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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to slid Board all cases of infectious or con-
tagious disease among live stock which may
come to their knowledge, and a failure so to

To report.

do for forty-eight hours after he or they shall
come into such knowledge, shall be deemed
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined a sum not exceeding fifty dol-
lars for each offence.

SEC 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be
unlawful for any person to inoculate any ani-
mal in this State with the virus of any infec-

Offence.

tious or contagious disease incident to animals
without the consent of said Live Stock Sanitary
Board, and that any persons convicted of this
offence shall be fined a sum not less than one
hundred nor more than five hundred dollars,,
in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That for the per-
formances of the duties imposed on them by
the act of which this is supplemental, all

Fees.

Constables, Sheriffs or Deputy Sheriffs or other
State officers shall be paid as for the perform-
ance of similar duties under existing laws.

State's Att'ys.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of all State's Attorneys to prosecute
all persons accused of violating this act, or the
act to which this is a supplement.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all rules and

Rules and
regulations.

regulations formulated and issued by said
Board in pursuance of the powers hereby con-
ferred on them shall have the force of law,
and all violations thereof shall be punished as
provided in the original act of eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-four, chapter one hundred and
fifty-seven, and all appraisements of animals
to be slaughtered, or of buildings to be de-

Appraisement.

stroyed, shall be approved by said Board be-
fore such animals are slaughtered or such
buildings destroyed; and said Board shall
have the discretion to have such appraised
animals destroyed or quarantined.