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shall, after making their appraisement, return a certified copy of 
their valuation to the Justice of the Peace by whom they were 
summoned, who shall, after entering the same upon his record 
and making an endorsement thereon showing the same to have 
been properly recorded, return it, together with the order of the 
State Veterinarian, to the person or persons owning live stock 
ordered slaughtered. 
Sec. 4. Whenever the Governor of the State shall have good 
reason to believe that such disease has become epidemic in certain 
localities in other States, or that there are conditions which ren¬ 
der such domestic animals liable to convey disease, lie shall there¬ 
upon, by proclamation, schedule such localities and prohibit the 
importation of any live stock of the kind diseased into this State, 
unless accompanied by a certificate of health, properly signed by 
a duly authorized veterinary inspector. Any corporation or in¬ 
dividual who shall transport, receive or convey such prohibited 
stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con¬ 
viction thereof, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars 
($1,000), nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for each 
and every offense, and shall become liable for any and all damage 
or loss that may be sustained by any party or parties by reason of 
the importation or transportation of such prohibited stock. 
Sec. 5. Any person or persons who shall have upon his prem¬ 
ises any case of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, and shall fail to 
immediately report the same to the State Veterinarian, or if any 
person or persons shall willfully and maliciously obstruct or resist 
the State Veterinarian in. the discharge of his duty, as herein¬ 
before set forth, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
upon conviction of either charge, shall be fined not less than fifty 
dollars ($50), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), for each 
and every such offense, and, upon conviction a second time, shall, 
in addition to the above-named fine, be liable to not less than 
thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months’ imprisonment. 
Sec. 6. The State Veterinarian shall annually make a report 
to the Governor of all matters connected with his work, and the 
Governor shall transmit to the Department of Agriculture such 
parts of said report as may be of general interest to breeders of 
