The record-union., 1897-02-02
AGAINST THE DAIRY BUREAU.
Supervisors Ask the Legislature Not to
Pass the Bill.
They Say the Dairymen Should Not
be the Judges of What Are
Infected Cows.

At yesterdays session of the Super
visorS Mr.. Morrison introduced the FOL
lowing resolution, which was adopted
unanimously. 1t is in the nature CT
a memorial to the Legislature against
the passage of the Dairy Bureau bill
now before the Legislature, and reads;
Whereas, Senate bill No. 1S2 of the
present session, purporting to provide
for the inspection of dairies and dairy
cattle, is now under consideration by
your honorable body, we, the members
of the Board of Supervisors of Sacra-
mento County, respectfully beg to sub
nit the following:
THAT the provisions of this bill turn
over the authority for the inspection Of
dairies and dairy cattle to dairymen
of which the State Dairy Bureau is to
be composed: that the agents, assist
ants, veterinaries therein provided for
shall be the choice Of these dairymcn,
thereby biasing the decisions of such
inspector, prejudicial to the public
health; that the appropriation to be
paid as indemnity for diseased cattle
to be slaughtered would be an unjust
and useless burden on the taxpayers of
this State, and the SmallneSS of this ap-
preparation is entirely in keeping with
| the desires of dairymen, because in it
| self this law would become imperative
| for at least one and one-half years of
| the two following the passa ge Of this
Act, for want of funds, thereby jeop-
ardizing the health of the people for
| that period that the proviso of the IN
| demnity clause providing that the III
n ~, tA 60. hot
have not been in the State for SIX
months is almost without merit, be.
cause of the difficulty of proving resi-
dence of cattle, thereby giving adjoin-
| ing States an opportunity to foist dis
eased cattle upon the taxpayers of this
State; that a number of counties have
passed ordinances providing for such
inspection and expended considerable
money for this purpose, and whose in
spection of dairy cattle has progressed
favorably, will have been put to useless
expenditure Of time and money should
this bill become a law and leave their
undertaking unfinished.
we therefore respectfully submit our
protest against this bill becoming a
law"
Mr.. Morrison spoke at some length in
support of his resolution and against
the Dairy Bureau bill He instanced
the result fof the work done in this
county by the County Veterinary, who
had nearly cleared the county Of dis
eased cattle. Some small dairies had
lost nearly all their cows by this pro-
cess, and he thought every other county
should do as Sacramento had done.
The bill appropriates $500 per year
for the expenses of the proposed bu-
reau, to be paid out to its own i'll;
spectors, which would be simply thrown
away The sum mentioned would not
pay for tithe of the cattle that should
| be killed. Out of one dairy alone in
| this county nine COWS out of fifteen
| had to be killed. A year ago he would
not have believed that such a proper
| ton of cows We're affected, but the fact
| had been demonstrated by our County
| Veterinary that many cows that are
apparently healthy are badly afflicted
! with tuberculosis. Good work is being
| done in Sacramento County, and every
| other county should work on the same
| lines, and then there would be no need
| Of law creating a State bureau
| of officeholders with the power to ex-
| pend the peoples money in the interest
| Of a few large dairies alone.