he 
  may 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  slaughtered, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  disposed 
  of, 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  expedient, 
  any 
  

   animal 
  or 
  animals, 
  which, 
  by 
  contact 
  or 
  association 
  with 
  diseased 
  

   animals, 
  or 
  by 
  other 
  exposure 
  to 
  infection 
  or 
  contagion, 
  may 
  be 
  

   considered 
  or 
  suspected 
  to 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  contract 
  or 
  communicate 
  

   the 
  disease 
  sought 
  to 
  be 
  suppressed 
  or 
  prevented. 
  

  

  § 
  64. 
  Employment 
  of 
  veterinary 
  surgeons. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  

   may 
  employ 
  such 
  and 
  so 
  many 
  medical 
  and 
  veterinary 
  practition- 
  

   ers 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  persons 
  as 
  he 
  may, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  deem 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  discharging 
  the 
  duties 
  imposed 
  upon 
  him 
  

   by 
  this 
  article, 
  and 
  may 
  fix 
  their 
  compensation. 
  All 
  persons 
  now 
  

   employed 
  by 
  the 
  governor 
  for 
  such 
  purposes 
  shall 
  continue 
  in 
  the 
  

   employ 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  upon 
  the 
  same 
  terms, 
  until 
  such 
  em- 
  

   ployment 
  shall 
  be 
  terminated 
  or 
  modified 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner. 
  

   No 
  animal 
  shall 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  or 
  by 
  his 
  order, 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  diseased 
  animal, 
  unless 
  first 
  examined 
  by 
  

   a 
  medical 
  or 
  veterinary 
  practitioner 
  in 
  the 
  employ 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  under 
  this 
  section, 
  nor 
  until 
  such 
  practitioner 
  renders 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  made 
  such 
  examination, 
  that 
  

   in 
  his 
  judgment 
  such 
  animal 
  is 
  affected 
  with 
  a 
  specified 
  infectious 
  

   or 
  contagious 
  disease, 
  or 
  that 
  its 
  destruction 
  is 
  necessary 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  suppress 
  or 
  aid 
  in 
  suppressing 
  such 
  disease, 
  or 
  to 
  prevent 
  such 
  

   disease, 
  or 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  spread 
  thereof 
  specifying 
  the 
  reasons 
  

   for 
  such 
  necessity. 
  

  

  