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An. Code, 1924, sec. 12. 1912, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 8. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 8.

1916, ch. 337.

12. 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 Agri-
culture, 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 discretion of
the Court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 13. 1912, sec. 9. 1904, sec. 9. 1888, sec. 9. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 9.

1916, ch. 337.

13. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 14. 1912, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 10.

1916, ch. 337.

14. It shall be the duty of all State's Attorneys to prosecute all per-
sons accused of violating the provisions of this Article, and to defend in
all cases of appeals from appraisements.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1912, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1888, sec. 11. 1888, oh. 519, sec. 11.

1916, ch. 337.

15. 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 of such rules and regulations shall be
punished as misdemeanors are punished at common law. And all ap-
praisements 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 16. 1912, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1888, sec. 12. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 12.

1916, ch. 337.

16. Any person who shall sell or otherwise dispose of an animal which
he knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected with any contagious
or infectious disease, or has been exposed thereto within ninety days, or
shall permit the same to pass over or upon any public highway, street,
lane or alley, or to graze any unfenced lot or piece of ground without the
consent of the said Board, shall on conviction thereof be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each animal so
driven or exposed; such fine may be imposed by any station house Justice
of the Peace of the City of Baltimore, or any Justice of any county where
the offense shall be committed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 17. 1912, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 13. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 13.

1916, ch. 337.

17. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully expose any ani-
mal to others affected with a contagious or infectious disease, or to put or
suffer to be put any healthy or unexposed animal of the same species into
any stable, or on any premises which have been declared to be infected,
until the same shall have been declared to be free from such infection by
the said State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized officers or