Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08

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district OF the state without a certifi-
cate OF the health of such animals, from
a duly authorized state or district vet
%erlnarlan or examiner from the state
from which said animals have been
shipped, and before such animals shall
be allowed by the district veterinarian
to be transported into and to remain
within the state. In addition to such
inspection, he shall, in person. require
from the owner, agent or person in
charge of such animals an affidavit to
the effect that such animals have not
been exposed to any infectious or con-
taglous disease for a period of at least
ninety days prior to the making of such
affidavit, and, in case that the district
veterinarian shall have reason to be-
!ieve that any domestic animals have
been exposed to, or have contracted any
contagious or infectious disease, it shall
be his duty to seize and inspect such
animals, Notwithstanding any certificate
of their health by any veterinarian or
examiner of any other state, and report
the, same to the chief state veterinarian.
SEC. 6. Whenever any domestic ami
mails are seized and inspected under the
provisions of this act by the district
veterinarian while such animals are
being transported in cars, on shipboard
or brought into the state in any other
manner, the district veterinarian max
ing such seizure and inspection shall
require the owner, agent or person in
charge OF such animals to pay one-half
cent each for the inspection of sheep
and twenty-five cents each for all other
animals named herein. All money so
collected shall be immediately trans
mitted to the chief state veterinarian,
together with a detailed report of the
seizure and inspection, and it shall
be the duty of the chief state veteri-
marian to transmit monthly all money
collected as inspection fees under the
provisions of this act to the state
treasurer, who shall receipt to the
chief state veterinarian. All such fees
shall be paid by the state treasurer
into the state treasury general fund;
provided, that no inspection shall be
made by any district veterinarian of
any domestic animals in transit through
the state without special instructions
from the chief state veterinarian, where
the owner, agent or person in charge
thereof shall produce certificates of
the health Of such animals from a duly
authorized veterinarian or examiner
from the state from which said ami.
mails have been shipped.
SEQ. Z. In all cases of contagious or
infectious diseases among domestic
animals in this state the district veteri-
marian shall have authority to order the
quarantine of the infected premises and
animals within his district, and upon
such order to Immediately report the
same to the chief state veterinarian,
and in case such disease shall become
epidemic IN any locality within the
state it shall be the duty of the district
veterinarian of the district where such
epidemic may exist or become known.
to immediately notify the chief state
veterinarian, who shall thereupon have
authority to inforce. a permanent quar-
%antine, and prevent the removal there,
from of any animals of the kind among
which said epidemic exists, until the
district veterinarian of such district
locality shall report such animals to be
in healthy condition, and upon such a
report a certificate shall be issued by
the chief state veterinarian permitting
the removal of the animals that are re-
ported to be healthy. The expense of
holding and taking care of all animals
quarantined under the provisions OF this
paid by the owner, agent or person in
act shall be charge Of the same.
SEC. :. In case of any epidemic dis
eases where premises and animals have
been previously %quarantined by order of
the chief state veterinarian or by the
district veterinarian as hereinbefore
provided, the district veterinarian is
further authorized and empowered,
when in his Judgment it is necessary, to
order that any and all diseased animals
shall be quarantined at such places and
in such manner as he may direct and
shall be held in such quarantine until
released by certificate of the chief state
veterinarian as provided in Section 7 of
this act, and in case the district veteri-
marian shall find that any one or more
OF the animals SO quarantined, are so
diseased that it becomes necessary to
destroy the same to prevent the spread
OF such disease to other animals, he
shall at once serve, in person, a written
notice Of his intention to destroy upon
the owner, agent or person in charge of
the ANIMALS so ~quarantined and con-
demned, and if such owner, agent or
person in charge Of such animals feels
aggrieved by the decision of the district
veterinarian, and shall desire a consult
alton OF veterinarians, notice in writing
to that effect must within twenty-four
hours thereafter be served upon the dis
trict veterinarian issuing the notice, and
it is hereby made the duty Of the resi-
dent district Veterinarian to summon
two district veterinarians from adjoin-
ing districts to appear and assist in
diagnosing and pronouncing upon the
character Of the disease with which
said animal or animals are supposed to
be infected, and in case all three district
veterinarians, or any two of them, de-
clare said disease to contagious or cpl
demic in its character, and that such
animal or animals should be destroyed
to prevent the spread of such disease to
other animals, the district veterinarian
of the district wherein the animal or an
imals are located shall immediately
slaughter such animal or animals and
not otherwise, and shall then make in
duplicate a written statement, setting
forth distinctly the nature of the dis.
ease for which such animals were con-
demned and destroyed, to be served on
each owner thereof, the original of each
order to be filed by the district veteri-
marian with the chief veterinarian and
the duplicate thereof given to the said
owner, agent or person in charge of said
condemned animals. It shall be the