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ART. LVIII] LIVE STOCK. 427
cattle fever or Texas fever; sheep scab, mange of cattle or horses; hog
cholera, or swine plague; fowl cholera; rabies or hydrophobia; maladie
du coit, or dourine of horses; advanced or generalized tuberculosis or
tuberculosis of the udder; or any other disease now or hereafter pro-
claimed by the State Board of Agriculture to be of a transmissible char-
acter, or any domestice animal reacting to tuberculin or mallein test.
This report shall be in writing, and shall include a description of each
animal affected, with the name and exact address of the owner or person
in charge of the animal, if known, and the exact locality of the animal,
and the number of susceptible domestic animals that have been exposed
to the disease; and a failure to so report for forty-eight hours after they
shall come into such knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and,
on conviction thereof, they shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars for
each offense.
1904, art. 58, sec. 8. 1888, art. 58, sec. 8. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 8. 1916. ch. 337.
8. It shall be unlawful for any person to inoculate any animal in
this State with the virus of any infectious or contagious disease incident
to animals without the consent in writing of the said State Board of
Agriculture, and that any person convicted of this offense shall be fined
a sum not less than one or more than five hundred dollars, in the dis-
cretion of the Court.
1904, art. 58, sec. 9. 1888, art. 58. sec. 9. 188S. ch. 519, sec. 9. 1916, ch. 337.
9. For the performance of the duties imposed on them by this
Article, all constables, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other State officers
shall be paid as for the performance of similar duties under existing
laws.
1904, art. 58. sec. 10. 1888. art. 58. sec. 10. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 10. 1916, ch. 337.
10. It shall be the duty of all State's Attorneys to prosecute all
persons accused of violating the provisions of this Article, and to defend
in all cases of appeals from appraisements.
1904, art. 58, sec. 11. 1888, art. 58, sec. 11. 1888. ch. 519. sec. 11. 1916, ch. 337.
11. All rules and regulations formulated and issued by said Board
in pursuance of the powers: hereby conferred on it. shall have the force
and effect of laws, and all violations cf such rules and regulations shall
be punished as misdemeanors are punished at common law. And all
appraisements of animals to be slaughtered and of buildings to be
destroyed shall be approved by said Board before such animals are
slaughtered or such buildings destroyed, and said Board shall have the
discretion to have such animals slaughtered or quarantined.
1904, art. 58, sec. 12. 1888, art. 58, sec. 12. 1888. ch. 519, sec. 12. 1916. ch. 337.
12. Any person who shall sell or otherwise dispose of an animal
which he knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected with any con-
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