ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 713

Stock, " sub-title, "State Live Stock Sanitary Board, " said new
sections to be known as Sections 5-A, 5-B, 5-C and 5-D, to fol-
low immediately after Section 5 of said Article, and to read
as follows:

5-A. For the protection of public health and to prevent
the infection of the live stock of the State with contagious dis-
ease, the State Board of Agriculture through Federal Licensed
Inspectors is hereby empowered to enter upon any premises
at any time and test for tuberculosis or other contagious dis-
ease by any method, any animal found thereon; and should
any such animal be found to be infected with tuberculosis or
other contagious disease, the Board or its agent shall have
power to quarantine such animal and all premises and such
other animals as it or he may think necessary to prevent the
spread of the disease. The State Board of Agriculture through
its authorized Agents is empowered to require the slaughter and
disposal of any animals found to be infected with tuberculosis
or other contagious disease, under such regulations as the State
Board of Agriculture may from time to time issue under the
powers granted in this Act for the control of such contagious
disease.

5-B. The State Board of Agriculture through its author-
ized Agents is hereby empowered to prohibit the shipment
of cattle or other live stock into an area in which bovine
tuberculosis or other contagious disease eradication is be-
ing carried on until such cattle or other live stock have
been subjected to a tuberculin test or other test or ex-
amination satisfactory to the said Board, and have been
found by said test or examination to be free of tuberculosis

and other contagious disease; and said Board is hereby further
empowered to quarantine any animals that may have been
brought into such area and require that they be tested as pro-
vided in Section 5-A of this Act.

5-C. The owner or his agent shall so secure animals as to
make it possible for the agent of the Board to apply the test he
deems necessary.

5-D. Any owner or owners refusing or failing to comply
with the provisions of Section 5-A, 5-B or 5-C. or violating
any of the provisions of said sections shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
nor less than $5. 00 nor more than $25. 00 for every day he