The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
CATTLE LEGISLATION.
The Bills which have Been Prepares
for the Protection OF the Stock
Interests Of the State.

| AhO D2Ai5 HCAC ptOpoEO0 IL oofouOC "a
the meeting of the legislature in special
session to make provision for the extfr
patton of the cattle plague which has
appeared In different parts of the
state. The first provides for state vet
ernary surgeon and prescribes his duties
and is as follows:
Be it enacted 6y The Legislature Of the
State Of Kansas:
Section 1. The Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the sen
ate, shall, immediately upon the passage
of this act, appoint q competent and
skilled veterinary surgeon for the state,
who, at the date OF such appointment,
shall be a graduate in good standing of
recognized college of veterinary surgery,
and who shall hold his Office until his
successor is appointed and qualified, IN
LEES sooner removed, for cause, by the gov
ernor. The governor shall alec, at the
regular session of the legis,eture in
1885, and every two years thereafter, and
during regular session of the legisla-
ture, by and with the advice and consent
OF the senate, appoint competent and
skilled 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
heTeinbefore provided. The veterinary
surgeon for the state shall keep his Office
at the capiInl of the state, in room TO
be provided by the secretary of state,
and shall receive salary
| of twenty-five hundred ($2, 500
dollars per annuu, payable as the saia-
ries of state officers are paid, and actual
necessary travelling expenses by him IN
l an ed md <1f -,
| duties, to be drawn from the treasury
upon itemized accounts thereof properly
verified rendered monthly and approved
by the governor. The governor shall
Immediately I'll all vacancies which may
at any time occur in the Office of state
veterinarian.
Sec. 2 Before entering upon the duties
of his Office the STATE veterinarian shall
take aud subscribe al oath to faithfully
discharge the duties of his said office,
aud shall execute bond TO the state of
Ksrsas in the sum of five thousand
| 5000 dollars, with good and sufficient
surtties, conditioned for the faithful per
torrance of the duties of his office;
which bond and sdIties thereto shall be
approved by the governor, and said bond,
together with his cath of office, shall be
deposited in the Office OF the secretary of
state.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the state
veterinarian, under direction OF the live
stock sanitary commission for the state
to Investigate any aud all cases of con-
tagious or infectious diseases among do
nestle animals of the state, which may
come to his knowledge or be brought to
the notice of the live stock sanitary COM
mission, and for this purpose shall visit
1t oncs any locality within the state
where any such contagious or infectious
disease of domestic animals may be re-
ported to exist, and make d full and care
tul examination of all animals supposed
to be diseased, and inquire into the ma
ture and cause of any such disease
which he may discover, prescribe the
proper care, necessary remedies, and d.
rect the sanitary measures necessary to
prevent the spread thereof; and to make
full report of his findings and doings
in the premises to the live stock sanI-
tarY commission, with recommendations
and suggestions as to the means neces-
sary t. be employed to prevent the
spread, and best calculated to extermln-
ate any and all such contagious or in
fictitious diseases by him found to exist
among the domestic animals OF the
state.
Sec The stats~-Y veterinarian shall
make contsnuous scientific study aud
| investigation of all diseases OF domestic
animals, and the causes, preventives
and cures thereof, and report the result
| If his study and investigation to the sec
rotary of the state board of agriculture,
giving in plain, ordinary language the
symptoms by which any of such diseases
may be identified; how liable to be IN
troduced and spread; the causes and
conditions to which may be attributed
the spontaneous production of any such
diseases, and the sanitary and other
measures best calculated 20 prevent the
termination and arrest the spread of any
such contagious and infectious diseases
among live stock, together with the best
known treatment aud remedies, also the
treatment necessary in case of injury to
domestic animals in time for publication
in the several reports required by law OF
the said board of agriculture, and per
form such. other service and duties as
may be required by law or directed by
the live stock commission in the interest
OF the state
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication
in the official state paper.
The second measure which it il
thought will be adopted after some
amendments. Is much more compr"hen-
sive and seems to cover all the points OF
an effective law on the subject under
consideration: 1t is as follows:
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION + DOMEs-
TIC ANIMALS
Be 1t enScted by the Legislature Of ht
State Of Kansas:
Section l. That the crctary of the
state board Of agriculture, the stare veter.
marian, and Il cOmmi siOner to- be ap.
pointed by the govern or by and with the
advice and COTS mt al the seUaie. shall
constIlu e the Live Stock Sanitary Com.
MISSION of the state of Kansas, OF which
the secrt tary of the state board of agri.
culture shall be president and the state
veterinarian shall be cTetATy.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty OF the
commission, provided for IN the first
section of this act, to protect the health
of the domestic animals of the state
from all contagious OF infectious disease
OF malignant character, and for this
purpose it is hereby authorized and en-
powered to establish, maintain and On.
force such quarantine, sanitary and
other regulations as it may deem neces-
sary. 1t shall be the duty of any mem
Der OF said commits sion, upon receipt
by him of reliable information of the
existence, among the dome site animals
of the state, of any malignant disease,
to at once notify the stSte veterinarian,
who shall at once go to the place where
any such disease is alleged to exist, and
ascertain, if possible, what, if any,
disease exists among the live stock re-
ported TO be effected. and whether the
same is contagious or infectious, or not,
and II 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 8. Cpon the receipt by any
member OF this commission of the re-
port of the state veterinarian, provided
for in section two of this act, if said
member shall be of the opinion that the
eXigencies OF the case require, he shall
Immediately convene the commission at
such place as he may designate, and if
upon considt ration of the report of the
veterinarian, the commission shall be
satisfied that any contagious OF iRfec-
tious disease of a maligant character,
which seriously threatens the health OF
domestic anImals and endangers the
live stock interests of the state, exists,
they shall proceed at once TO the infect
ed district, ascertain and determine the
premises or grounds infected, aud estab-
lIsh the quarantine, sanitary and police
regulations necessary to circumscribe
and eXterminaie such disease; also to
list and describe the domestic animals
affected with such disease, and those
which have beea exposed thereto, and
included within the Injected district OF
premises so defined and qusrantined
with such reasonable certainty as would
: lead to their Identification, and for thai
purpose the said commission may cause
the live stock so included within the
Quarantined lines established to be
branded with the letter sD." And nc
no domestic animal liable to become in
, fecte3 with the disease, or capable o.
communicating the same, shall be per
mitted TO enter or leave the district