Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-05-07
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among the livestock of this State.
SECTION l. And be IL eaacted By the
General assembly Of Maryland, That a
commission is hereby established which
shall be known under the name and
style of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board, to consist of three commits
sioners who are practically engaged
in the breeding of livestock, who
shall be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, Immediately on the
approval of this Act, and biennially
thereafter at such time as executive
appointments are required by law to
be made, and who shall hold their
Offices until their successors are duly
appointed and qualified.
SECTION 9. And be IL enacted, That
it shall be the duty of said Board
as far as possible to protect the
health Of the domestic animals of the
State from all exotic, contagious
or infectious diseases, and CHAMBERS in
horses, and for this purpose it is
authorized and empowered to estab-
| lish, maintain and enforce such quar-
antine, sanitary or other regulations
as it may deem necessary, and shall
maintain an Office in the City of
Baltimore, and be clothed with all the
powers and duties imposed on the
Governor by the said Act of eighteen
hundred and eighty-four, chapter one
hundred and fifty-seven, except the
power to appoint "a Chief Veterinary
Inspector, it shall institute and prose-
cute diligent inquiries in the several
counties, and ascertain as far as
possible the exact condition of the
health of the livestock in said coun.
ties, and to seek to have such counties
as shall be found to be free from con
tagious or infectious diseases exempted
from existing or future quarantine
regulations of other States or Terri.
tories, and the Local Boards of Health
in the several counties shall investl
gate all reported cases of contagious
or infectious diseases of livestock in
their respective counties, and if found
to be contagious or infections, shall
report the same at once to the said
State Livestock Sanitary Board.
SECTION 3. And be IL enacted, That
each member of said board shall be
paid the sum of five dollars per day,
and necessary expenses for time
actually spent in the discharge of his
duties.
SECTION 4. And be IL enacted, That
the sum of three thousand dollars per
year be and the same is hereby appro-
priated, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to meet the necessary ex-
penses of said board, including rent,
printing, &c.
SECTION 3. And be IL enacted, That
it shall be the duty of all persons
practicing veterinary medicine in
this State to report Immediately to
said board all cases of infectious or
contagious disease among livestock,
which may come to their knowledge,
and failure so to do for forty-eight
hours after he or they shall come into
such knowledge, shall be deemed
misdemeanor, and on CONVICTION there
of, shall be fined II sum not exceeding
fifty dollars for each offence.
SECTION 6. And be IL enacted, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to
inoculate any animal in this State
with the virus of any infectious or
contagious disease incident to animals
without the consent of said Live
Stock Sanitary Board, and that any
persons convicted of this offence, shall
be fined u sum not less than one hun
bred nor more than five hundred
dollars in the discretion of the Court
SECTION 7. And be IL enacted, That for
the performances of the duties i'm
posed on them by the Act of which
this is supplemental, all constables,
sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other
State officers, shall be paid as for the
performance of similar duties under
existing laws.
SECTION s. And be IL enacted, That it
shall be the duty of all States Attor-
neys to prosecute all persons accused
of violating this Act or the Act to
which this is supplement.
SECTION o. And be IL eHacted, That all
rules and regulations formulated and
issued by said board in pursuance of
the powers hereby conferred on them
shall have the force of law, and all
violations thereof shall be punished
as provided in the original Act of
eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
chapter one hundred and fifty
and all appraisemebts of animals to be
slaughtered or of buildings to be de
stroyed, shall be approved by said
board before such animals are slaugh-
tered or such buildings destroyed, and
said board shall have the discretion
to have such appraised animals de.
stroyed or quarantined.
SECTION TO. And be IL enacted, That
so much of section eight, of the Act OF
eighteen hundred aud eighty-four
chapter one hundred and fifty-seven
as limits the amount to be. used in any
two years for the payment of animals
slaughtered, be and the same is here
by repealed, and that all Acts or part.
of Acts Inconsistent with this Act, b.
and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION IL. And be Il enacted, Thai
this Act shall take effect from III,
date of its passage.
Approved April l, 1886.
We hereby certify, that the afore
going is correct copy of an Act o.
the General Assembly of Maryland
passed January Session, 1856.
Il. b. PRETTYMAN,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates
w. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
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