750 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



SO that there may be ownership of all domestic animals, including dogs. 

 By this provision they become personal property. 



JEstablisMng wool marlcets.—An act to provide facilities for marketing 

 wool was approved February 26, 1891. With the exception of the enact- 

 ing clause the law reads as follows : 



Section 1. If any city, to wn, or village of this State shall in any year provide a build- 

 ing or huildings wherein not less than one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 pounds) 

 of wool may he stored free of charge from June 15 to August 31, both inclusive, it 

 may direct its clerk to notify the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor on or be- 

 fore May 1 in such year of the fact that such provision has been made, stating the 

 regulations established by such city, for receiving, storing, and marketing wool and 

 the quantity of wool which will probably be marketed at such city in that year. 



Sec. 2. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall thereupon, under advice 

 with such city or cities, make proclamation to the sheep-raisers of this State, to the 

 manufacturers of woolen goods, and to the wool-buyers of this State and other 

 States, by notices in newspapers, circulars, and such other means as he shall deem 

 most eifective, that a wool market will be held at such city or cities, naming the 

 same, stating the beginning and duration of such market, the provision of free stor- 

 age, the quantity of wool likely to be received, and such other facts and particulars 

 as he may deem proper for piiblication. 



Sec. 3. Any person purchasing any wool while the same is stored in any building, 

 as provided for in section 1 of this act, between July 15 and August 31, both inclu- 

 sive, shall hold the wool so purchased free and clear of any and all liens, claims, 

 and incumbrances of which he does not have actual notice at the time when he shall 

 purchase and pay for the same, and such purchaser shall not be liable in any action 

 at law or otherwise, either for the delivery of such wool or for damages to the holder 

 of any lien or incumbrance on such wool . 



Sec. 4. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall make a verified and item- 

 ized statement of his expenses and disbursements incurred and made under the pro- 

 visions of this act, and file the same with the State auditor, who shall thereupon issue 

 his warrants on the State treasurer therefor; but such warrants shall not in the 

 aggregate in any one year exceed the sum of 1,000 dollars. 



State veterinarian. — Under an act to prevent the spread of contagious 

 and infectious diseases among domestic animals, the governor is em- 

 powered to appoint a competent veterinary surgeon, who must investi- 

 gate in person or by deputy all cases of infectious diseases among the 

 live stock of the State. He is given full powers to protect the sanitary 

 condition of domestic animals. County sheep inspectors are required 

 to make monthly reports to the State veterinarian, and he to make 

 annual reports of his work to the governor. 



Sheep inspectors. — The county commissioners of any organized county 

 shall, upon the presentation of a petition sigued by ten wool-growers 

 of said county, appoint as sheep inspector a competent citizen of the 

 county. It is his duty to inspect flocks said to have scab or any other 

 malignant contagious disease and report in writing to the State vet- 

 erinarian. If the flock is diseased he reinspects every four weeks, re- 

 porting result of treatment until tlie disease is reported cured. The 

 owner of diseased flock is not permitted to range his flocks within 1 

 mile of any grounds used by otlier sheep, or travel them upon any pub- 

 lic highway or road. Scabby sheep are quarantined and not allowed 



