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SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
in connection with the State Veterinary Sanitary Board, embody 
the same in a yearly report, which, with the proceedings of the 
Board, shall be published in connection with the annual report of 
the State Board of Agriculture. 
The State Veterinary Surgeon shall also perform such other 
and further duties as may be prescribed by law, or formulated 
under the State Veterinary Sanitary Board. 
Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the State Veterinary Sanitary 
Board to adopt such quarantine regulations as are deemed neces¬ 
sary to prevent the introduction or spread of Texas or splenic 
fever, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or any other contagious or 
infectious disease, affecting domestic animals, under such regula¬ 
tions as shall be prescribed by law. 
Sec. 10. The State Veterinary Sanitary Board shall have 
power to order the destruction of stock in order to prevent the 
spread of disease or to crush out such disease, when deemed 
necessary by such Board for the public safety. Provided , how¬ 
ever, no stock shall be killed on account of its being affected by 
Texas or splenic fever. 
Sec. 11. Whenever the State Veterinary Sanitary Board 
decide that it becomes necessary to condemn stock and order the 
same killed, and so decide, it shall be their duty to convene a board 
of three appraisers, such board to be selected, one member by the 
State Veterinary Sanitary Board, one by the owner or owners of 
the condemned stock, and a third by agreement of the two pre¬ 
viously selected. When convened, it shall be the duty of such 
appraisers to certify under oath to the value of the stock so con¬ 
demned. Provided , that no animal shall be condemned and 
ordered killed unless it showed decided symptoms of a contagious 
disease, and in making an appraisement of the value the apprais¬ 
ers should take into consideration the diseased condition of the 
animal. 
Sec. 12. When any live stock shall have been appraised, as here¬ 
in provided, and killed by the order of the State Veterinary Sani¬ 
tary Board, such Board shall issue under its seal to the owner or 
owners of the live stock so killed, a certificate showing the number 
and kind of animals so killed, and not to exceed in value one 
