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“Section  3.  A board  of  regents  shall  have  the  general  management 
and  control  of  the  affairs  of  the  college.  They  shall  have  power  to  appoint 
a treasurer  and  such  other  officers  as  they  deem  necessary  and  to  require 
them  to  give  bonds  in  such  amounts  as  they  may  prescribe  and  in  the 
form  prescribed  by  law  for  bonds  of  public  officers.  They  shall  have  power 
to  purchase  or  otherwise  acquire  lands,  buildings,  appliances  and  other 
property  for  the  purposes  of  the  college,  and  expend  such  sums  of  money 
as  may  be  from  time  to  time  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  college  from 
whatever  source.  The  grants  of  moneys  and  the  purposes  of  said  grants 
authorized  by  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  August  30,  1890,  for  the  more 
complete  endowment  and  maintenance  of  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agri- 
culture and  the  mechanic  arts  and  by  any  other  Acts  of  Congress  for  simi- 
lar purposes,  are  hereby  assented  to.  All  lands,  buildings,  appliances  and 
other  property  so  purchased  or  acquired  shall  be  and  remain  the  property 
of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii  to  be  used  in  perpetuity  for  the  benefit  of  the 
college.” 
Section  2.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  approval. 
Approved  this  27th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1909. 
WALTER  F.  FREAR, 
Governor  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii. 
ACT  138. 
AN  ACT 
To  Amend  Chapter  35  of  the  Revised  Laws  Relating  to  Diseases  of 
Animals  by  Amending  Section  447  of  the  Revised  Laws  and  by 
Adding  a New  Section  Thereto  to  be  Known  as  Section  447A. 
Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii: 
Section  i.  Section  447  of  the  Revised  Laws  is  hereby  amended  to  read 
as  follows 
“Section  447.  Reporting  disease,  penalty.  Any  person  knowing  or 
having  reason  to  believe  that  any  animal  on  or  about  his  own  premises 
or  the  premises  of  another  is  affected  with  glanders,  farcy  or  any  infec- 
tious or  contagious  disease  who  shall  fail  to  report  same  forthwith  to  a 
territorial  veterinarian,  shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  con- 
viction shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.” 
Section  2.  A new  section  is  hereby  added  to  Chapter  35  of  the  Re- 
vised Laws,  to  be  known  as  Section  447A  and  to  read  as  follows : 
“Section  447A.  The  purchaser  of  any  horse,  mule  or  ass  which  shall 
develop  symptoms  of  glanders  or  farcy  within  two  weeks  from  the  date 
of  purchase  may  recover  the  full  amount  of  the  purchase  price  from  the 
vendor  of  such  animal,  together  with  such  reasonable  damages  as  the  pur- 
chaser may  have  suffered ; provided,  however,  that  this  section  shall  not 
apply  in  case  the  vendor,  at  the  time  of  sale  shall  obtain  from  any  licensed 
or  territorial  veterinarian  a certificate  that  such  animal  is  free  from  such 
diseases,  and  such  territorial  veterinarian  shall  make  no  charge  for  said 
certificate.” 
Section  3.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  approval. 
Approved  this  28th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1909. 
WALTER  F.  FREAR, 
Governor  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii. 
