purpose of manufacturing the same into soap or rendering the same into lard, or for other purposes, or if any person shall buy, or otherwise obtain the carcass of any swine or other domestic animals dying from cholera or other disease for manufacturing purposes as aforesaid, or any other purpose except that of burial or burning as provided in the preceding section, every such person shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding six months.

ARTICLE II.-STATE VETERINARIAN-LIVE STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION.

SECTION. 1. [Appointment by governor-Salary.]-The governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall, immediately upon the passage of this act, appoint a competent and skilled veterinary surgeon for the state, who, at the date of such appointment, shall be a graduate in good standing of a recognized college or veterinary surgery, and who shall have had three or more years actual practice since graduation, and who shall hold his office until his successor is appointed and qualified. The governor shall also, at the regular session of the legislature in 1887, and every two years thereafter, and during a regular session of the legislature, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a competent and skilled veterinary surgeon for the state, having the qualifications above mentioned, whose term of office shall be for two years from the first day of April next succeeding his appointment, unless sooner removed, as hereinafter provided. The veterinary surgeon for the state shall keep his office at the capital of the state, in a room to be provided by the governor, and shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars per annum, payable as the salaries of state officers are paid, and actual necessary traveling expenses by him incurred and paid in the discharge of his duties, to be drawn from the treasury upon itemized accounts thereof, properly verified, rendered monthly, and approved by the governor. The governor shall have the power of removal, and shall immediately fill all vacancies which may at any time occur in the office of state veterinarian, or live stock sanitary commission. [1885, chap. 4.] SEC. 2. [Oath-Bond.]-Before entering upon the duties of his office, the state veterinarian shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of said office, and shall execute a bond to the state of Nebraska in the sum of five thousand dollars with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office; which bond and sureties thereto shall be approved by the governor, and said bond, together with his oath of office, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the state.

SEC. 3. [Duties.]-It shall be the duty of the state veterinarian, under direction of the live stock sanitary commission for the state, to investigate any and all cases of contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals of the state, which may come to his knowledge or be brought to the notice of the live stock sanitary commission, and for this purpose shall visit at once any locality within the state where any such contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals may be reported to exist, and make a full and careful examination of all animals supposed to be diseased, and inquire into the nature and cause of any such disease which he may discover, prescribe the proper care, necessary remedies, and direct the sanitary measures necessary to prevent the spread thereof, and to make a full report of his findings and doings in the premises, to the live stock sanitary commission, with recommendation and suggestions as to the means necessary to be employed to prevent the spread, and best calculated to exterminate any and all such contagious or infectious diseases, by him found to exist among the domestic animals of the state.

"An act concerning the care of, and to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals, to provide for the appointment of a live stock sanitary commission and state veterinary surgeon, defining their powers and duties and regulating their compensation."

SEO. 4. [Same.]-The state veterinarian shall make a continuous scientific study and investigation of all diseases of domestic animals, and the causes, preventatives and the cures thereof, and report the result of his study and investigation to the governor, giving in plain ordinary language the symptoms by which any such disease may be identified, how liable to be introduced and spread, the causes and conditions to which may be attributed the production of any such disease, and the sanitary and other measures best calculated to prevent the germination and spread of any such contagious or infectious disease among live stock, together with the best known treatment and remedies, also the treatment necessary in case of injury to domestic animals, in time for publication in the several reports required by law, and perform such other service and duties as may be required by law or directed by the governor or the live stock sanitary commission in the interest of the state.

SEC. 5. [Live stock sanitary commission.]-The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate shall immediately upon the passage of this act, appoint three commissioners, each of whom shall be engaged in the business of stock raising, who shall constitute the live stock sanitary commission of the state of Nebraska. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the oath of office and file the same with the secretary of the state, and each commissioner, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall execute a bond to be approved by the governor in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and file the same with the secretary of state. The governor shall also at the regular session of the legislature in 1887, and every two years thereafter, and during a regular session of the legislature, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint three commissioners who shall have the qualifications above mentioned, and whose term of office shall be for the period of two years from the first day of April next succeeding their appointment, unless sooner removed as hereinbefore provided. Said commissioners shall elect one of their number chairman, and the state veterinarian shall be ex-officio secretary of said commission. The secretary shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the commission, and make each report to the governor as may from time to time be required, who may transmit the same to the secretary of the state board of agriculture for publication.

