ART. 58] DAIRIES——LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD. 1469

eradicating any contagious or infectious disease among live
stock in the State of Maryland, but such agreement shall
provide that such work shall be under the control of the State
authorities.

1888, art. 58, sec. 17. 1888, ch. 519, sec. 17.

17. In 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 to said inspector
as may be necessary to promptly suppress the same, and to fix
their pay.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888, ch 519, 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 super-
vision of the chief veterinary 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.

1890, ch. 321, sec. 19.

19. All hogs and other domestic animals dying of any con-
tagious 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 prem-
ises for the space of three hours prior to sunset of said day
after he has discovered the same shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor 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.

NOTE —See ante, art. 27, secs. 65, 66.

Dairies.

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