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minister oaths and affirmations, and they are further empowered 
to question individuals or agents or corporations under oath, for 
the purpose of eliciting information to be used before the Board 
in the furtherance of its duties. 
Sec. 21. Inasmuch as the public interest requires that this act 
should take effect at once, an emergency exists requiring this act 
to take effect immediately. Therefore, this act shall take effect 
and be in force from and after its passage. 
An Act —To prevent the introduction of infections and conta¬ 
gious diseases among the cattle and horses of this State. 
Whereas , There is prevalent among cattle and horses stock in 
the States and Territories south of the 36° parallel of north lati¬ 
tude certain infectious and contagious diseases known as the 
Texas, or splenic fever, Spanish itch, and other diseases of a dan¬ 
gerous and contagious nature, and 
Whereas , It is essential for the protection of the cattle and 
horses of Colorado to prevent the introduction and spread of all 
such diseases within this State ; therefore, 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State of Colo¬ 
rado : 
Section 1 . It shall be unlawful for any person, association or 
corporation to bring or drive, or cause to be brought or driven 
into this State, any cattle or horses having an infectious or conta¬ 
gious disease, or which have been herded or brought into contact 
with any other cattle or horses laboring under such disease, at 
any time within ninety days prior to their importation into this 
State. 
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or cor¬ 
poration to bring or drive, or cause to be brought or driven, into 
this State between the first day of April and the first day of No 
vember, any cattle or horses from a State, Territory or country 
south of the 36° parallel of north latitude, unless said cattle or 
horses have been held at some place north of the said parallel of 
latitude for a period of at least ninety days prior to their impor¬ 
tation into this State, or unless the person, association or corpora- 