SEC. 6. [Duty of commission.]-It shall be the duty of the commission provided for in the fifth section of this act, to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state from all contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant character, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine, sanitary, and other regulations as it may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of any member of said commission, upon receipt by him of reliable information of the existence among the domestic animals of the state, of any malignant disease, to at once notify the state veterinarian, who shall go at once to the place where any such disease is alleged to exist, and make a careful examination of the animals believed to be affected with any such disease, and ascertain, if possible, what, if any, disease exists among the live stock reported to be affected, and whether the same is contagious or infectious or not; and if said disease is found to be of a malignant, contagious, or infectious character, he shall direct the temporary quarantine and sanitary regulations necessary to prevent the spread of any such disease, and report his findings and actions to the commission.

SEC. 7. [Inspection of infected districts.]-Upon the receipt by any member of the commission of the report of the state veterinarian, provided for in section three of this act, if said member shall be of the opinion that the exigencies of the case reauire, he shall immediately convene the commission at such place as he may designate, and if, upon consideration of the report of the veterinarian the commission shall be satisfied that any contagious or infectious

disease exists of a malignant character, which seriously threatens the health of domestic aminals, they shall proceed at once to the infected district, ascertain and determine the premises or grounds infected, and establish the quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease; also to list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease, and those which have been exposed thereto, and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification, and for that purpose the said commission may, in its discretion, cause the live stock so included within the quarantined lines established to be marked or branded in such manner as the commissioners may designate; and no domestic animal liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same, shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises or grounds so quarantined, except by authority of the commission. The said commission shall also from time to time give and enforce such directions, and prescribe such rules and regulations, as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed animals, as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly isolate them from any other domestic animals which have not been exposed thereto, and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease. And the said commission, or any of the members thereof, and said veterinarian, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. [Killing diseased animals.]—When in the opinion of the commission it shall be necessary to prevent the further spread of any contagious or infectious disease among the live stock of the state, to destroy animals affected with, or which have been exposed to any such disease, it shall determine what animal shall be killed, and appraise the same as hereinafter provided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of, as in its judgment, will best protect the health of the domestic animals of the locality.

SEC. 9. [Same-Appraisal.]-Whenever, as in the eighth section of this act provided, the commission shall direct the killing of any domestic animal or animals, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to appraise the animals to be killed, and shall make an inventory of the animal or animals condemned, and in fixing the value thereof the commissioners shall be governed by the value of said animal or animals at the date of appraisement: Provided, That no animal or animals shall be appraised except those affected with contagious or infectious disease of a malignant character, or such as have been exposed thereto.

SEC. 10. [Proclamation of governor-Quarantine.]-When the commission have determined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malignant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among the live stock of the state, and given its order as herein before provided, prescribing quarantine and other regulations, it shall notify the governor thereof, who shall issue his proclamation proclaiming the boundary of such quarantine, and the orders, rules, regulations prescribed by the commission, which proclamation may be published by written or printed hand-bills posted within the boundaries or on the lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds quarantined: Provided, that if the commission decide that it is not necessary by reason of the limited extent of the district in which such disease exists that a proclamation should be issued, then none shall be issued; but the commission shall give such notice as may to it seem best to make the quarantine established by it effective.

SEC. 11. [Employees-Supplies.]-The commission provided for in this act shall have power to employ at the expense of the state such persons, and purchase such supplies and material, as may be necessary to carry into full effect all orders by it given, as hereinbefore provided: Provided, That no labor shall be employed, nor material or supplies purchased by the commission, except

such labor, material, and supplies as may be necessary to carry into effect the quarantine and other regulations prescribed by the commission.

SEC. 12. [Railways to disinfect cars.-It shall be the duty of the railway corporations doing business in this state to cleanse and disinfect the cars used by them in transporting stock in this state, at such times and places as the commission may designate, whenever, in the opinion of the commission, any such order may be necessary to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases. Any such corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, for each offense, to be recovered in a civil action to be prosecuted under the direction of the attorney general, in the name of the state of Nebraska,

SEC. 13. [Payment for animals killed.]-When any animal or animals are killed under the provisions of this act by order of the commission, the owner thereof shall be paid therefor the appraised value as fixed by the appraisement hereinbefore provided for; Provided, The right of indemnity on account of animals killed by order of the commission, under the provisions of this act, shall not extend to the owner of animals which have been brought into the state in a diseased condition, or from a state, country, territory or district in which the disease with which the animal is infected, or to which it has been exposed, exists. Nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which may be brought into the state in violation of any law or quarantine regulation thereof, or the owner of which shall have violated any of the provisions of this act, or disregarded any rule, regulation or order of the live stock sanitary commission, or any member thereof. Nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which came into the possession of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge that such animal was diseased, or was suspected of being diseased, or of having been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. Nor shall any animal belonging to the United States be paid for by the state.

