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demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any 

 sum not more than two hundred dollars for each such offense. 



Sec. 2. Any person having knowledge or notice of the exist- 

 ence of scab on any sheep owned or in charge of such person, 

 who shall fail or refuse to dip in some preparation known to be 

 effectual in curing scab, all flocks of sheep in which one or more 

 such are so infected, within twenty days after such knowledge 

 or notice has been received, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum 

 not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars; 

 provided, that every successive twenty days of failure or refusal 

 to dip such sheep, under the provisions of this section, shall be 

 considered a separate offense. 



Sec. 3. For the purpose of determining the existence of scab, 

 under the provisions of this act, and to serve notice on persons 

 as provided in section 2, the justice of the peace having jurisdic- 

 tion, upon complaint of any person owning or having charge of 

 sheep, supported by affidavit as to his belief that a flock of sheep 

 within such jurisdiction are infected with scab, shall forthwith 

 issue order to a constable or some peace officer of his county, di- 

 recting such officer to summon to his aid two persons having 

 knowledge of scab, and to proceed with such persons and examine 

 the sheep so designated, and to notify in writing the owner or 

 person in charge of said sheep, of the result of such examination, 

 and to return to the court of issue such order, showing how he 

 has executed the same. 



Sec. 4. Any person refusing to permit the examination pro- 

 vided for in section 3 of this act, or to place the sheep in pens 

 for such purpose, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction thereof, punished by fine of not less than one 

 hundred nor more than two hundred dollars. 



Sec. 5. Upon return of the order provided for in section 3 of 

 this act, the justice of the peace shall, if it states said sheep are 



