19-2 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Sec. 7. All local boards of health shall assist the live stock sanitary 

 board in the prevention, suppression, control and eradication of contagious 

 and infectious diseases among domestic animals whenever requested so 

 to do by the secretary or any member thereof. Two or more local boards 

 may be required in emergencies to co-operate in rendering such assistance. 

 When the rules of any local board conflict with those of the state board, 

 the latter shall prevail. 



Sec. 8. The state live stock sanitary board, and also the local boards 

 of health within their respective jurisdictions, may quarantine or kill 

 any domestic animal infected with, or which has been exposed to, any 

 such diseases; but before killing any animal solely on the ground that 

 it has been exposed, a local board shall procure the authority of the state 

 board. Said boards may regulate or prohibit the arrival in and departure 

 from the state, of animals so infected or exposed and in case of violation 

 of any such regulation or prohibition, may detain any animal at its 

 owner's cost. The state board may regulate or prohibit the bringing of 

 domestic animals into the state, which, in its opinion, for any reason 

 may injure the health of live stock therein. All rules and regulations 

 adopted by the state board or by any local boards under authority of this 

 act shall be recorded in its minutes and one week's published notice there- 

 of shall be given by publication of said rules and regulations of the state 

 board in the Register and Leader and the Des Moines Daily Capital, pa- 

 pers published in Des Moines, Iowa, and the rules and regulations of the 

 local boards shall be published in the official papers of the counties in 

 which the several boards are located. 



Sec. 9. Every person who knows or has reasons to believe that an 

 epidemic or an actively contagious or infectious disease exists in any 

 domestic animal or herd of domestic animals, shall immediately notify 

 the local board of health, or the township trustees of the township in 

 which said disease exists; within twenty-four hours after such local board 

 of health or such township trustees have been notified, or have received 

 knowledge that such a disease exists, they shall give written notice 

 thereof to the state board, and its executive officer shall, if he thinks 

 necessary to protect the interests of the public, visit the locality where the 

 disease exists and take such measures under the rules and regulations 

 laid down by the state board, as may be necessary to restrict the spread 

 of the disease and protect the public from its ravages. Said board or 

 any member or authorized agent thereof may examine under oath all 

 persons believed to have knowledge of the existence of disease among 

 domestic animals, and for this purpose may take depositions and compel 

 witnesses to attend and testify. 



Sec. 10. The state live stock sanitary board shall have full author- 

 ity to cause the prompt destruction of any horses, mules or asses af- 

 fected with glanders; but before causing such destruction the animals in- 

 fected shall be examined by the state veterinary surgeon and by one 

 other competent veterinary surgeon appointed by the state live stock 

 sanitary board. Every owner or person having care and control of a 

 horse or other animal having the glanders who shall knowingly permit 



