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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Unlawful to 



break 



quarantine. 



recognized college of veterinary medicine and be legally quali- 

 fied to practice veterinary medicine in this state, and who shall 

 hold office for a period of four years from and after the date of 

 qualification. The salary of such assistant state veterinarian 

 shall be three thousand dollars per annum, payable at the same 

 time and in the same manner as are the salaries of other state 

 officers. Said assistant state veterinarian shall also be allowed 

 his necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. 

 (As amended, Stats. 1915, p. 564.) 



Salary. SEC. 3. Upon information by him received of the exist- 



ence of any contagious or infectious disease affecting domestic 

 animals within this state, the state veterinarian* shall proceed 

 . N to thoroughly investigate the same, and he is hereby authorized 

 to establish such quarantine, sanitary and police regulations as 

 may be necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease 



Quarantine, and prevent the extension thereof, and he is further authorized 

 and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises and 

 inspect any animal necessary to carry out the provisions of 

 this act; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed 

 as authorizing the state veterinarian or any of his deputies to 

 impose quarantine restrictions upon any animal in this state 

 affected with bovine tuberculosis. (As amended, Stats. 1915, 

 p. 565.) 



SEC. 4. Upon the discovery of any case of contagious or 

 infectious disease affecting any domestic animal or animals in 

 the State of California, the state veterinarian* shall have the 

 power and it shall be his duty to quarantine such diseased 

 animal or animals, and when necessary other animals which 

 have been in contact with such diseased animal or animals, 

 upon the land or premises where such animal or animals are 

 located, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for the owner or 

 owners of the animal or animals quarantined, their agents or 

 employees, to break such quarantine or to move or allow to be 

 moved any of such animals from without the premises or across 

 the quarantine line so established without first obtaining a 

 permit from said state veterinarian who shall, before such 

 permit is issued, inspect, and if necessary, cause such animals, 

 premises and vehicles of transportation to be properly cleaned 

 and disinfected. (As amended, Stats. 1915, p. 565.) 



SEC. 5. Whenever it shall become necessary to restrict 

 the movements of domestic animals from any county or coun- 

 ties or portion thereof within this state on account of the fact 

 that such animals are liable to transmit an infectious disease to 

 animals not so affected, it shall be the duty of the state veter- 

 inarian,* by and with the approval of the governor, to quaran- 

 tine the animals in such county or counties or portion thereof 

 in order to prevent the spread of such disease, and the gover- 

 nor, if he approve, shall issue his proclamation proclaiming the 

 boundaries of such quarantine, and thereafter, while said 

 proclamation is in force and effect, no person, firm, company 



*See note, page 11 hereof. 



Quarantine 

 boundaries 

 proclaimed. 



