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the importation into the State of California of horses, mules, 

 asses, or cattle which are affected Avith any infectious or con- 

 tagious disease; to provide for the inspection of such animals 

 before they are brought into the state ; to repeal an act entitled 

 "An act to prevent the importation of neat cattle for dairy or 

 breeding purposes affected with tuberculosis into the State of 

 California, ' ' approved March 7, 1911 ; to repeal an act entitled 

 "An act to prevent the importation of horses, mules and asses 

 affected with glanders into the State of California," approved 

 March 7, 1911, is hereby repealed. 



Penalty. SEC. 5. Any person, firm, company or corporation, their 



agents, servants and employees, who shall violate any of the 

 provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not 

 more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the 

 county jail for a term not exceeding one hundred and eighty 

 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



EXTERMINATION OF BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS TICK. 



An act providing for the extermination of the boophilus an^- 

 nulatus tick, defining certain crimes and providing for 

 certain civil and criminal actions. 



(Approved March 21, 1907 ; amendments approved February 23, 1909 ; 

 Stats. 1907, p. 763; 1909, p. 55.) 



sale of SECTION 1. Any person who shall wilfully or intentionally 



cattie ed sell, offer for sale, or expose in such a manner as may infest 

 prohibited. o ther cattle or other live stock not so infested, any cattle hav- 

 ing thereon or being infested with the boophilus annulatus 

 Exception, tick, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, however, that 

 the moving or handling of tick infested cattle, when same are 

 to be immediately slaughtered and where said cattle are loaded 

 on railroad cars at point of origin of said cattle, shall not be 

 deemed to be a wilful or intentional exposing of such cattle as 

 referred to in this section. (As amended, Stats. 1909, p. 55.) 

 pipping of SEC. 1J. Whenever cattle infested with or exposed to the 

 cattle^ infestation of the boophilus annulatus tick are to be moved 

 for the purpose of immediate slaughter, and where no pro- 

 visions are made for the loading of such cattle directly into 

 railroad cars at their point of origin, such cattle shall only be 

 moved or allowed to move after said cattle have first been 

 dipped or otherwise treated in a manner as directed by the 

 state veterinarian or his duly authorized deputy. (Added 

 Stats. 1909, p. 55.) 



Notice to SEC. 2. Whenever upon examination of any cattle located 



"attie in any county of the State of California the state veterinarian* 



or his duly "authorized deputy shall find such cattle or any 



portion of them to be infested with the boophilus annulatus 



*See note, page 11 hereof. 



