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printed t defray tin- actual necessary expenses of said board while making such 

 cxaniinat ions. 



:>. . I n<l he il t'lKtclnl, That in event of any rout agious or infectious di.-ease as afore- 

 said breaking out or being 'suspected to exist in any locality in lliis State, it shall lie 

 the duty of all persons owning or having any in I crest whatever in said cat t le, imme- 

 diately to not ify t he said board of he alt h. or any one of t hem, of I he ex isteiice of such 

 disease, and thereupon it shall lie the duty of said hoard of health, or any member 

 thereof, to immediately proceed to the place or places where said disease is reported 

 to exist, and to quarantine said animal or animals, and take such pn-caiit ionary 

 measiii'es as shall he deemed necessary: to prescribe such remedies as in t heir judg- 

 ment will he conducive to t he recovery of such animal or animals, and to in force such 

 regulations as may be adopted by said board of health. 



:'.. And In- it ciiacltd. That the board of health aforoaid. and all such assistants 

 as they may appoint, whenever in t heir judgment or discretion it shall appear in any 

 case that the disease is not likely to yield to any remedial treatment, or whenever it 

 shall seem that the cost or worth of any such remedial treat men t shall be Create r t ha u 

 the value of the animal or animals so afflicted, or whenever in any case such disease* 

 shall tin-eaten its spread to other animals, to cause the same to be immediately 

 slaughtered, and their remains to be buried not less than four feet under ground, ami 

 all plaees in which said animals shall have been kept to he cleansed and disinfected. 



4. Aud be it enacted, That in all cases win-re animals inllicted with, or which shall 

 have been exposed, shall have been slaughtered or killed by the order of the said 

 board of health, or their assistants, it shall be the duty of said board to appoint three> 

 competent and disinterested freeholders to appraise , the value of the animals so killed 

 or slaughtered, at the time they were so killed; who shall be afiirmed orsworn. lie fore, 

 proceeding to act, to make a just and true valuation of said animals so killed, at the 

 time of their slaughter, two-thirds of which said valuation or appraisement shall 

 be paid to the owner or owners by the State. 



5. And be it enacted, That any person or persons refusing or neglecting to not i fy sa id 

 board of health, or any of them, of the existence of pleuro-pneurnonia, rinderpest, or 

 any other coin agious or infectious diseases among cattle, shall be deemed and adjudged 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not mores 

 than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the, 

 discretion of the court. 



',. And belt enacted, That all bills for money expended under this act shall be audited 

 by the comptroller of this State and then submitted to the governor for his approval. 

 After being thus audited and approved by the governor, shall be paid by the State- 

 treasurer upon warrant of the comptroller. 



7. And be it enacted, That said board shall keep a full- record of their proceedings, 

 and shall publish the same in the annual report of the State board of agriculture, 

 yearly and every year during the existence of the law. 



8. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall knowingly either buy or sell 

 or cause to be bought or sold any animal or animals affected with pleura-pneumonia, 

 rinderpest, or any other contagious or infectious disease, all such person or persons 

 shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall be punished by a line not exceeding two hundred dollars or imprisonment not 

 exceeding one year,' or both, at the discretion of the court. 



9. And be it enaclrtl. That in case an emergency shall arise and a larger sum shall be 

 deemed necessary than the amount appropriated by the preceding sections of this act , 

 said state board of health shall present the facts in evidence to the president of tin- 

 State Agricultural Society, and the president and executive committee of the State 

 board of agriculture, who shall authori/e such additional expenditure as in their, 

 judgment they may deem the exigency of the occasion to demand : I'rri</l, That 

 in no ease shall the amount of money thus aiithori/ed to be expended exceed the sum 

 of live thousand dollars in any one year. 



10. And be it enacted. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be 

 and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect immediately. 



Approved March 12, 1880. 



NEW YORK. 



(Laws of New York by authority.) 



(Every law. unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall commence and 

 take effect throughout the State on and not before the "20th day after the day of its 

 final passage as certified by the secretary of state. Section 12, title 4, chapter?, 

 part 1, Revised Statutes.) 



CHAPTER134. AN ACT in relation to infectious and oontagioQB diaeaaeB of ttdimala. (Passed \mil 

 15, 1878; three-fifths being present.) 



The people of the State of New York, represented in senate and assembly, do enact 

 as follows : 



SECTION 1. Whenever any infectious or contagious disease affecting domestic 



