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along the route shall be prima facie evidence that the disease lias been communicated by 

 such transportation. For every head of cattle brought into the State contrary to law a 

 fine of twenty dollars may be recovered, or the party may be imprisoned in the county 

 jail not less than three nor more than twelve months, or may be subjected to both fine 

 and imprisonment. It is lawful for any three or more householders to stop any cattle 

 which they may have good reason to believe are passing through any county in violation 

 of the act. 



Illinois has a law prohibiting the introduction of Texas or Cherokee cattle into the 

 State between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of March under penalty of a fine 

 of not less than $500 nor exceeding $2,000. These fines shall be paid into the county 

 treasury for the purpose of distribution pro rata among persons who have suffered losses 

 by the introduction of such cattle. Persons and corporations are made liable to injured 

 parties for losses. It is made the duty of any circuit or county judge, or justice of the 

 peace, upon oath of any householder setting forth that Texas or Cherokee cattle are spread 

 ing disease among the native cattle, to forthwith issue a warrant to any sheriff or con 

 stable of the county, commanding him to arrest and impound such cattle and keep them 

 by themselves until the 1st day of October following. &quot;Texas and Cherokee cattle&quot; are 

 defined to mean a class or kind of cattle without reference to the place from which they 

 may have come. 



A law of Iowa, approved April 8, 1868, forbids the introduction or possession of 

 Texas, Cherokee, or Indian cattle, but permits their transportation through the State by 

 railroads, and the driving of such cattle when wintered north of the southern boundary of 

 the State of Missouri or of Kansas. The penalties for a violation of this law are a fine 

 not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment not exceeding six months, and payment of all damages 

 accruing. 



A special enactment of Kansas forbids the driving of cattle from Texas or the Indian 

 Territory between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of December in every vear, 



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except in the remote and sparsely settled territory of the plains, and then not within five 

 miles of any highway, or within that distance of any &quot;ranche&quot; except by consent of its 

 proprietor. The penalties for its violation are, for first offence, a fine of $100 to $1,000 

 and imprisonment from thirty days to six months ; for subsequent offences the penalties 

 are double. 



The general convention held in Illinois, in which most of the States were ably repre 

 sented, considered carefully the subject of restrictive legislation and adopted the following 

 resolutions : 



&quot; Whereas a malignant disease among cattle, known as Texas fever, has been widely 

 disseminated by the transit of southwestern cattle through the Western and Northwestern 

 States during the warm season of the year, occasioning great loss to our farmers and 

 possibly endangering the health of our citizens: Therefore, 



&quot; -Resolved, That this convention earnestly recommend the enactment, by those States, 

 of stringent laws to prevent the transit through their limits of Texas or Cherokee cattle 

 from the 1st day of March to the 1st day of November, inclusive. 



&quot;Resolved, That the interests of the community require the enactment of laws 

 making any person responsible for all damages that may result from the diffusion of any 

 disease from animals in his ownership or possession.&quot; 



