58 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



PESTS. 



Six. 4210. [What cattle infected with disease shall not be 

 brought into state.] No person shall bring into the state of Ohio 

 any cattle infected with the disease commonly known as the "Texas or 

 Spanish fever," or pleuro-pneumonia, rhinderpest, or other contagious 

 diseases or any cattle liable to impart such fever or disease to other cattle ; 

 but this section shall not affect common carriers who are not the owners 

 of cattle. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable 

 to any person injured by bringing such cattle into the state in the amount 

 of any loss occasioned thereby, in addition to other penalties provided by 

 law. . 



For importing cattle infected with Spanish fever, see Sec. 7003. 



SEC. 4211. [Presumptions in actions to recover damages for in- 

 fection.] Whenever any Texas or Cherokee cattle, liable to impart 

 disease, are brought into the state, and any such disease as Texas or 

 Spanish fever makes its appearance within sixty days, and infects other 

 cattle that have been *on the same highway, common or pasture ground 

 traveled over by such Texas or Cherokee cattle with such disease, such 

 fact shall be deemed and taken in action to recover damages as prima facie 

 evidence that such Texas or Cherokee cattle were infected with the disease 

 known as the "Texas or Spanish fever," and that they imparted such dis- 

 ease ; and the owner of such Texas or Cherokee cattle at the time they 

 were brought into the state, and the owner of such cattle at the time the 

 disease makes its ^appearance, shall be jointly and severally liable for 

 any tlamages resulting from such disease. 



(4211-1) SEC. i. ^Offering bounty for killing ground-hogs.] 

 Any one killing an animal known as the wood chuck or ground-hog, be- 

 tween the first day of March and the first day of November in any one 

 year, shall, on the presentation of the scalp of such animal to the clerk of 

 the township wherein such animal was captured and killed, be entitled to 

 a certificate to the amount of ten cents for each scalp so produced ; pro- 

 vided, that the clerk of the township shall in no case issue such certificate, 

 unless there is at the time of issuing the same, a fund in the township 

 treasury out of which to pay the same, which fund shall have been set 

 apart out of the general fund of the township, or shall have been raised 

 by a levy for such purpose by the township trustees, and shall be known 

 as the ground-hog fund, and the trustees of any township may, in their 

 discretion, create such fund, which in no year shall exceed the sum of two 

 hundred dollars, and any amount of such fund which shall remain unex- 

 pended upon the first day of December of each year, shall be credited 

 to the general fund of the township. 



(4211-2) SEC. 2. [How paid.] In any township in which there 

 shall be to the credit of 'the ground-hog fund any money, yet unex- 

 pended, it shall be the duty of the clerk, upon the presentation of the scalp 

 of such animal, to destroy the same and issue his certificate to the person 

 entitled to the. reward aforesaid, on the treasurer of said township for 

 the amount due such person ; the same to be paid out of the "ground-hog 

 fund" of the township ; provided, that in each township, no greater amount 

 than two hundred dollars in any one year shall be expended for the pur- 

 poses herein named ; and the trustees shall allow the township clerk a rea- 

 sonable compensation for the services herein required ; provided, that no 

 scalp shall be redeemed which shall have been taken from an animal 

 captured or killed on the Sabbath day. 



