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SANITARY VETERINARY REGULATIONS IN MASS. 
call your attention to the following extracts from the statutes \ 
the Commonwealth : 
Section 9, chapter 90 of the public statutes provides that wh 
ever knows or has reason to suspect the existence of any coj 
tagious disease among the animals in his possession, or under h| 
caie, shall forthwith give notice thoreof to the mayor and aldcj 
men of the city or the selectmen of the town where such anima 
are kept, and for failure to do so shall be punished by fine n» 
exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceedir 
one year. 
Section 1, chapter 148 of the laws of 1885 further provide 
that whoever lias knowledge of the existence of a contagious diseat 
among any species of domestic animals in this State, whether sucj 
knowledge is obtained by examination or otherwise, shall fortt 
with give notice thereof to the board of aldermen of the city c 
the selectmen of the town where such diseased animals are kep 
and foi failuie to do so shall be punished by a fine not exceedin 
five bundled dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceedin 
one year. 
Section 2 requires that the board of aldermen of a city or th 
selectmen of a town, having received notice of a contagious dis 
ease among domestic animals in their city or town, shall fort/ 
with inform the board of cattle conmissioners of the existence o 
such contagious disease. 
Sec. 1, chap. 90 of the public statutes provides that whe 
ly contagious disease among animals exists in this Common 
..ealtli, the mayor and aldermen of cities and the selectmen o 
towns shall cause the animals in their respective cities and town 
which aie infected, or which have been exposed to infection, t( 
be secured in some suitable place or places within their cities o 
towns and kept isolated. 
Section lo, chapter 90, provides that mayors and aldermen ant 
selectmen shall carry out all orders and directions of the board o 
cattle commissioners to them directed. 
Section 19, diaper 90, provides that any person who fails tc 
comply with a regulation made or an order given by the coin 
missioners shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred 
dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed one year. 
