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SANITARY LEGISLATION 
represented in the General Assembly , That the Governor of the 
State is hereby authorized and instructed to appoint a competent 
veterinary surgeon, who shall be known as State Veterinarian 
or Inspector, and whose duty it shall be to investigate any and 
all cases of contagious or infectious disease among domestic ani¬ 
mals of the bovine species in this State, which may be brought to 
his notice by a competent veterinary surgeon or practicing physi¬ 
cian in the locality where such infectious or contagious disease 
may exist, and it shall be his duty to make visits of inspection to 
any locality where he may have reason to suspect that contagious 
or infectious disease may exist. 
Sec. 2. In all cases of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle in the 
State, the State Veterinarian shall have authority to order the 
quarantine of infected premises, and in case such disease shall be¬ 
come epidemic in any locality in this State, the State Veterinarian 
shall immediately notify the Governor of the State, who shall 
thereupon issue his proclamation forbidding any animal of the 
kind among which said epidemic exists from being transported 
from said locality without a certificate from the State Veterinarian 
showing such animals to be healthy. In case of epidemic, as 
aforesaid, the State Veterinarian shall order the quarantine of 
infected premises, and shall order the slaughter of diseased ani¬ 
mals thereon, and in case of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, he 
shall, as hereinafter provided, order the slaughter of all cattle 
upon the premises which have been exposed to contagion ; but 
before doing so he shall call in consultation with him two reputa¬ 
ble veterinarians or practicing physicians residing within ten miles 
of the infected premises, and shall not order the slaughter of any 
animals not actually diseased without a written order signed by 
one or both of the said veterinarians or practicing physicians. 
Sec. 3. Whenever it becomes necessary, as herein provided, to 
order the slaughter of animals, the State Veterinarian shall notify 
the nearest Justice of the Peace, who shall thereupon summons 
three (3) disinterested freeholders of the neighborhood as apprais¬ 
ers of the value of such animals; said appraisers, before entering 
upon the discharge of their duty, shall be sworn to make a true 
and faithful appraisement, without prejudice or favor. They 
