ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be

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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 of the said Live Stock Sanitary
Board, and that 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.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That for the per-

Unlawful to
inoculate.

formance of the duties imposed on them by this
act all constables, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs [or
deputy sheriffs], or other state officers, shall be
paid as for the performance of similar duties
under existing laws.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the

Shall be paid.

duty of all state's attorneys to prosecute all
persons accused of violating the provisions of
this act, and to defend in all cases of appeals
from appraisements.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That all rules and

Duty of state's
attorneys.

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 com-
mon law. And all appraisements of animals to
be slaughtered, or of buildings to be destroyed,
shall be approved by said board before such ani-
mals are slaughtered or such buildings are de-
stroyed ; and said board shall have the discretion
to have such animals slaughtered or quarantined.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That any person

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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 justice of the peace of
the city of Baltimore or court where the offence
shall be committed.

Shall be fined.