LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



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commissioners. It shall be the duty of all sheriffs and constables to exe- 

 cute within their several counties all lawful orders of the said com- 

 lissioners. 



(4211-13) SEC. 5. [Records of the board; their report; ex- 

 penses; compensation, etc.] The board of commissioners shall keep 

 a record of their acts and investigations of diseases of live stock, and 

 report the same to the governor on the first Monday of November, 

 annually, and at such other times as the governor may order ; and such 

 parts of said report as shall be of general interest to breeders of live stock 

 may be transmitted to the department of agriculture, to be published 

 with their proceedings. Said board shall receive for their services the 

 sum of four dollars per day and necessary traveling expenses for each 

 day any member is actually engaged in the investigation of reported cases 

 of outbreaks of disease as herein provided, or in arranging for the quar- 

 antine of diseased animals, and other duties connected therewith ; and 

 when it becomes necessary for said board to employ any veterinarian, 

 sheriff, constable, or such other persons as may be deemed essential to 

 assist the commissioners in performing their duties, as set forth in this 

 act, they are authorized to fix and certify their compensation, a properly 

 itemized account of which shall be made out and certified by the board, 

 and paid upon the order of the governor. 



(4211-15) SEC. 15. [Proclamation prohibiting importation of 

 diseased live stock.] Whenever the governor of the state of Ohio 

 shall have good reason to believe that any dangerous, contagious or 

 infectious disease has become epidemic in certain localities in other 

 states, territories or counties, or that there are conditions which render 

 domestic animals of such infected districts liable to convey such disease, 

 he shall by proclamation prohibit the importation of any live stock of 

 the kind diseased into the state, except under such regulations as may 

 be prescribed by the state board of live stock commissioners and approved 

 by the governor. 



(4211-16) SEC. 2. ] Appraisement and killing of diseased ani- 

 mals.] When in the opinion of the commissioners provided for by 

 the act to which this is supplementary, it shall be necessary to prevent 

 the further spread of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease 

 among the live stock of the state, to destroy animals affected with, or 

 which have been exposed to any such disease, it shall determine what 

 animals shall be killed, and shall appraise or cause the same to be ap- 

 praised by disinterested citizens as hereinafter provided, and cause such 

 animals to be killed, and their carcasses to be disposed of as in the judg- 

 ment of the commission will best protect the health of the domestic ani- 

 mals of the locality ; provided, that no animals shall be appraised, except 

 cattle affected with contagious pleuro pneumonia, or cattle, sheep or 

 swine affected with foot and mouth disease, or such as have been ex- 

 posed thereto, nor shall any animal be slaughtered under the provisions 

 of this act unless first examined by a competent veterinarian in the em- 

 ploy of the commission, and the disease with which it is affected or to 

 which it has been exposed adjudged to be a dangerous anS contagious 

 malady. 



(4211-17) SEC. 3. [Compensation for animals destroyed.] In 

 case of destruction of any animal under the provisions of this act, the 

 compensation to be made for the same by the state, shall be computed 

 upon the basis of the actual value of the diseased animal, if any, at the 



