784 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



SEC. 4146. Upon arrival of any flock of sheep within this Territory from any other 

 county, State, or Territory, the owner or agent in charge shall immediately report 

 them to the inspector of the county entered for inspection, and the inspector shall 

 then inspect them and report as provided in previous section, and in case of failure 

 from any cause of the owners or agents to report for inspection, a fine of not less than 

 one hundred dollars shall l>e imposed on said owner or agent for said offense, by any 

 court of competent jurisdiction, which fine, when collected, shall be paid into the 

 general fund of the county treasury, and any judgment for such fine shall be a lien 

 on such sheep; said fine to be collected by suit brought in the name of the State. 



SEC. 4147. The owner or agent of any flock reported by the inspector to be so dis- 

 eased shall immediately herd them so they can not range upon or within one mile of 

 any grounds accustomed to be ranged upon by any other sheep, and shall restrain 

 them from passing over or traveling upon or within one mile of any public highway 

 or road; and in case this can not be done he shall immediately remove said sheep to 

 a locality, when they shall not be permitted to range within less than six miles of 

 any other flock of sheep, and said sheep shall continue to be herded under the above 

 restrictions until upon inspection they shall be reported to be free from disease. 



SEC. 4148. The owner or agent or employes of any flock of sheep requiring inspec- 

 tion or about to be inspected shall afford the inspector all reasonable facilities for 

 making his inspection ; and for any violation of any of the provisions of this chap- 

 ter, said owner or his agent or employes shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor 

 more than three hundred dollars, and every separate day's offense shall constitute a 

 separate offense, and the written report of any offense, made by an inspector under 

 oath, shall be prima facie evidence of the commission of said offense, and any justice 

 of the peace of the county in which offense is committed shall have jurisdiction 

 thereof, and the inspector shall ex-officio report all violations of the provisions of this 

 chapter of which he has knowledge. 



SEC. 4149. Every inspector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take 

 the oath of office prescribed by law and shall give bond to the State of Wyoming in the 

 sum of one thousand dollars with good sureties, conditioned that he will faithfully 

 perform the duties of his office ; such bond shall be approved by the county clerk, 

 who shall indorse upon every bond he shall approve as follows: "I am acquainted 

 with the sureties herein, and believe them to be worth the amount of the penal sum 

 of the within bond, over and above their just debts and liabilities." 



SEC. 4150. Such bond, with the oath indorsed thereon shall be recorded in the 

 office of the register of deeds for the county in which the inspector shall reside, and 

 may be sued on by any person injured on account of the unfaithful performance of 

 said inspector's duties: Provided, That no suit shall be so instituted after more than 

 twelve months have elapsed from the time the cause of action accrued. 



SEC. 4151. Every inspector shall keep a fair and correct record of all his official 

 acts, and, if required, give a certified copy of any record, upon payment of the fees 

 thereof, and in case of the inspector's death, resignation, or removal said record 

 shall be deposited with the register of deeds. 



SEC. 4152. The inspector shall receive for his services five dollars per day whilst 

 necessarily employed in inspecting, and for the first inspection an additional fee of 

 one cent per sheep when the flock inspected is five hundred head or less, and for in- 

 spection of large flocks five dollars for the first five hundred, one-half cent per head 

 for the second five hundred, and one-quarter of one cent per head for the remainder 

 of the flock, to be paid by the owner or his agent, and ten cents per line of ten words 

 for any official report or document: Provided, If any person shall keep several sep- 

 arate flocks of sheep, and some flock or flocks be not infected with scab, the owner 

 shall be required to pay only the fees for inspection of infected flock or flocks : And 

 provided further, That when an inspection is made and the result shall show no dis- 

 ease, the inspector shall give the owner a written statement to that effect, and shall 

 be paid for such inspection out of the county treasury at the rate established by this 