SEC. 14. [Duty of owner of animals.]—It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, suspects or has reason to believe that any of his domestic animals, or domestic animals in his charge, are affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief or suspicion to the commission, or any member thereof, and to the sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is found; and it shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of another, to report the same at once to the sheriff and county clerk of the county. in which such domestic animal is found.

SEC. 15. [Duty of sheriff.]-The sheriff to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious disease of domestic animal is reported, shall forthwith proceed to the place where such domestic animal is, and examine the same, and forthwith report the result of such examination to the commission, or any member thereof, and shall prescribe such temporary quarantine regulation as will prevent the spread of the contagion or infection until the live stock sanitary commission can provide and order suitable quarantine rules and regulations.

SEC. 16. [Importation of diseased animals.]-Any person who shall knowingly bring into this state any domestic animal which is affected with any contagious or infectious disease, or any animal which has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fired in any sum not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars. [See secs. 36-39, art. I.]

SEC. 17. [Obstructing officers in their duties.]-Any person who owns, or is in possession of, live stock, which is, or which is suspected or reported to be, affected with any infectious or contagious disease, who shall refuse to allow the state veterinarian, or other authorized officer or officers, to examine such stock, or shall hinder or obstruct the state veterinarian, or other authorized

officer or officers, in any examination of, or in an attempt to examine, such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

SEC. 18. [Running at large.]-Any person who shall have in his possession any domestic animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, or after having received notice that such animal is so affected, who shall permit such animal to run at large, or who shall keep such animal where other domestic animals not affected by or previously exposed to such disease may be exposed to its contagion or infection, or who shall sell, ship, drive, trade, or give away such diseased animal or animals which have been exposed to such infection or contagion, or who shall move or drive any domestic animal in violation of any direction, rule, regulation, or order establishing and regulating quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each of such diseased or exposed domestic animals which he shall permit to run at large, or keep or sell, ship, -drive, trade, or give away in violation of the provisions of this act; Provided, That any owner of any domestic animal which has been affected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, may dispose of the same, after having obtained from the state veterinarian a bill of health for such animal. See sec. 37, art. I.]

SEC. 19. [Certificate of stock killed.]--When any live stock shall be appraised and killed by order of the commission, it shall issue to the owner of the live stock so killed a certificate, showing the number and kind and general description of animals killed, and the amount to which the holder is entitled, and report the same to the auditor of state. And upon presentation of such certificate to the auditor, he shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount therein stated, payable out of any money appropriated for the live stock indemnity fund.

SEC. 20. [Pay of commission.]-The members of the commission, appointed by the governor, as herein before provided, shall receive $5.00 per day for the time by them necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties required by this act. And each member of the commission hereinbefore provided for shall receive the actual necessary traveling expenses by him incurred and paid in the discharge of the duties required of him by the provisions of this act, which said per diem and expenses shall be drawn from the treasury out of the live stock indemnity fund on the warrant of the auditor, to be issued on the filing in his office of an itemized account thereof, properly verified..

SEC. 21. [Duty of governor.]-Whenever the governor of the state shall have good reason to believe that any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease has become epizootic in certain localities in other states, territories and countries, or that there are conditions which render such domestic animals from such infected districts liable to convey such disease, he shall, by proclamation, prohibit the importation of any live stock of the kind diseased into the state, unless accompanied by a certificate of health given by a duly authorized veterinarian ; and all such animals arriving in this state shall be examined without delay by the state veterinary surgeon, and, if deemed necessary, placed in close quarantine until all danger of infection is passed, when they shall be relieved by the order of the veterinary surgeon or the live stock commission.

SEC. 22. [Duty of owners of stock yards.]-That the owners of any public stock yard doing business in this state, when requested by the live stock sanitary commission, shall appoint and keep constantly in their employ, at their expense, a competent inspector of live stock, whose duty it shall be to daily inspect with care all animals brought into the stock yards, in whose employ any such inspector may be; and upon the discovery, by such inspector, in such yards,