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[APPENDIX A.]

GENERAL RULES OF THE BOARD OF LIVE STOCK COMMISSIONERS OF OHIO.

Rule I. When supposed cases of dangerously contagious or infectious diseases of live stock are reported to the Board of Live Stock Commissioners, the Secretary of the Board shall, when in his judgment it appears necessary, direct the State Veterinarian to make a thorough examination of the affected animal or animals; and if the State Veterinarian is of the opinion that any contagious or infectious disease exists, he shall, if deemed necessary, at once cause to be quarantined the diseased, as well as all exposed, animal or animals and premises or farms where such disease exists, and report his action to the Secretary of the Board.

Rule 2. No examinations or investigations shall be made in accordance with Rule I until the Secretary of the Board and the State Veterinarian are satisfied that the reports of outbreaks of disease are reasonably well founded.

Rule 3. The Board of Live Stock Commissioners, before ordering an investigation by the State Veterinarian, may require two or more reputable citizens of the county in which a reported case of dangerously infectious disease exists, to make a written statement confirming such report.

When the State Veterinarian shall order diseased animals, or such as have been exposed to a contagion, and any premises or farms where such disease exists, to be strictly quarantined, he may call upon the sheriffs or constables of the county or counties in which such quarantine is ordered, to execute said quarantine. All proper expense incurred in the quarantining of animals shall be paid by the owners thereof. Any quarantine ordered by the State Veterinarian shall remain in force until removed by his order.

Rule 5. In case the Board of Live Stock Commissioners shall order the destruction of any animal affected with glanders or farcy, in the chronic stage of the disease, which may be adjudged capable of rendering some service; or when, in the opinion of the State Veterinarian, it shall be necessary to prevent the spread of any contagion or infection among the live stock of the state, he may require diseased animals to be killed and their carcasses burned or buried, as he may direct; in either case, said animals shall be appraised by disinterested freeholders of the county in which such animals are owned, one to be selected by the owner

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of the animal or animals killed or destroyed, and another by the Board of Live Stock Commissioners; and these two, if they cannot reach an agreement, shall select a third person to act with them; these shall make the report of their findings to the Secretary of the Board of Live Stock Commissioners and he shall refer the same to the Board; and, if findings are approved, the Board shall report the same to the Governor of the State, to be by him communicated to the Legislature, with the recommendation, if the matter is approved by him, that the proper appropriation be made to pay such claims.

Rule 6. The State Veterinarian may prescribe and publish rules for disinfection of barns, sheds or premises where infectious diseases exist. or have existed, and for the disinfection of harness, utensils, wagons, etc., kept on such premises.

Rule 7. Upon request of owners desiring to ship animals to other states or territories requiring certificates of health accompanying such animals, it shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian, or an inspector designated by him, to inspect said animals, and if, after inspection, the State Veterinarian is satisfied that the animals in question are free from observable symptoms of any dangerous, infectious or contagious disease for which the particular state or territory into which the animals are intended to be shipped requires inspection he shall issue the required certificate.

Rule 8. All expenses of inspection provided for in Rule 7 shall be borne by the owner or shipper who makes request for inspection, and shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5) per day, or fraction thereof, and all necessary expenses of travel and subsistence.

Rule 9. Owners of abattoirs or other persons desiring to import Southern cattle for the purpose of immediate slaughter must apply to the Board of Live Stock Commissioners for a permit to unload such cattle within this State. Upon receipt of a request for such permit, the Secretary shall direct the State Veterinarian to inspect the pens and abattoirs to be used for the purpose specified, and if these are found to conform with the requirements of the Board of Live Stock Commissioners for the unloading of Southern cattle, the Secretary and the State Veterinarian shall issue the permit.

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[APPENDIX B.]

LIST OF LICENSED VETERINARIANS IN OHIO WITH THEIR PRESENT ADDRESSES.

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REPORT

OF THE

Fourteenth Annual Convention

OF

The Ohio Dairymen's Association

HELD IN

Townshend Hall and Main Building Ohio State University Campus, Columbus February 12, 13 and 14, 1908

PREPARED BY

E. S. GUTHRIE, Secretary and Treasurer

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