LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
PAGE 96, CHAPTER 106, H. B. NO. 218. 
AN ACT créating a Live Stock Sanitary Board, specifying who shall consti- 
tute the same, fixing compensation for services of the members, delegat- 
ing powers and authority for regulating live stock matters and the right 
to establish and maintain quarantine lines, prevent the introduction and 
spread of the Texas or tick fever, appoint inspectors and officers for the 
enforcement of regulations. 
State Live Stock Sanitary Board to Be Established—How Con. 
stituted. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 
Mississippi, That from and after the passage of this Act and its ap- 
proval by the Governor, a State Live Stock Sanitary Board be, and 
is hereby, established to consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture 
and Commerce, who shall be ex-officio chairman of the same; the 
Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Agricultural College, who 
shall be secretary of the same; the Professor of Veterinary Science at 
the Agricultural and Mechanical College, who shall be State Veteri- 
narian; and in addition to these two other members who shall be 
appointed by the Governor as representative of the live stock breed- 
ers of the state to serve for four years or until their successors have 
been duly appointed and qualified. 
Official Headquarters to Be in Jackson. 
Sec. 2. The official headquarters of the Board shall be in Jack- 
son, but it may hold its meetings at such time and places as a ma- 
jority of the members may select and conditions demand. Three 
members will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
A meeting of the Board may be called by the Secretary upon the 
written request of two members. Members of the Board not receiv- 
ing a salary from the state otherwise shall be paid five ($5.00) dollars 
per day while attending the meetings and en route to and from, 
and all members shall receive their necessary traveling expenses 
while so engaged. The State Treasurer shall pay such amounts upon 
warrants drawn by the Secretary and approved by the Chairman 
from any funds to the credit of the Board. 
Board to Have Absolute Power to Deal With Infectious Diseases of 
Animals. 
Sec. 3. That said Board shall have plenary power to deal with 
all contagious and infectious diseases of animals as in the opinion 
of the Board may be controlled, prevented or eradicated, and with 
full power to make, promulgate and enforce such rules and regula- 
tions as in the judgment of the Board may be necessary to control, 
eradicate, and prevent the introduction and spread of Texas or tick 
fever and the fever carrying tick (Boophilus Annulatus,) and all 
other diseases of animals in the state. 
