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he is hereby authorized, by and with Uie approval of the governor, 

 to establish such quarantine, sanitary and police regulation as may be 

 necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease or diseases, and 

 prevent the extension thereof, and ho is hereby authorized and enij^ow- 

 ered to enter upon any groinids or premises and inspect any live stock 

 necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 4. Upon the discovery of any ease of such contagious or infec- 

 tious disease, the state veterinarian shall immediately inform the board 

 of supervisors of the county or counties in which said disease exists, or 

 diseased animals are located, of the existence of such disease, and of 

 such facts and circumstances in connection therewith as will enable 

 said lioard of supervisors to take prompt and proper action to ])j-event 

 the spread of such disease and to eradicate the same. 



Sec. 5. Upon receipt of information as provided for in section four 

 of this act, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to proceed 

 immediately to eradicate or suppress said disease, to prevent its spread 

 or introduction among healthy animals, or the infection of i)astui"es, 

 roads, places, or sections theretofore free from said disease and unin- 

 fected. 



Sec. 6. Should said board of supervisors refuse or neglect for a 

 period of five days, to take any or i)roper action to quarantine such 

 cases of contagious or infectious disease so reported to them, or to sup- 

 press or eradicate the same, or prevent the spread thereof, the state 

 veterinarian shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to quarantine 

 .such county or counties, or such portions thereof as may l)e necessary, 

 and thereafter it shall be unlawful for the owners of the live stock 

 quarantined, their agents or employees, to move any of such live stock 

 across the quarantine line established, or without the county or portion 

 thereof quarantined, without first obtaining a permit from said state 

 veterinarian, who shall before such permit is issued, inspect and if 

 necessary cause such live stock and vehicles of transportation to l)e dis- 

 infected in accordance with tlie instructions of said state veterinarian, 

 or until such quarantine has been raised or discontinued by said state 

 veterinarian. 



Sec. 7. The state veterinarian shall determine, from time to time, 

 the quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent tlie spread 

 among live stock of any malignant, contagious, or infectious disease 

 found to exi.st among the live stock of this state, and when he shall have 

 done SO' he shall notify the governor thereof, who, if he approve, shall 

 issue his proclamation proclaiming tlu^ boundaries of such (|uaraiitine, 

 and the orders, rules and regulations prcsrrihtd I'or liic iiiaiiiltMiaiu-e 

 and enforcement of such quarantine, and shall piihlish the same in surh 

 maimer as he may deem expedient. 



Skc. 71. 'I'hc state veterinai'ian of th(> State of ("alifornia is hereby 

 autlioi'ized and empowered 1o a|)poiiil one deputy stale veterinarian, 

 and one clerk. The salary ol' tlie deputy state Ncterinariaii shall be 

 eighteen hundred dollars i)er annum; the salary oi" the eh'rk shall be 

 sixteen hundred dollai's ])er aiuium. Said salaries shall he paid at the 

 same time and in the same maniiei' as are the salaries of other state 

 officers. The deputy state \'eterinai'ian shall he allowed such necessary 

 expenses as inay be incurred in the disehai-ge ol' his duties. 



Sioc. 8. Any pei-son failing to comijly with the provisions ol" this act 

 shall be deemed L;uilt\- ol" a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall he |)iniislied hy a line ol' not less than one hinidred nor more than 



