1410 LIVE STOCK. [ART. 58

1904, art. 58, sec. 18. 1888, art. 58, sec. 18. 1888, ch. 510, sec. 18.

18. All diseased animals that under the provisions of this article
shall be slaughtered at any slaughter house where meat is prepared for
market shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the chief vet-
erinary inspector or his assistant; and it shall be the duty of said
inspector to see that the carcasses and offal of such diseased animals,
whether such disease is contagious or otherwise, are destroyed and not
sold for food; and any inspector who shall corruptly pass as healthy
a diseased animal shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars and forfeit his commission.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1890, ch. 321, sec. 19.

19. All hogs and other domestic animals dying of any contagious
or infectious disease shall be buried at the depth of at least three feet
or be burned, at the discretion of the owner, and any person or persons
permitting any dead hogs or any other domestic animals having died

of any contagious or infectious disease to remain unburied upon his or
their premises for the space of three hours prior to sunset of said day
after he has discovered the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace shall be fined
not less than ten dollars for each offense or imprisoned in the county
jail for not less than ten days, or be both fined and imprisoned in the

discretion of the justice.

Dairies.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1898, ch. 306, sec. 19.

20. It shall be the duty of all dairymen or herdsmen or private
individuals supplying milk to cities, towns and villages to register their
herds or cattle with the live stock sanitary board, in violation of which
the parties offending shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more
than twenty dollars for each offense.

This section and section 21, are a valid and constitutional exercise of the
police power. They do not deprive dairymen of the equal protection of the
law. Object of these sections. State v. Broadbelt, 89 Md. 575.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1898, ch. 306, sec. 20.

21. It shall be the duty of the live stock sanitary board to have
inspected at least annually without notice to the owner or those in charge
of any dairy or parties supplying milk as named in section 20 the prem-
ises wherein cows are kept, and if such premises are found in an
unsanitary condition, the said board may prohibit the sale and ship-
ment of milk from such premises until such time as the premises shall

conform to the following sanitary rules:

Rule 1. No building or shed shall be used for stabling cows for

dairy purposes which is not well lighted and well ventilated and which
is not provided with sufficient feed trough or box and suitable floor
laid with proper grades and channels to immediately carry off all drain-