LIVE STOCK. 2075

may, within sixty days, appeal to the Circuit Court of the County, or
to the Baltimore City Court, if such animals or buildings are within the
City of Baltimore, by filing in said Court a copy of the appraisement with
a petition for a writ of subpoena against the officer representing the said
State Board of Agriculture, and said appeals shall be acted on by said
Court in the same manner as appeals from Justices of the Peace.

An. Code, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 16. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 16. 1916, ch. 337.

20. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to agree with the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of
Agriculture of the United States, or other properly constituted authority
of the United States, for co-operation in the work of eradicating any
contagious or infectious disease among live stock, in the State of Mary-
land, but such agreement shall provide that such work shall be under the
control of the State authorities.

An. Code, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 17. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 17. 1916, ch. 337.

21. In the event of an epidemic of contagious or infectious disease
among the live stock of this State, it shall be the duty of the said Board
to appoint such assistants as may be necessary to promptly suppress the
same and to fix their pay.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 18. 1888, sec. 18. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 18. 1916, ch. 337.

22. When any animal is slaughtered under the provisions of this
Article, the owner, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by
the State Board of Agriculture, may dispose of the whole or any part of
the carcass, and of the hides and offal, in such manner as may not tend
to spread disease or affect the health of the public; any inspector who shall
corruptly pass as healthy a diseased animal, or pass as healthy any animal
or part of an animal contrary to the rules and regulations prescribed by
the State Board of Agriculture, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not'
exceeding five hundred dollars.

An. Code, sec. 19. 1904, sec. 19. 1890, ch. 321, sec. 19. 1916, ch. 337.

23. All hogs and other domestic animals dying of any contagious or
infectious disease shall be buried at a depth of at least three feet or be
burned, at the discretion of the owner; and any person or persons per-
mitting 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 con-
viction 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.

See sec. 49, et seq.