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or from place to place, and arrest and 

 detain them at the cost of the owners. 

 They are authorized to brand infected 

 animals, or those exposed to infection, 

 with the letter "P"on the rump. For 

 selling an animal so branded, there is lia- 

 bility to fine not exceeding $500, or im- 

 prisonment not exceeding one year. No- 

 tice of any suspicion of the existence of 

 contagious disease must be given, with a 

 penalty for neglect or refusal. A board 

 -of commissioners is appointed for the 

 State, with authority to use any measure 

 to control the introduction of diseased 

 cattle into the State, or the spread of 

 disease. The rules and regulations made 

 by this board supersede those of the se- 

 lectmen of towns, and mayor and alder- 

 men of cities. The moving of cattle into 

 other States without permission is pro- 

 hibited. The law of 1867 provides that 

 no cattle diseased, or suspected of being 

 -diseased, shall be killed, except by order 

 of the governor. The owners of cattle 

 ordered to be killed are indemnified. 



Rhode Island. — In Rhode Island, 

 animals trespassing on lands are held a 

 year and a day; and, if a horse, must 

 have a withe kept about his neck during 

 that time. Each town is required to 

 •erect and maintain at its own charge one 

 or more public pounds, and it is lawful 

 for any freeholder or qualified elector or 

 field driver, and it is made the duty of 

 •every surveyor of highways, to take up 

 and impound any horse, neat cattle, 

 sheep, or hog found at large in any high- 

 way or common. Provisions of the act 

 extend also to goats and geese. In i860, 

 in view of the dangerous disease which 

 had become prevalent in other States, 

 the general assembly enacted that neat 

 •cattle might only be brought into the 

 •State from places west of the Connecticut 

 River, upon thoroughfares leading into 

 the western and southern portions of the 

 State, under regulations established by a 

 ■board of commissioners, until they should 

 prohibit importations from any of said 

 places. For a violation of the provisions 

 of the act, a penalty was provided, not 

 exceeding $300 for each offence, and 

 liability to indictment, and, on conviction, 

 imprisonment not exceeding one year. 

 In case of the introduction of a number 

 -of diseased cattle at the same time, the 

 introduction of each animal is to be 



deemed a separate and distinct offense. 

 Town councils are empowered to take all 

 necessary measures to prevent the break- 

 ing out or spreading of any infectious 

 diseases among the neat cattle in their re- 

 spective towns, and to prescribe penalties 

 in money, not exceeding $500. A board 

 of commissioners is provided for, to be 

 appointed by the governor, consisting of 

 one person from each county, to see that 

 the law is faithfully executed. It is made 

 the especial duty of the board to endeavor 

 to obtain full information in relation to 

 the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia, 

 and to publish and circulate the same, at 

 their discretion ; and in case the disease 

 should break out, or there should be a 

 reasonable suspicion of its existence in 

 any town, they are required to examine 

 the several cases and publish the result of 

 their examination, in order that the public 

 may have correct information. If satis- 

 fied of its existence in any town, they 

 must give public notice of the fact in 

 printed handbills, posted up; and, there- 

 after, any incorporated company or per- 

 son who may drive, carry, or transport 

 any neat cattle out of the town into any 

 other town in the State, is liable to the 

 penalties above stated. Any person who 

 sells or offers to sell any cattle known to 

 be infected with pleuro-pneumonia, or 

 with any disease dangerous to public 

 health, is liable to indictment, and, on 

 conviction, to punishment by fine not ex- 

 ceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not ex- 

 ceeding two years. The act of March 

 26, 1864, provides that any person know- 

 ingly bringing into the State any neat cattle 

 or other animals suffering from any infec- 

 tious disease, or who knowingly exposes 

 such cattle or other animals to other cattle 

 and animals not infected with such dis- 

 ease, shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of 

 not less than $100, and not exceeding 

 $500. 



Connecticut. — The laws of Connecti- 

 cut allow owners of sheep to keep flocks 

 in common, and to make their own rules 

 and regulations concerning their care and 

 safety. No horses, asses, mules, neat 

 cattle, sheep, swine, or geese are allowed 

 to go at large in any highway or com- 

 mon, or to roam at large for the purpose 

 of being kept or pastured on the highway 

 or common, either with or without a 

 keeper. Any person may seize and take 



