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SEC. 11. Whenever during the prevalence in the State of any contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals the owner shall post on his premises a notice forbidding all persons not authorized by State or local boards of health to enter any building or enclosure on said premises without permission from said owner, it shall be a misdemeanor to enter upon said premises, punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days.

SEC. 12. The sum of $6,000, or so much thereof as necessary, is hereby annually appropriated for the payment of the expenses that may be incurred by the State in enforcing this act, such expenses to be approved by the State Board of Health and by the Governor.

SEC. 13. Chapter 200 of the General Laws of the State of Minnesota for 1885, as well as all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed, except as to any actions now peading growing out of the enforcement of the same.

SEC. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

REGULATIONS.

[Please fill out and return at once-Infectious disease of animals. Minnesota State Board of Health-Office record No..]

BLANK FOR REPORTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS.

[This form is to be used by health officers and by chairmen of local boards of health in reporting to the State Board of Health the existence of any infectious disease among animals within their jurisdiction.]

County of —, township of

Date

Name and post-office address of health officer or chairman of the local board of health making this report,

Owner's name and address,

Number of animals that have been exposed to infection,

Number of animals of this kind on the farm,

Number and kind of animals sick,

Name of the disease from which the animal or animals are suffering,

Prominent symptoms present,

History of infection,

What action has the local board taken,

[Minnesota State Board of Health-Infectious diseases of animals.]

ORDER OF QUARANTINE FOR CATTLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TUBERCULOUS.

[Return promptly to the Veterinary Department of the Minnesota State Board of Health.]

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ORDER OF QUARANTINE FOR CATTLE SUSPECTED OF BEING TUBERCULOUS.

[Original (To be delivered to person or owner in charge).]

City or town of

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(owner or person in charge):

You are hereby ordered to isolate under quarantine, upon your premises, the following-described cattle,

These cattle are suspected of having tuberculosis, an infectious disease under the law. You are forbidden to violate, in any respect, the conditions of quarantine (see other side of this order).

You are warned of the danger of using any food product from these animals, and are forbidden to sell or otherwise dispose of any such product during quarantine.

[On back of order.]

MINNESOTA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The following rules were adopted by the Minnesota State Board of Health April 12, 1898, and apply to animals hereby quarantined:

All cattle which show symptoms of tuberculosis must be quarantined at once and the entire herd tested with tuberculin.

The owner shall be given the option of having his cattle which have reacted killed under inspection or continued under quarantine for a period not exceeding three months.

All cattle which give reactions on second test must be killed within one month after date of second test, and the stable must be cleaned and disinfected thoroughly before quarantine may be released.

Cattle that have reacted under tuberculin test may be taken out of quarantine for slaughter or other purposes only after due notice to the local health officer and upon written permission from the State Board of Health, and may be killed only in the presence of an authorized inspector of the local or State Board of Health.

The State Board of Health will furnish the necessary tuberculin for this work, but only to local health officers or upon written request from local health officers.

Violation of quarantine defined.

It shall be deemed a violation of quarantine for any person to knowingly remove, authorize, or cause to be removed, without written permission from the State Board of Health, any animal quarantined on account of tuberculosis, from the building, place, or inclosure wherein it was quarantined.

It shall be deemed a violation of quarantine for any person to knowingly place, cause, or authorize to be placed, without written permission from the State Board of Health, any animal or animals subject to tuberculosis, in the building, place, or inclosure where animals are quarantined on account of said disease.

It shall also be deemed a violation of quarantine for any person to knowingly dispose of, authorize, or cause to be disposed of, any butter, meat, milk, or other product, from cattle in quarantine.

AN ACT to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of domestic animals in this State. (Act of 1897.)

SECTION 9. Any person violating any provision of this act or any rule or regulation made by the State Board of Health, or by any local board of health or any order made by any such board under the authority thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) or more than one hundred (100) dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) or more than ninety (90) days.

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BLANK FOR RECORDING TEST WITH TUBERCULIN.

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[Use one of these blanks for each animal tested. Fill out carefully all details asked for in these blanks. Follow instructions on back for use of tuberculin.]

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Name and post-office address of chairman of local board of health,

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Stable temperatures (hot, cool, or pleasant): Day of injection, injection,

Diagnosis (non-tuberculous, suspicious, or tuberculous),
Postmortem record or remarks,

Action taken by local board,

(Signature of veterinarian who made test)

MISSISSIPPI.

(Address)

Mississippi has no law relating in any manner to bovine tubercu

losis.

MISSOURI.

The situation with reference to bovine tuberculosis in Missouri is best stated in the language of Mr. J. R. Rippey, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, which is as follows: "We have no statute in this State especially applicable to tuberculosis. Section 10551 of the Revised Statutes of 1899 authorizes the Board of Agriculture to formulate regulations governing the movement into this State of affected animals. Under this provision the Board formulated regulations, which were promulgated by the Governor the 18th day of June last. These regulations, however, were clearly defective, and they were probably illegal from the fact that they discriminated against breeding cattle, while all other kind of cattle were admitted without hindrance; and they were ineffective from the fact that all a shipper

had to do from any locality quarantined against was to claim that his cattle were dairy cattle or stock cattle and not intended for breeding purposes, and no tuberculin test was required. By reason of these defects the proclamation was suspended by a recent action of the board and tuberculosis quarantine awaits future action."

