The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-20
CHAPTER 10.

| AN ACT TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION AND
SALE OF DISEASED HORSES, &C.
AN ACT to prevent the importation, running at larg
and sale of Horses. Mules or Asses diseased with Ma
sal elect, Glanders or Button-fircey.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Genera
assembly Of the State Of Ioro, That it shall
be unlawful for the owner of any horse
mule, or ass, or any person having the
same in charge, knowingly to import, OF
bring into this State, any horse, mule, OF
ass, affected by the diseases known as Ma
sal elect, Chambers, or Button -farcey and
any person SO offending, shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and shall, on
conviction, be punished by fine not less
| than fifty dollars, nor more than five hun
| dred dollars, and in default of payment,
shall be imprisoned for any period not to
! exceed twelve months; or by both fine and
Imprisonment at the discretion of the
| Court.
SEC. ,. Any person, being the owner
OF horses, mules, or asses, or having the
| same in charge, that are known to be dis
eased with Nasal elect, Chambers, or But
ton-farcey, that shall suffer the same to run
| at large upon any common, highway, or
unlnclosed land, or use, or tie the same in
any public place, or Off his or their own
premises, or who shall sell, trade or offer
| the same for sale or trade, knowing the
same to be so diseased shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned for
any period not to exceed twelve months.
or by both fine and Imprisonment, at the
discretion of the Court.
SEC. j. All fines recovered under the
provisions of this act, shall be paid into
the County Treasury, for the benefit of the
School Fund.
SEC. 4. Nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to prevent any person that
may be injured by the importation, sell
ing, trading, allowing to run at large, or
exposing in public places, of horses, mules,
or asses, known to be diseased with Nasal
Glect, Chambers, or Button-farccy, from re-
covering damages in a civil action, against
any person or persons, who may so inn
port, sell, trade, or allow to run ut large,
or otherwise expose in public places, or
outside OF their own premises, any such
animals.
SEC. .. Should any horse, mule, or ass,
reasonably supposed to be diseased with
Nasal Gleet, Chambers, or Button-farccy, be
| found running Ut large, without any known
owner, it shall be lawful for the finder
| thereof, to take the horse, mule, or ass, so
found, before some Justice of the Peace,
who shall forthwith cause the same to be
examined by some veterinary surgeon, OF
| other person skilled in such diseases, and
if, on examination, it is asccrtained to be
diseased, it shall be competent for the JUS
| tice of the Peace to order such diseased
animal to be Immediately destroyed and
effectively put out of the way; and the
necessary expenses accruinI under the pros
visions Of this section shall be defrayed
out Of the County Treasury.
SEC. 6. This Act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance, shall take effect and
be in force, from and after its publication
in the Iowa State Register and Iowa Home
stead, newspapers published at DesMoines,
Iowa.
Approved February %, 1866.
| hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published in the Iowa State Register
February 10Th, 1866, and in the Iowa Home
stead on the 7th day of March, 1866.
JAMES WRIGHT, See. of State.