SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
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§ 36. Section 463 of the Penal Code is applicable to all the 
cases arising under the various Sections of the present Chapter. 
CHAPTER Y. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
§ 37. The expenses of slaughtering, burying, transport, qua¬ 
rantine and disinfection, as well as all other expenses arising 
under the execution of the present law, shall be charged to the 
owners of animals, or persons having them in charge. 
In case of their refusal to obey the injunctions of the admin¬ 
istrative authority, it will be charged against their official 
accounts. 
The expenses of thege operations shall be certified in an order 
by the Mayor, the collection and execution to be assigned to the 
Sub Prefect. Persons resisting their enforcement shall be pro¬ 
ceeded against before a Justice of the Peace. 
The disinfection of railroads, trucks, &c., prescribed by section 
16, is left in charge of the company ; expenses of disinfection are 
fixed by the Minister of Public Works, after conference with the 
companies. 
§ 38. A service of epizootics is established in each depart¬ 
ment, in order to secure the execution of the present law. 
Expenses of this service * * * * 
§ 39. Communes where fairs and markets are held, shall be 
required to have a veterinarian appointed for the sanitary inspec¬ 
tion of animals brought there. They may repay themselves by 
special taxes on the animals. 
This is obligatory. ***** 
§ 40. The regulation of the public administration, for the ex¬ 
ecution of the present law, necessitates the organization of con¬ 
sulting county committees on epizootics, attached to the Depart¬ 
ments of Agriculture and Commerce. 
The information obtained by the minister relating to epi¬ 
zootics, shall be communicated to the committee who give their 
advice as to the measures required. 
§ 41 . 
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