The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-06
STOCK LAWS.

An ACT to Prevent the spread Of Malignant INaA" among Sheep
BE It enacted By the Council and House Of Representatives Of
he Territory Of Wyoming:
SECTION /. The county commissioners shall appoint a
sheep inspector, who shall be a citizen of the county for
which he is appointed, for each county containing two
thousand sheep, who shall hold his Office for two years
unless sooner removed; and any inspector may act in an
adjoining county having no inspector, on request OF the
commissioners thereof. e
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the sheep inspector,
upon information by affidavit filed before a justice of the
peace, that any flock of sheep within his Jurisdiction has
the scab or any other malignant contagious disease, upon
two days notice in writing to the owner or agent or
person in custody of said flock, if the owner or agent be
absent from the county, to inspect said flock and report
in writing the result of his inspection, and if so diseased,
once every two weeks thereafter to reinspect said flock
and report in writing the result and treatment, if any,
and the result until said disease is reported cured; Pro-
Udded, That in case of the removal of the flock six miles
from the range of any other sheep, as hereinafter pro-
vided, he shall only make one inspection every three
months. s7it
SEC. g.. And upon the arrival of any flock of sheep
into the counties of the Territory where sheep may be
located, the owner or agent thereof shall be on due
notice compelled to drive them at least six miles from the
band of sheep so located, and if the owner or agent fail
to comply with the above notice, he shall be fined in the
penal sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars. The inspector having
knowledge of the arrival, shall make an inspection of
said flock and proceed as provided in section two of this
Sec. 4. The owner or his agent of any flock reported
by the inspector to be so diseased, shall Immediately herd
them so they cannot range upon or within one mile of
any grounds accustomed to be ranged upon by any other
sheep, and shall restrain them from passing over or
travelling upon or within one mile of any public highway
or road, and in case this cannot be done he shall imme-
diately remove said sheep to a locality where they shall
not be permitted to range within less than six miles of
any other flock of sheep, and said sheep shall continue to
be herded under the above restrictions unit. upon inspec-
ton they shall be reported free from such disease.
SEC. s.. The owner or his agent or employees of any
flock of sheep requiring inspection or about to be in
spected, shall afford the Inspector all reasonable facilities
for making his inspection; and for every violation of any
of the provisions of this act said owner or his agent or
his employees shall be fined not less than ten dollars, nor
more than three hundred dollars, and every separate days
ofense shall constitute a separate offense, and the written
report of any ofense, made by an inspector under oath,
shall be "prima tacie evidence of the commission of said
offense, and any justice of the peace of the county in
which the ofense is committed shall have jurisdiction
thereof, and the inspector shall er ofcio report all viola
tions of the provisions of this act of which he has
knowledge.
Sec. 6. Every inspector before entering upon the
duties of his Office shall take the oath of Office prescribed
bylaw, and shall give bond to the Territory of Wyoming
in the sum of one thousand dollars, with good sureties,
conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of
his office; such bond shall be approved by the county
clerk, who shall endorse upon every bond he shall approve
as follows: 81 am acquainted with the sureties herein,
and believe them to be worth the amount of the penal
sum of the within bond, over and above their just debts
and liabilities" A5 9gb
SEC. 4. Such bond, with the oath endorsed thereon,
shall be recorded in the Office of the register of deeds for
the county in which the Inspector shall reside, and may
be sued on by any person injured on account of the
%unfaithful performance of said inspectors duties; Protided,
That no suit shall be SO Instituted after more than twelve
months have elapsed from the time the cause of action
accrued.
SEC. 8. Every inspector shall keep a fair and correct
record of all his official acts, and if required, give a GER
titled copy of any record, upon payment of the fees
thereof, and in case of the inspectors death, resignation
or removal, said record shall be deposited with the
register of deeds. s5..f . qVTisa aoTt
SEC. g. The inspector shall receive for his services
five dollars per day whilst necessarily employed in in
speeding; and for the first inspection an additional fee of
one cent for every sheep, when the flock inspected is five
hundred or less; and for inspecting larger focks, five
dollars for the first five hundred and one-half cent for the
next five hundred, and one-qnarter of a cent for the
remainder of the flock, to be paid by the owner or his
agent, and fifty cents for service of notice, and fifty cents
for each copy, and two cents per line of ten words for
any other official copies. Protided, That when an in
spection is made upon information by affidavit, before a
justice of the peace, and the inspector shall report in
substance no such "disease, = the party giving the infor-
nation shall pay the inspectors fees, and the inspector
shall receive ten per cent of all fines and penalties in
cases in which he gives the information OF the ofense,
and his interest i'll the result shall only go to his CREDIBLE
lty, and not affect his competency as a witness. Remainder