BILLS BEFORE THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. 
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BILLS BEFORE THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. 
. State of New York.—N o. 231 .—In Assembiy 
AN ACT 
IN RELATION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A STATE VETERINARIAN, AND DEFINING HIS- 
DUTIES. 
The people of the State of New York , represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as 
follows : 
Section i. The Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, within 
ten days of the passage of this Act, appoint a State Veterinarian, who shall hold office for 
t ie teim of three years ; he shall be a regularly graduated veterinary surgeon of not less 
than ten years’ continuous practice in this State, and shall be skilled in veterinary science • 
he shall be a member of the State Board of Health, which membership shall be in addi¬ 
tion to that now provided by law ; he shall receive from the State Treasurer the sum of 
three hundred dollars per month and his actual expenses incurred while in the discharge 
of his duties, which shall be presented under oath and covered by written vouchers before 
receiving the same. 
Sec. 2 . It shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian to investigate any and all cases- 
of contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals of the State which may come 
to his knowledge or be brought to the notice of the State Board of Health or Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, and for this purpose shall visit at once any locality within the State 
where any such contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals may be reported to 
exist, and make a full and careful examination of all animals supposed to be diseased, and 
to inquire into the nature and cause of any such disease which he may discover, prescribe 
the propet care, necessary temedies, and direct the sanitary measures-necessary to prevent 
the spread thereof, to see that all State laws relating to infectious and contagious diseases- 
of animals are enforced, and to make up a full report.of his findings and doings in the 
premises, with recommendations and suggestions as to the means necessary to be employed 
to prevent the spread, and best calculated to exterminate any and all such contagious or 
infectious diseases by him found to exist among the domestic animals of the State. All 
cases of tuberculosis in animals, or any infectious or contagious diseases of domesticated 
animals that may be brought to the notice of the State Board of Health or Commissioner 
Agriculture, shall be referred to him, and he shall be placed in charge of any work 
that is undertaken by either the State Board of Health or Commissioner of Agriculture to 
eradicate tuberculosis or any infectious or contagious diseases of any animals, and make a. 
full report of the same to the department which has placed him in charge thereof. 
Sec. 3- All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act are 
hereby repealed. 
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately. . 
State of New York.—N o. 614 .—In Assembly. 
Introduced by Mr. HANNA—read once and referred to the Committee on Public Health. 
AN ACT 
TO AMEND CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT, LAWS OF EIGHTEEN HUN¬ 
DRED AND NINETY THREE, ENTITLED “ AN ACT IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE,. 
CONSTITUTING ARTICLES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE OF CHAPTER THIRTY- 
THREE OF THE GENERAL LAWS,” AND TO AMEND CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED AND 
SIXTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, ENTITLED 
“ AN ACT IN RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH, CONSTITUTING CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 
OF THE GENERAL LAWS,” AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER TEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN 
OF THE LAWS OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED “ AN ACT TO 
AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN RELATION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A 
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO THE STATE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THE DISEASE OF TUBER¬ 
CULOSIS.” 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact 
as follows : 
Section i. Section sixty of chapter three hundred and thirty-eight, laws of eighteen 
hundred and ninety-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : Whenever any in- 
