Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-04-18

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assem-
bly, of the Territory of Montana:

surgeon, upon the request OF the presi-
dent or secretary OF any organized
wool-growers' association in any
county in Montana, or of any three
sheep owners in any county therein,
shall appoint capable and discreet
person as deputy inspector in such
county, who shall hold his Office dur.
ing the pleasure OF such veterinary sur
geon, and who shall perform such du-
ties as are hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 2. Such deputy shall he a resi-
dent OF the county for which he shall
he appointed. lie shall. before enter-
ing upon the duties Of his Office, take
the oath prescribed by section 1867,
fifth division of the general laws OF
Montana.
Sec. 3. 1t shall he the duty OF each
deputy inspector so appointed to in
spect all sheep within his county of
which he may receive notice, as pro-
vided in ction of this act, and in
case the same he not diseased he shall
make and issue a certificate stating
such fact. But ii the sheep are dis
eased or have been herded upon the
range or in corrals which have within
the past ninety days been used or Oc-
cupied by any diseased or infected
sheep. the regulations for their quar-
antine, holding and keeping shall at
once be made by such deputy. Each
deputy inspector so appointed shall
personally supervise the dipping OF
every band of scabby sheep within his
county and have the appointing of the
date for each and every dipping; he
shall have the right to determine and
superintend the proportion and mix
turs OF mat erials, and cause all sheep
quarantined to be strictly marked.
Sec. 4. Upon receipt of reliable in
formation IN writing that any sheepin
his county are infected with scab or
any infectious disease, or have recently
been herded upon the range OF, or Oc-
cupied cOrrals which have within the
past ninety days been used or Occu-
pied 10y any diseased or infected sheep,
such deputy inspector shall immedi-
ately cause the diseased sheep and all
sheep running in the same flock with
them to he examined, and il found SO
diseased, to he qliarantined and held
within u certain limit or place to be
defined 10y him, and such sheep shall
he held i'm quarantine until the owner
or person in charge shall have eradi-
Gated such scab or infectious disease
eiiectually. The expense OF feeding,
holding, dipping, marking and taking
care OF all sheepquarantined under the
provisions of this act shall be paid by
the owner, agent or person in charge
OF such sheep.
Sec. ,. Whenever the governor shall,
by proclamation, quarantine for in
spection, as provided may be done in
the next section, any sheep brought
into Montana, it shah then he the
duty OF the deputy inspector OF the
county in which such sheep may come
to Immediately inspect the same. and
if he shall find that they are infected
with scab or any other infectious dis
ease, he shall cause the same to he held
within certain limit or place in his
said county, to he defined 10y him, un.
til such disease shall have been eradi-
Gated, as provided in section 1 of this
act.
Sec. u. Whenever the governor OF
the territory shall have good reason
to believe that any disease covered by
this act has become epidemic in cer-
tain localit les in any other state or
| tcrrit ory. or that conditions exist that
render sheep liable to convey disease,
he shal. thercupon, 10y proclamation.
schedule such localities and prohibit
the importation from them of any
sheep into this territory, except under
such restrictions as he, after consult a.
ton with the veterinary surgeon, may
deem proper. Any corporation, per.
son or persons VINO, after publication
oi such proclamation, shall knowingly
receive in charge any such sheep from
any OF he said prohibited districts
and transport and convey the same
within the limit OF any OF the counties
Of this territory, shall be bedeemed guilty
Of u misdemeanor, and upon cOnvic-
| ion shall he fined not less than five
hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars for each and every
otiense, and shall furt her become liable
ior any and all damages and loss that
may he sustained by any person Oh
| persons by reason OF the importation
or transport alton OF such prohibited
sheep.
Sec. =. Upon issuing of such prOcla.
mat ion ment ionsd i'm section q OF this
act, it is hereby made the duty of the
owners or persons in charge OF any
sheep being shipped into Montana
against which quarantine has been de
clared, to notify the deputy inspector
oi the county in which such sheep shall
first come without delay of such ar
| rival, and such owner or person IN
charge shall not allow any sheep SC
quarantined to pass over or upon any
public highway or upon the ranges oc
cupied by other sheep, or within five
mile of any corral in which sheep ars
regularly corralled until such sheel
shall have first been inspected, and
any person failing to comply with the
provisions OF this section shall bs
deemed guilty OF "A mlsdemeanor, and
4 har.nf shall h.a f,nAa
in a sum not less than two hundred
Tand fifty dollars more than one
thousand dollars, and shall he liabl,
in damages for any loss sustained by
any person by reason OF the failure t.
comply with the provisions of this sec
tion.
sec. :. In no case shall any scabby
sheep be allowed to he removed iron