Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-04-28
CHAPTER civ

a further supplement to an act entitled "a
supplement to an act entitled An act to es-
tablish state board of health,'" approved
March ninth, one thousand eight hundred
approved March twelfth, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State Of New jersey That
section two of the act to which this is supple
ment, be amended so as to read:
2. And be- it enacted, That in event of any
contagious or infectious disease, as aforesaid,
breaking oGt OF being suspected to exist in any
locality In this state, it shall be the duty of all
persons owning or having any interests in said
animals, or any person called as a veterinarian
to see such animals, to notify the said board of
health, OF any one of them, of the existence of
such disease, and, thereupon, it shall be the
duty of said board of health or some one desig-
mated by them, to investigate the same and
quarantine said animal or animals, and take
such precautionary measures as to any animal
sick or as to other animals that have been or
are in proximity thereto IS shall be deemed
necessary. and to enforce such regulations as
may be adopted by such board of health; or if
said board, without notification, has any reason
to believe that any such infectious or con-
tagious disease exists in or among any animals
in this state, it shall have the Same power of
inquiry and examination, and the same rights
of jurisdiction as are herein provided where
those having possession thereof
2. And be t-enacted, That in all cases where
animals affected with OF which shall have oeen
exposed to a contagious or infectious disease
are. ordered to be killed. OF shall have been
killed by order of the board of health or its
assistants, it shall be the duty of three men,
bers, who arc freeholders, of such board OF
health of the city, township or county in which
the disease exists, as the state board Of health
may request, toappraise the value of the ami
NAL or animals so killed or ordered to be killed,
taking into consideration the marketable value
just previous to the time of attack of such dis
ease; and the animal or animals so killed shall be
buried by the owner thereof in the manner spe-
Gifted in the act to which this is a supplement:
provided that in no case shall said valuation ex-
ceed the sum of forty dollars for any one ami
nal, or in the case of registered cattle shall no,
exceed one hundred dollars, one-half of said
valuation to be paid by the state TO the owner
or owners on presentation of such appraise-
ment, signel by the appraisers, as provided for
In the act to which this is supplement.
3. And be it enacted, That when any herd or
portion thereof has been OF is SO exposed to
any contagious or infectious disease, the state
board of health deem the disease likely to
spread to that portion of the herd still unaffect-
ed, although isolated or qiIarantined said herd
may, with the consent Of the owner or owners,
and with restrictions agreed upon between
them and the executive officer of the state board
of health, cause or allow said herd or herds to
be inoculated for the prevention of such dis
ease as can be thus mitigafed; but any loss re-
suiting from such inoculations shall not consti-
tute any claim against the state OF the board OF
health, acting as lis agent; provided that inoc-
uiatlon for ro-pncufnenia shall in no case
be allowed without the consent and approval
of the state board of health, and by its direc-
tons, Under the penalties provided in section
eight of the act to which this ia a supplement.
d n ko a4,aa tod hat rosfr-
township or district shall be threatened with
any contagious or infectious disease among ami
mails, to such an extent as to seem to require
more general precautions the state board of
health shall notify the local board of health,
and with the advice and consent Of the majority
of said local board Of health, may, for time,
prohibit tho bringing of any cattle into such
township without inspection or written per
NIT, or may make distinction between fat and
store cattle or may prohibit the running at large
of animals in the township, if not already pro-
hibitcd by law, for such time as the township
board of health shall advise.
5. And be it enacted, That the state board of
health, in itself or by its authorized agents. is
hereby empowered to inspect any animal or ami
mails in this state, suspected of any contagious
or infectious disease whether belonging to citi-
zens of this state, or some other state or coun-
try, or when passing over ferries, or by other
means of conveyance to or from this state, or to
detain or send back the same or dispose of by
slaughter, as provided in the foregoing sections
of this act and the act to which this is sup
.plement; and in case there is evidence Of any
contagious or infectious disease of animals
being conveyed from other states to this state,
the state board of health may order and direct
as to the places, days or time, when animals
1nay have egress or ingress from and to this
state and regulate the same, and with,only such
interference with traffic as the necessities of the
case may demand.
Approved March %, 1881.