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to any person who shall willfully have concealed the existence of disease among bis 

 animals or upon his premises, or who shall in any way I > v>-rffi JLyT WjiWtifci^g I . , i h;iv> 

 contributed to tin- spread of the disease sought to hXHi^j)]^sfe-^^^p^jd from 

 spreading. 



SEC. 4. This act shall lake clVed immediately. j(^ ^ T TT -j m TT 



P] STN81 I \ \MA. V 



AN ACT to piw.'iit the extension of d 



SECTION 1. //<'/ cmu'tnl, ,\V., That it shall not he lawful for any person who may 

 own any cattle or sheep a Heeled by t he disease Unown as pleuro-pneuiuonia, or other 

 contagion.'* or in feel ions disease, to sell or ot her wise dispose of any cat t le, eit her ;ilivo 

 or slaiiglnered, from the premises where such disease is Unown to exist, nor for a pe- 

 riod of two months after such disease shall have disappeared from said premises. 



SEC. 2. That no cattle or sheep shall be allowed to run at large in any township or 

 borough where any contagious disease prevails; and the constablesof such townships 

 are hereby authorized and minimi to take np and confine any cattle so found run- 

 ning at large until called for and until .all costs are paid. And in townships where 

 there are no constables, it shall be the duty of the township clerk to perform this ser- 

 vice; and the said officers shall be entitled t o receive one dollar for each head of cattle 

 so taken up. And any officer who shall refuse to perform the duties of this act shall 

 be liable to a line of ten dollars. 



SEC. 3. Any person offending against the provisions of the first section of this act 

 shall le guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be sentenced to pay a fine not 

 exceeding five hundred dollars or undergo an imprisonment not exceeding six months. 



Approved the 1-Jth day of April, A. D. 1866. 



AN ACT to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious pleuro-pneumonia among cattle in this 



State. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted, <f-c., That whenever it shall be brought to the notice of the 

 governor of this State that the disease known as contagious or infectious pleuro- 



Sneiimonia exists among the cattle in any of the counties in this State, it shall be his 

 uty to take measures promptly to suppress the disease and prevent it from spread ing. 



SEC. 2. That for such purpose the governor shall have power, and he is hereby 

 authorized, to issue his proclamation stating that the said infectious or contagious 

 disease exists in any county or counties of the State, and warning all persons to seclude 

 all animals in their possession that are affected with such disease, or have been ex- 

 posed to the infection or contagion thereof, and ordering all persons to take such pre- 

 cautions against the spreading of such disease as the nature thereof may in his judg- 

 ment render necessary or expedient; to order that any premises, farm, or farms where 

 such disease exists or has existed be put in quarantine, so that no domestic animal be 

 removed from said places so quarantined, and to prescribe such regulations as he may 

 judge necessary or expedient to prevent infection or contagion being communicated in 

 any way from the places so quarantined ; to call upon all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to 

 carry out and enforce the provisions of such proclamations, orders, and regulations; 

 and it shall be the duty of all the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to obey and observe all 

 orders and instructions which they may receive from the governor in the premises ; to 

 employ such and so many medical and veterinary practitioners, and such other persons 

 as he may from time to time deem necessary to assist him in performing his duty as 

 set forth in the first section of this act, and 'to fix their compeusat ion ; to order all or 

 any animals coming into the State to be detained at any place or places for the 

 purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for the destruc- 

 tion of animals affected with the said infectious or contagious disease, and for the 

 proper disposition of their hides and carcasses, and of all objects which might convey 

 infection or contagion : Provided, That no animal shall be destroyed unless first ex- 

 amined by a medical or veterinary practitioner in the employ of the governor as afore- 

 said : to prescribe regulations for the disinfection of all premises, buildings, and rail- 

 way cars, and of objects from or by which infection or contagion may take place or 

 be conveyed ; to alter or modify, from time to time, as he may d.-em expedient, the 

 terms of all such proclamations, orders, and regulations, and to cancel or withdraw the 

 same at any time. 



SEC. 3. That all the necessary expenses incurred, under direction or by authority 

 of the governor in carrying out the provisions of this act, shall be paid by the treasurer 

 upon the warrant of the auditor-general, on being certified as correct by the gov- 

 ernor: 1'rorided, That animals coming from a neighboring State that have passed a 

 veterinary examination in said State and have been quarantined and discharged, shall 

 not be subject to the provisions of this act. 



Approved the 1st day of May, A. D. 1879. 



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