MONTANA.

No special law relative to bovine tuberculosis is on the statutes of Montana, but this disease is dealt with under the general law concerning contagious and infectious diseases of domestic animals.

Under this general law the Governor appoints a State Veterinary Surgeon, whose duties are "to investigate all cases of contagious and infectious diseases among cattle, horses, mules, and asses in this State" which may be brought to his knowledge; to inspect animals so diseased which may be brought into the State from other States or Territories against which the Governor has proclaimed a quarantine.

In all cases of contagious or infectious diseases the State Veterinary Surgeon may quarantine the premises. If the disease becomes epidemic, he must notify the Governor, who issues a proclamation forbidding the removal of any animal of the kind diseased from the quarantine district without a certificate from the State Veterinary Surgeon.

The State Veterinary Surgeon may, under certain restrictions, order the slaughter of animals so diseased, or which have been exposed to such diseases. Before animals are slaughtered they are appraised by three stock raisers, and a certificate of the valuation given to the owner, who is entitled to receive the full value of the appraisement. The indemnity is limited to animals destroyed because of the existence of some epizootic disease, and must not be paid in the following cases: Animals belonging to the United States; animals brought into the State contrary to law, or found to be diseased or having been exposed to disease before coming into the State; animals affected with any other incurable disease than the one for which slaughtered; animals which the owner knew to be diseased when he purchased them; or for animals which have come into the State within ninety days before slaughter. The board of county commissioners of each county must provide for a "stock-indemnity fund" by the levying annually a tax not to exceed one-half mill, the same to be paid out by the State Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of the law.

When the Governor has reason to believe that a contagious or infectious disease exists in another State or Territory he must issue a proclamation designating the locality and prohibiting the importation therefrom of animals of the kind diseased, except under such restrictions as may be made by him by the advice of the State Veterinary Surgeon.

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SEC. 3000. The Governor is authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a competent Veter.nary Surgeon, who is known as the "State Veterinary Surgeon," who holds his office for two years, and must execute a bond in the sum of $5,000, and who, before entering on his duties, must take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution. SEC. 3001. The duties of the State Veterinary Surgeon are:

1. To investigate all cases of contagious and infectious diseases among cattle, horses, mules, and asses in this State, of which he may have a knowledge, or which may be brought to his notice by any resident in the locality where such disease exists; and, in the absence of specific information, to make visits of inspection to any locality where he may have reason to suspect that there is any contagious or infectious diseases.

2. To inspect, under the regulations of this article, all such animals, which may be brought into this State, in any manner whatever, from or through such State, Territory, or foreign country, as the Governor may declare by proclamation, upon the recommendation of the board of stock commissioners, or otherwise, must be held in quarantine for the purpose of inspection for contagious or infectious diseases.

SEC. 3002. After the making of such proclamation the owner, or person in charge, of any such animals, arriving in this State, from or through any State, Territory, or foreign country, against which quarantine has been declared, must notify the State Veterinary Surgeon without delay, and must not allow such animals to leave the place of arrival until they have been examined by the Veterinary Surgeon and his certificate obtained that all such animals are free from disease; and no animal pronounced unsound from disease by the Veterinary Surgeon must be turned loose, allowed to run at large or removed or permitted to escape, but must be held subject to the order of the Veterinary Surgeon. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section is punishable as provided in Section 1174, of the Penal Code, and is liable for any damage and loss that may be sustained by any person by reason of the failure of such owner to comply with the provisions of this section.

SEC. 3003. The owner of such animals, ridden under the saddle or driven in harness into this State, or under yoke, and any person coming into this State with his own team or teams, is not required to notify the Veterinary Surgeon, or await the inspection of the animals, but he is liable for all loss or damage to any person by reason of any contagious or infectious disease brought into the State by his animals; and no such animals must be held in quarantine for a longer period than ninety days, unless contagious or infectious disease is found to exist among them. SEC. 3004. In all cases of contagious or infectious disease among domestic animals or Texas cattle in this State, the Veterinary Surgeon has authority to order the quarantine of the infected premises, and in case such a disease becomes epidemic in any locality in this State, the Veterinary Surgeon must immediately notify the Governor, who must thereupon issue his proclamation forbidding any animal of the kind among which such epidemic exists to be transferred from said locality without a certificate from the Veterinary Surgeon showing such animal to be healthy. The expense of holding, feeding, and taking care of all animals quarantined under the provisions of this article must be paid by the owner, agent, or person in charge of such animals.

SEC. 3005. In case of any epidemic disease where premises have been previously quarantined by the Veterinary Surgeon, as before provided, he is further authorized and empowered, when in his judgment necessary, to order the slaughter of any and all such diseased animals upon said premises, and all such animals as have been exposed to contagion or infection, under the following restrictions: The order

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