THE LUNG PLAGUE OF CATTLE. 117 



Si:c. I. Whenever the governor of the State shall hav<' good reason to believe thai 

 such disease has become epidemic in certain localities In other States, or thai there 

 are conditions which render such domestic animals liable to convey disease, he shall 

 tin Ten pon. by prod. MI nat ion. schedule such localities, and prohibit t he import at ion of 

 any live stock of t he kind diseased into t his State, unless accompanied by a cert ilicale, 

 of health, properh signed by a duly anthori/.ed veterinary inspector. Any corpora- 

 lion or individual \\ ho shall transport, receive, or con\ ey such prohibited stock shall 

 he deemed guilt v of a misdemeanor, and, upon con\ id ion t hereof, shal I be lined not 

 Less than <>iic thousand dollars (Sl.ddll) nor more than ten thousand dollars (slo.llllll) 

 for each and every olfense. and shall become liable for any and all damage or loss t hat 

 may be sustained by aii\ party or parties, by reason of the importation or transpor- 

 tation of such prohibited stock. 



SEC. . r >. If any person or persons who shall have upon his premises any case of 

 plenro-pnenmonia among cattle, and shall fail to immediately report the same to the 

 State veterinarian, or if any person or persons shall willfully and maliciously obst ruct 

 or resist tin 1 State \eterinarian in 1 he discharge of his duty, Mshereinhcfore set forth, 

 he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of either charge 

 shall be fined not less than lifty (sr.ll) nor more than five hundred dollars (sr>0(l) for 

 each and every such offense, and upon conviction a second time shall, in addition to 

 the above-named line, be liable to not less than thirty (30) (lays nor more than six 

 (d) months' Imprisonment. 



SKC. 6. The State veterinarian shall annually make a report to the governor of 

 all matters connected with Ins work, and the governor shall transmit to the Depart 

 incut of Agriculture such parts of said report as may be of general interest to breeders 

 of live stock, to be published with the proceedings of the State Hoard of Agriculture. 



SEC. 7. All claims against the State arising from the slaughter of animals, as herein 

 provided for, shall, together with the order of the State veterinarian and the award 

 of the appraisers in each case, be submitted to the governor, and he shall, after ha\ 

 ing examined each case, if satisfied of the justness of the same, indorse thereon his 

 order to the State auditor, who shall thereupon issue his warrant on the State treas- 

 urer for the same so ordered paid by the governor. 



SEC. 8. The State veterinarian shall be entitled to receive for his service the sum of 

 eight dollars (ss) perday for everyday actually employed under the provisions of t his 

 act. together with his necessary traveling expenses. He shall make an itemi/.ed 

 account to the governor, properly signed and sworn to, of the number of days he has 

 served, and of the expenses which he has paid, and the governor shall, if satisfied 

 that the same is right and proper, indorse thereon his order on the State auditor for 

 i he amount. The appraisers, heretofore provided for, shall be entitled to receive the 

 sum of one dollar (#1) each for their services, to be paid out of the treasury of their 

 respective counties, upon certificate of the justice of the peace summoning them. The 

 justice of the peace shall be entitled to receive the ordinary fee for issuing summons, 

 to be paid out of the town fund in counties under township organization, and out of 

 the county fund in counties not under township organixation. The physicians called 

 in consultation shall be entitled to receive for their services the sum of TWO dollars 

 !*> i per day, and mileage at the rate of ten (10) cents per mile one way : such coin- 

 pensation and mileage to be paid out of the veterinarian contingent fund. The State 

 veterinarian shall have at his disposition the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000), 

 to be expended in disinfecting infected premises, and other incidental expenses con- 

 nected with his work, for which he shall, before entering upon the discharge of his 

 duties, give bond, with good and sufficient securities, ill the sum of live thousand 

 dollors (si"), 000), and shall make a sworn statement to the governor of the amounts he 

 disburses. Any part of said two thousand dollars (sv>,000) not used shall lapse into 

 the State treasury. 



Si.( . '.). For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act the sum of eight 

 thousand dollars ($8,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated 

 out of the State treasury, to be paid as hereby provided out of any sums not other- 

 wise appropriated. 



INDIANA. 



No law except the criminal code. Provides that a party who has cattle in a car, 

 not diseased, may claim damages if another party brings in cattle diseased, knowing 

 flic in to be 80. 



(Laws, 1881.) 



CiiAi'iKi: 161. Cattle protection of, from contagious diseases. 

 An Act for tin- protection of cattle against c'oiitjiiiii>u> <li>r;i>cs. 



lie if emu-ted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas : 



SKCTIOX 1. That no person "or persons shall drive or cause to be driven into or 



through any county in this State any cattle diseased with a disease known as Te\.-ix. 



