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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and for the proper destruction of their hides
and carcasses, and all objects which might
carry infection or contagion ; to prescribe
regulations for the disinfection of all buildings,
premises and railway cars, and of all objects
from which or by which infection or contagion
might take place or be conveyed ; to alter and
modify from time to time, as he may deem expe-
dient, the terms of all such orders and regula-
tions, and to cancel or withdraw the same at any
time ; and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs and
deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or other
officers of the state, city of Baltimore or coun-
ties, to obey and observe all orders and instruc-
tions which they may receive from said veterin-
ary inspector, in the enforcement of the provis-
ions of this act within their respective jurisdic-
tion.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That any person
who shall violate or transgress the terms or re-
quirements of any order or regulation issued
and prescribed by the said veterinary inspector,

Subject to fine

with the consent of the said Live Stock Sanitary
Board, under the authority of this act, or shall
refuse to said veterinary inspector or his assist-
ants, access to his, her or their premises, farms
stables, cars, sheds or pens, or shall resist said
inspector or his assistants in applying any of the
quarantine orders or regulations, or shall con-
ceal the fact that contagious or infectious dis-
ease exists on his premises, shall be subject to a
fine of not more than one hundred nor less than
fifty dollars, which fine may be imposed by any
justice of the peace of the city of Baltimore or
any county where such offence may be com-
mitted.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

Duty to report

duty of all persons practicing veterinary medi-
cine in this state to report immediately to said
board all cases of contagious or infectious dis-
ease among live stock which may come to their
knowledge ; and a failure to so report for forty-
eight hours after he or they shall come into such
knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and,
on conviction thereof, he or they shall be fined
not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence.