250 CONTAGIOUS LUNG FEVER OF CATTLE. 



otherwise, are lierchy cmpowcrecl to cause tlie said animals to be slanglitcred fortli- 

 Avitb and buried, as above provided, and to do all sucb things as are mentioned in the 

 fourth section of this act. 



8. The said commissioners or their assistants are hereby empowered to enter upon 

 and take ])osseKsion of all ]n-cmises or parts thereof where cattle so affected as afore- 

 said are found, and to cause the said cattle to be confined in suitable inclosures or 

 buildings for any time requisite in the judgmeiit of the said commissioners or their 

 assistants, and prior to the slaughter and burial of tlio said animals and the full and 

 complete disinfecting and cleansing of such premises ; and all persons, whether 

 owners of or interested in such cattle or otherwise, who shall resist, impede, or hinder 

 the said conmiissioners or their assistants in tlie execution of their duties under this 

 act shall be deemed guilty, and on conviction of the same, of a misdemeanor, and shall 

 be pnnisliable with fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not ex- 

 ceeding the term of six months, or of both, in the discretion of the court before which 

 they shall be adjudged guilty as aforesaid. 



9. The commissioners shall have jiower to establish all such quarantine or other reg- 

 ulations as they may deem necessary to prevent the spread of tlie disease, or its transit 

 in railroad cars, by vessels, or by driving along the public highways ; and it shall be 

 proper for the governor of the State, by public proclamation as aforesaid, to enjoin all 

 persons concerned or engaged in the traffic or transit of cattle or sheep, not to enter 

 upon any such places, or take therefrom any such animal, or to pass through any such 

 locality, and within such distances from the same as in the said proclamation may be 

 prescribed. 



10. The sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 

 hereby appropriated to pay to the said commissioners for their services, while actually 

 engaged in the duties enjoined upon them in this act, at the rate of five dollars per day 

 to each, and such further sums as may cause them actual exi^enditures in traveling to and 

 from the places they may be called uiJon to inspect or visit, and in the printing or pub- 

 lishing of all regulations or notices mentioned in this act. And the further sum of 

 fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, is hereby appropri- 

 ated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for animals 

 slaughtered by the provisions of this act, and the comptroller is hereby directed to pay 

 for the same on the warrant of the said commissioners. 



11. The assistant commissioners are to receive for each and every day while actually 

 engaged in duties provided by this act the sum of three dollars per day, and aU actual 

 expenses and disbursements paid or incurred in the discharge of their duties as afore- 

 said, which said sums shall bo a charge upon the county for which he is appointed, 

 and shall, when duly audited by the board of supervisors of the said county, be paid 

 hy the county treasurer. 



12. The slaughtering of animalsfor beef after having been exposed to the contagion, 

 or supposed to have been so exposed, may be permitted by the commissioners, or pro- 

 hibited by them, as they may judge proper. 



13. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall continue in force for one year. 



AN ACT in relation to infectious and contftgious diseases of animals. Passed April 15, 1878; tliree- 



fifths being present. 



llie people of the Staie of New Yorlc, represented in the senate and assembly, do enact as 

 follows : 



Section 1. ^Vhenever any infectious or contagious disease affecting domestic ani- 

 mals shall be brought into or shall break out in this State, it shall be the duty of the 

 governor to take measures to suppress the same promptly, and to prevent the same 

 Irom spreadiu,^. 



$ 2. For such purpose the governor shall have power — 



To issue his proclamation, stating that 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 afi'ected with such disease or have been exposed to the infection or 

 contagion thereof, and ordering all persons to take such precautions against the 

 spreading of such disease as the nature thereof may in his judgment 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 bo removed from or brought to the 

 premises or places so quarantined, and to prescribe such regulations as he may judge 

 necessary or expedient to prevent infection or contagion being coumaunicated in any 

 way from the places so quarantined. 



To call upon all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to can-y out and enforce the provisions 

 of such proclamations, orders, and regulations; and it shall bo the duty of all sherifts 

 and de])uty 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 



