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them to run at large, or drives them 

 through any part of the State, he is liable 

 to a fine of $10 tor each head; and if any 

 die the owner must cause them to be 

 buried, subject to a penalty of $5 for neg- 

 lect in each case. 



Missouri. — The State of Missouri has 

 created a board of cattle inspectors to 

 prevent the spread of the Texas or Span- 

 ish fever. The county court of each 

 county is authorized to appoint three 

 competent persons to act as a board for 

 the inspection of cattle supposed to be 

 distempered or affected with the disease 

 known as the Texas or Spanish fever. 

 They may stop any drove of cattle. If 

 they adjudge cattle to be diseased or dis- 

 tempered, and in a condition to communi- 

 cate any contagious or infectious disease, 

 they are required to order the cattle to be 

 removed from the county without delay, 

 upon the same route upon which they 

 came in, if practicable. If the owners 

 comply with the order they will not be 

 further liable ; but if they, or the persons 

 having the cattle in charge, wilfully delay 

 or neglect to do so, the president of the 

 board will direct the sheriff to drive the 

 cattle out by the route they came in, or to 

 kill them, if the board think it necessary 

 in order to prevent the spread of the dis- 

 ease. The parties owning or in charge of 

 the cattle ordered to be removed or killed 

 are liable for all the costs that may accrue 

 in case of examination, removal, or kill- 

 ing. The act to prevent the introduction 

 of diseased cattle into the State provides 

 that no Texas, Mexican, or Indian cattle 

 shall be driven or otherwise conveyed into 

 any county in the State between the first 

 day of March and the first day of Decem- 

 ber in each year, but this does not apply 

 to any cattle which have been kept the 

 entire previous winter in the State. Cattle 

 may be carried through the State by rail- 

 road or steamboat, provided they are not 

 unloaded, but the railroad company or 

 owners of the steamboat are responsible 

 for all damages which may result from the 

 Spanish or Texas fever, should the same 

 occur along the line of transportation; 

 and the existence of such disease along 

 the route shall be prima facie evidence 

 that the disease has been communicated 

 by such transportation. For every head 

 of cattle brought into the State contrary 

 to law a fine ot $20 may be recovered, or 



the party may be imprisoned in the county 

 jail not less than three nor more than 

 twelve months, or may be subjected to- 

 both fine and imprisonment. It is lawful 

 for any three or more householders to* 

 stop any cattle which they may have 

 good reason to believe are passing 

 through any county in violation of the 

 act. 



Illinois. — In Illinois the owner of 

 animals breaking through a legal fence is 

 liable to full damages for the first trespass, 

 and to double damages for any subse- 

 quent trespass. Where the fence is insuf- 

 ficient, and the landowner injures or des- 

 troys animals, he is answerable in dam- 

 ages. Stallions over one year old are not 

 permitted to run at large ; but if so found 

 may be gelded, if the owner does not re- 

 claim them, one day for every fifteen^ 

 miles' distance of the animal from home 

 being allowed, after notice. Diseased 

 horses, mules, and asses must be kept 

 within the owner's inclosure, under pen- 

 alty of $20 damages. Estray hogs must 

 be sold between Nov. 1 and March 1. 

 To convey any Texas or Cherokee cattle 

 into the State between the first day of 

 October and the first day of March ren- 

 ders the party so doing liable to a fine 

 not exceeding $2,000 nor less than $500,, 

 and imprisonment at the discretion of the 

 court. Any and all fines are paid into the 

 county treasury, subject to the order of 

 the board of supervisors or county court, 

 for the purpose of being divided pro rata 

 among persons who may have suffered 

 damage or loss on account of any such 

 Texas or Cherokee cattle. All persons or 

 corporations are liable to injured parties 

 for any damage arising from the introduc- 

 tion, by any of them, of any diseased cat- 

 tle. It is made the duty of any circuit 

 or county judge, or justice of the peace, 

 .upon oath of any householder, setting 

 forth that Texas or Cherokee cattle are 

 spreading disease among the native cattle, 

 to forthwith issue a warrant to any sheriff 

 or constable of the county, commanding 

 him to arrest and impound such cattle, 

 and keep them by themselves until the 

 first day of October following. "Texas 

 and Cherokee cattle" are defined to mean 

 a class or kind of cattle, without reference 

 to the place from which they may have 

 come. 



Indiana. — In Indiana the laws regu- 



