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BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. [Pub. Doc. 



such inspectors when the cities or towns fail to make the appoint- 

 ment ; and the Board is further given the power to remove any 

 inspector when, in its opinion, the inspector neglects or refuses 

 to be sworn, or properly perform the duty of his office, and 

 in such case the Board is given the right to appoint another 

 inspector in his place. While this power is vested in the Board, 

 it has not as yet been exercised, and therefore the inspectors 

 throughout the State to-da}^ are city or town appointees. 



In 1894 it was demanded for the first time that the 2;eneral 

 occupation of the inspectors should be forwarded to the Board, 

 together with the name and address in each case ; and it may 

 not be without interest in this connection to give these. So far 

 as they have been received, they are as follows : — 



Farmers, .... 



Veterinary surgeons, . 



Cattle dealers, 



Butchers, .... 



Doctors of medicine, . 



Health officers. 



Grocers, .... 



Provision dealers, 



Traders, .... 



Painters, .... 



Chief of police, . 



Cow doctors. 



Blacksmiths, 



Keeper, .... 



Occupation not given, . 



Wood and coal dealers, 



The work of the inspectors in connection with the Board of 

 Cattle Commissioners may ])e divided into two classes : first, 

 the examination of animals for the detection of contasjious dis- 

 ease ; and, second, the inspection of carcasses of animals which 

 have been slaughtered under the provisions of the law. In 

 reo;ard to the examination of animals throuMiout the State, their 

 work may be again divided into two classes, — that in relation 

 to neat cattle and that in relation to other animals. It is the 

 duty of the inspectors, under the act, to make "regular and 

 thorough inspection of all neat cattle within the limits of their 

 several cities and towns." These inspections are made in such 

 a manner and at such times as the commission designates. In 

 the circular letter of "Instruction to Inspectors," which was 



