126 THE LUNG PLAGUE OF CATTLE. 



provisions of this section shall pay a fine not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, 

 and shall be liable for all damages. 



[5.] SEC. 5. All fines and forfeitures incurred under the provisions of this act 

 shall be recovered by action before any justice of the peace, and all such fines shall 

 be paid into the school fund, in and for the county having jurisdiction of the caw. 



[6.] SEC. 6. In all cases of conviction under the provisions of this act, the jus- 

 tice shall enter judgment for the fine and costs against the defendant, and may com- 

 mit him until the judgment is satisfied, or issue execution on the judgment for the 

 use of the common schools of the county. 



[7.] SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



[8.] SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved June 20, 1867. 



AN ACT to prevent the iiitroduction and spread of hog cholera and kindred diseases in the State of 



Nebraska. 



Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Nebraska. 



SECTION 1. That from and after the 1st day of June, A. D. 1877, it shall be unlaw- 

 ful for any railroad company operating its road in this State to bring or cause to be 

 brought into this State from an adjoining State any empty car used for transporting 

 hogs or sheep, or any empty combination car used for carrying grain ami stock, that 

 has any filth of any kind whatever in the same ; but the railroad company shall, be- 

 fore it allows said car or cars to pass into this State, cause the same to be thoroughly 

 cleansed. Any person or persons, or corporation, violating any of the above provis- 

 ions, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed one hundred 

 dollars. 



Approved February 17, A. D. 1877. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



(From General Laws of the State of New Hampshire, chapter 116, entitled "Diseases 



of Domestic Animals." 



SECT. 1. Whenever any dangerous or troublesome disease prevails among cattle, 

 horses or other domestic animals, the governor, with the advice of the council, may 

 appoint a board of commissioners of not more than five persons, and may terminate 

 its existence when the public safety may permit, or the governor may direct that the 

 board of agriculture may perform the duties and possess the powers herein specified. 



The compensation of such board shall be limited to actual expenses, to be allowed 

 by the governor and council. 



SECT. 2. Said board shall have the power to make regulations prohibiting the intro- 

 duction or transportation of any domestic animals, by railroad or otherwise, and such 

 other regulations as they may deem necessary to arrest or exclude any such infectious 

 or troublesome disease, and modify or annul the same as circumstances may require. 



Such regulations shall be in force until the existence and powers of the board shall 

 be terminated by the governor. 



SECT. 3. Any person or corporation that shall violate any of the regulations of said 

 board, shall be punished for such offense by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



SECT. 4. Any person or corporation that shall bring into the State, between the 

 twentieth day of May and the twentieth day of October, any Texas or Cherokee cat- 

 tle that have been kept north of the Ohio or Missouri river during the winter imme- 

 diately preceding, shall be punished for such offense by a fine not exceeding twenty- 

 five dollars for each and every animal so brought into this State. 



The term Texas or Cherokee cattle shall be construed to mean the native cattle of 

 Texas and Louisiana, and the classes of cattle known under these names. 



SECT. 5. Selectmen shall enforce the provisions of this chapter-within their respect- 

 ive towns at the expense of such towns. 



NEW JERSEY. 



CHAPTER CCXX. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish a State board of health," 

 approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. 



1. Be it enacted by the senate and general assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in 

 addition to the powers conferred by the act to which this is a supplement, said board 

 shall have full power and authority to examine and determine whether pleuro-pneu- 

 monia, rinderpest, or any other contagious or infectious disease exist among animals 

 in any county in this State; and that the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appro- 



