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952 LIVE STOCK. [ART. 58.

1888, ch 519, sec 8.

8. It shall be unlawful for any person to inoculate any animal
in this State with the vims of any infectious or contagious disease
incident to animals without the consent of the said live stock san-
itary board, and any person convicted of this offence shall be
fined a sum not less than one nor more than five hundred dollars,
in the discretion of the court.

Ibid sec. 9

9. For the performance of the duties imposed on them by this
act all constables, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, or other State officers,
shall be paid as for the performance of similar duties under exist-
ing laws.

Ibid. sec. 10.

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.

Ibid sec 11.

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 of such rules
and regulations shall be punished as misdemeanors are punished
at common law. Aud all appraisements of animals to be slaugh-
tered, and of buildings to be destroyed shall be approved by said
board before such animals are slaughtered, or such buildings are
destroyed; and said board shall have the discretion to have such
animals slaughtered or quarantined.

Ibid, sec 12.

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 contagious or infections 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 ex-
posed. Such fine may be imposed by any justice of the peace of
the city of Baltimore, or county where the offence shall be com-
mitted.

 

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