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so that the waters thereof become polluted by reason thereof; 

 or who bathes in any such stream, pond, lake or reservoir; or 

 who by any other means fouls or pollutes the waters of any 

 such stream, pond, lake, or reservoir^ is guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as 

 prescribed in section three hundred and seventy-seven. 



402. Any person who shall knowingly sell, or offer for using or 

 sale, or use, or expose, or who shall cause or procure to be 

 sold, or offered for sale, or used, or expose any horse, mule or 

 other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, 

 or who shall bring, or cause to be brought, or aid in bringing 

 into the state any sheep, hog, horse, or cattle, or any domestic 

 animal knowing the same to be affected with any contagious 

 or infectious disease, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



4026. Every animal having glanders or farcy shall at once Animals 

 be deprived of life by the owner or person having charge S^SeS* 

 thereof, upon discovery or knowledge of its condition ; and any to be killed - 

 such owner or person omitting or refusing to comply with the 

 provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



402d. Any person or persons, company or corporation, Diseased 

 owning or having possession or control of any animal affected 

 by any contagious or infectious disease, who shall fail to keep 

 the same within an enclosure, or herd the same in some place 

 where they will be secure from contact with other animals of 

 like kind not so affected, or who shall suffer such infected 

 animals to be driven on the public highway or to range where 

 they will be likely to come in contact with other animals not 

 so affected, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, 

 punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for 

 each offense. 



402e. Any practitioner of veterinary medicine in the State Report of 

 of California who shall, upon gaining information thereof, 

 fail to immediately report in writing to the state veterinarian 

 the location, description, and name and address of the owner 

 or person in charge, if known, of any animal or animals 

 affected with any one of the following diseases: glanders, 

 anthrax, blackleg, hog cholera, swine plague, verminous bron- 

 chitis, sheep scab, myeotic lymphangitis, aphthous fever, or 

 Texas fever, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



INSPECTORS OF LIVESTOCK. 

 Political Code. 



4056a. The board [of supervisors] shall adopt orders and county to 

 enact ordinances not in conflict with state or federal lawShStHf 

 necessary for the preservation of the health of domestic live- livestock - 

 stock, and shall provide for the payment of all expenses 

 incurred in enforcing the same, which expenses shall be a 

 county charge and payable in the same manner and out of the 

 same funds as other county charges are paid. 



4149. The livestock inspector shall be appointed by the Appoint- 

 board of supervisors whenever in the discretion of such board ment ' 



