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VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
He was authorized to order a quarantine and if a disease 
should become epidemic it was his duty to notify the Gov¬ 
ernor, who was then to issue a proclamation forbidding the 
transfer of animals without a health certificate. 
Animals could be slaughtereddf diseased, and were to be 
buried at least four feet deep. 
The county sheep inspectors were required to report 
monthly to the State Veterinarian. The salary was fixed at 
$2000 and expenses. 
In Oregon the State veterinarian was authorized to 
employ local inspectors to ascertain the existence of contagi¬ 
ous diseases and to establish quarantine and make sanitary 
regulations ; when informed of the existence of disease he 
shall adopt measures to prevent its spread. 
A commission could be appointed to appraise and kill 
animals when necessary. 
The State Veterinarian was authorized to call on sheriffs, 
constables, etc., to execute his orders. The salary of the 
office was fixed at $1,500 and expenses. 
In Pennsylvania the time for the registration of veterin¬ 
ary surgeons, which was fixed in 1889 at six months, was ex¬ 
tended to January 1, 1892. 
In Wyoming the salary of the State Veterinarian was 
reduced from $2,500 to $1,800 and his traveling expenses 
were not to be more than $750. 
In addition to these statutes referring directly to the vet¬ 
erinary profession and the duties of its members, there were 
a considerable number of laws passed relative to the health 
of animals, and some of them are as follows: 
In New Mexico a Sanitary Board was established and its 
duties in regard to the inspection of animals specified. In 
cases of scab sheep were ordered to be dipped. 
In New Hampshire a State Board of Cattle Commission¬ 
ers was organized, with quarantine powers regarding contagi¬ 
ous diseases among animals. 
A State Board of Live Stock Commissioners was or^an- 
ized in Wyoming. 
In Oregon penalties were presented for the pollution of 
water to which live stock had access. 
