The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-08-20
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
A Synopsis of the State Laws Re-
lating to Same Regarding Do
nestle Animals.
All Owners of Same Where Such
Diseases Exist Should Care
fully Observe Them.

luhy ODSCENC IHClH.
Following is a synopsis from chap
ter 233, of the laws Of Minnesota, for
1897, for the purpose of preventing
the spread Of contagious diseases
among domestic animals and also
part of chapter At, laws of 1897, relat-
ing to the spread of disease
among swine. The provisions of
these acts should be carefully UbServ-
ed by farmers wherever hog cholera
exists and every effort made TO stamp
it out:
Sec. l. Authority is hereby given
to the state board of health and to
the several local boards of health of
the towns, villages and cities of this
state, to take all steps they may
severally deem necessary to control,
suppress, and eradicate any and all
contagious and infectious diseases
among any of the domestic animals in
this state, and to that end, said
boards are hereby severally empower
ed, within their respective jurisdic-
tions, to quarantine any domestic
animal which is infected with any
such disease or which has been expos
ed to infection therefrom; to kill any
deemed necessary by the state board
of health, to kill any animal which
has been exposed to the infection of
any such disease; to regulate or pro-
hibit the arrival in or departure from
this state, and the towns, villages
and cities thereof, of any such expos
ed or infected ANIMAL and at the cost
of the owner thereof, TO detain any
domestic animal found in violation of
any such regulation or prohibition:
to adopt all such rules and regula-
tions as may be by such several boards
deemed necessary or eXpedient to en-
force the authority hereby given; and
SAID state board of health is hereby
expressly given authority to regulate
or prohibit the shipment into this
state of any domestic animal which,
in the judgment of said board, may
endanger the public health.
Sec. 2. Any person who knows of,
or has reason to suspect, the existence
of any contagious or infectious dis
ease in any domestic animal, shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the
local board of health Of the town, viii
lage or city, where such animal is
kept. Within tWenty-four (24) hours
after any local board of health shall
receive notice that any domestic ami
NAL is infected with any such disease,
or has been exposed thereto, it shall
give notice thereof in writing to the
state. board OF health.
Sec. 9. Any person violating any
provision of this act or any rule or re-
gulation made by the state board of
health, or by any local board of
health, or any order named by any
such board under the authority here
of, shall be guilty of misdemeanor
and be punished by fine Of not less
than twenty-five U.s. or more than
one hundred (100) dollars, or by i'm
prisonment of not less than thirty 500
or more than ninety (90) days. Any
member of any local board of health
who shall neglect or refuse to carry
into effect the provisions Of this act,
or who shall neglect or refuse to carry
out any directions of the state board
of health, or who shall neglect or re-
| fuse to enforce any rule or regulation
made by the state board of health, or
by the local board of health, under
the authority thereof. shall be guilty
of miSdemeanOr and be punished by
fine of not less than twenty-five (25)
and not more than one hundred (1OO)
dollars; and each and every days neg
lect or refusal to perform any duty
imposed upon him by this act shall
constitute separate and indepen-
dent misdemeanor. Complaints for
violating the provisions of this act, or
for violating any rule or regulation
made by any board of health under
| it's authority, may be made by any
member or authorized agent of any
such board, or by any citizen OF this
state.
Sec. IL. Whenever during the pre-
valence in the state of any contagious
or infectious disease among domestic
animals the owner shall post on his
premises a notice forbidding all per-
sons not authorized by state or local
| boards of health to enter any build
! ing or enclosure on said premises
without permission from said owner,
| it shall be miSdemeanOr TO enter
upon said premises, punishable by a
| fine of not less than twenty-five (25)
dollars, nor more than one hundred
(1OO) dollars, or by imprisonment for
not less than thirty (30)nor more than
ninety (90) days.
The following from chapter AZ,
laws Of 1877
Sec. l. 1t shall be the duty Of the
owner, or of any other person having
in charge any swine that have died of
any disease, Immediately upon the
fact of such death by disease coming
to his knowledge, to bury the same
at least three 81 feet below the sur
face of the ground, or burn the same
so that the carcass is consumed. No
person shall sell, giving away or order
for sale any swine that have died of
any disease, or have killed on account
of any disease. No person shall con-
vey upon or along any public highway
or other public ground, or any private
d, except his own, any diseased
ne, or swine that have died of or
+, lave been slaughtered on account of
any disease. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person negligently or willfully to
allow his hogs or those under his con-
troll afflicted with any disease to es-
cape his control or run at large.
Sec. 2. Any person convicted OF a
violation of this act shall be fined in
any sum not less than ten (10) or more