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have power to :i]ipoiiit three commissioners, to hold their office for two years, and 



make report ;iiinu:illy to I lie secretary of t he St;itc board of a uric nl t u n-. Sneh com- 

 missioners sh:ill have power to use means to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases 

 among animals, and protect tlie people of t he State from t he .dangers : n isin^ from t he 

 eonsitmpl ion of diseased meal. Said commissioners shall ha ve power t o administer 

 oat hs and appoint assistants for such t ime as t hey may deem proper, and to place ani- 

 mals in quarantine, and to do ^cm-rally whatever may be necessary to prevent the 

 spread of contagions diseases among animals. 



[174:?.] SKC. '.'. No animal shall le permitted to enter or puss t hrongh tlie State 

 which shall lie deemed by either of the commissioners capaMeof diffusing orcom- 

 mnnicat ing contagions diseases. 



[1741.] SKC.:;. No cattle brought from Texas or the Indian Territories shall be 

 |)ermitted to pass through this State, or any part of the same, from the first day of 

 March to the first day of November, in each year. 



Si-:c. 4. This act shall take immediate etfect. 



MINNESOTA, 



CHAPTER lOLOnVnses against tlie public braltli. 



SECTION 14. Importation of Texas or Indian mttlc prohibited. That it shall not bo law- 

 ful tor any one, to bring into the State or have in possession any Texas, Cherokee, In- 

 dian, 01- any diseased cattle, except as hereinafter provided. (1869, c. 42, sec. 1.1 



SKC. 1"). Exception as to cattle on hand Such cattle not to run at large. This act shall 

 not apply to any Texas, Cherokee, or Indian cattle, or other diseased cattle now on 

 hand within this State; but persons having such shall be compelled to keep them within 

 the bounds of their own premises, or separate from other cattle ; and any damage that 

 may accrue from allowing such cattle to run at large, and thereby spreading disease 

 among other cattle, shall be recovered from the owner or owners thereof, who shall be 

 Liable to all the pains and penalties, as provided in section 4 of this act. (Id., sec. 2.) 



SEC. 16. Such cattle may be driven through State, when. Nothing contained in this act 

 shall be so construed as to prevent the transportation of such cattle through this 

 state on railroads, or to prohibit the driving through any portion of this State such 

 Texas or southern cattle as have been wintered, at least one winter, north of the 

 northern boundary of the State of Missouri. (Id. sec. 3.) 



SKI-. 17. Penalty disposition thereof liability for damages. Any person who shall 

 violate the provisions of this act shall, for every such violation, forfeit and pay into the 

 school-fund of the county where the offense is committed, a sum not exceeding one 

 thousand dollars, or to be fined and imprisoned in the county jail, at the discretion of 

 the court, though such time of imprisonment shall not exceed six months; and such 

 person or persons shall pay all damages that may accrue to any person by reason of 

 sncli violation of this act. (Id. sec. 4.) 



NEBRASKA. 



< iniATKu '.L Animals. Aa. Act to provide for the protection of stock from contagious diseases. 

 (Passed, and took effect, June 20, 1867. Laws 1876, page 74.) 



lie It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska : 



[1.] SECTION!. That every person shall so restrain his diseased or distempered 

 cattle, or such as are under his care, that they may not go at large; and no person 

 or persons shall drive any diseased or distempered cat tie affected with any contagious 

 or infections disease, into or through this State from one point thereof to another. 

 Any person or persons offending against this section shall, on conviction thereof be- 

 fore any justice of the peace, forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty-five 

 dollars for every head of such rattle, and be liable for all costs and damages. 



[<.] SKC. 2. Any justice of the peace, upon proof before him that any cattle are 

 going at large or are driven in or through his county in violation of the preceding 

 section, shall order a constable or sheriff to impound them, and tlie owner thereof 

 shall be held liable for all costs and damages. 



[3.] SEC. 3. The sheriff or constable who may execute the order of any justice of 

 the peace as aforesaid, to impound any such cattle, shall have twenty-five cents per 

 head for the Hrst fifty, and five cents for each additional head, to be paid by the 

 defendant upon conviction thereof, but in case the defendant be discharged then 

 such costs to be paid by the complainant ; and if any officer to whom any" order un- 

 der this law is directed should fail to execute (the same,) he shall forfeit, in case of 

 a failure, a sum not less than one hundred dollars. 



[4.] SKC. 4. It shall not be lawful for any person to use. let, sell, or permit to run 

 at large any horse, mule, or ass diseased with the glanders. Any person violating the 



