49th General Assembly. 
HOUSE BILL NO. 562. 
(Approved June 29, 1915.) 
An Act entitled, “An Act to amend sections 
(2) and eight (S) of an Act entitled, ‘An Act 
to revise the law in relation to the suppression 
and prevention of the spread of contagious and 
infectious diseases among domestic animals, ” 
approved June 14, 1900, im force July 1, 1900. 
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the 
State of Illinois, represented im the General 
Assembly: That sections two (2) and eight (8) 
one Act entitled, “An to revise the law in 
relation to the suppression and prevention of 
the spread of contagious and infectious diseases 
among domestic animals;’ be and the same is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
§ 2. It shall be the duty of said Board of Live 
Stock Commissioners to cause to be investigated 
any and all cases, or alleged cases, coming to 
their knowledge, of communicable diseases among 
domestic animals, within this State, and to use_ 
all proper means to prevent the spread of such 
diseases, and to provide for the extirpation there- 
of; and in the event of reasonable ground for 
the belief that any such communicable disease 
exists in this State, it shall be the duty of the 
person owning or having in charge any animal 
or animals infected with such disease, or any 
other person having knowledge or reason to 
suspect the existence of such disease, to imme- 
diately notify said Board of Live Stock Com- 
missioners, or some member thereof, by com- 
munication to said board or member, of the 
existence of such disease, and thereupon it shall 
be the duty of said board, or some member 
thereof, or authorized agent of the board, imme- 
diately to cause proper examination thereof to 
be made, and if such disease shall be found to 
be a dangerously contagious or dangerously in- 
fectious malady, said ‘board, or any member 
thereof, or the State Veterinarian’ or any Assist- 
ant State Veterinarian, shall or der such diseased 
animals, and such as have been exposed, to con- 
