Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-01
SHEEPSANITARYLAW
Provisions Of Act to Prevent Intro
duction and Spread Of Disease
in Flocks.
POWERS OF THE INSPECTORS
Board to Make Rules and Regulations Gov
erning Shipping, Driving and Dipping
Fees Charged for Inspection
Brands and Marks to Be
Recorded.

Brands and Marks to Be
Recorded.
The new sheep sanitary law, entitled
an act to repeal sections 161, 1852, 1863, 1874,
165 and 1866 of the Compiled Laws of 1897,
to prevent the Introduction and spread
of disease among sheep and other ami
mails, and to further protect the sheep
industry of the territory of New Mexico,
reads:
Section 1. That the sheep sanitary
board shall organize within 30 days at
ter the appointment of its members has
been confirmed by the legislative council
by electing, from their number, a presi-
dent and a vice president, and by ap-
pointing a secretary who need not, how
ever, be a member of the board. AS
soon as possible after their organiZa-
ton, the board shall select and desig-
nate some place in the territory as its
principal office and place of business,
and the place so selected and designated
shall not be changed during the year in
which it was so selected, but may be
changed thereafter from year to year,
by the selection of some other place at
the discretion of the board.
Section 2. The board shall hold at it's
principal office two regular meetings in
each year, beginning with the second
Thursday in the months of June and
December, special meetings may be held
upon the call Of the president, or in case
he should be absent from the territory,
of the vice president, at such other
times and at such places as in his judg-
ment the business of the board may re-
quire.
Section 3. The members of the board
shall not receive any compensation for
their services, but their actual, necessa-
ry expenses in attending the meetings
rendering itemized bills therefor, after
the same have been audited and allow
ed by the board.
Section 4. The board is hereby au-
thorized and empoweredi
First. To appoint and at it's pleasure
to remove, sheep inspectors who, under
the control of the board, shall discharge
the duties imposed on them by this act
and such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by this board, and shall
receive such compensation as may be
fixed by the board.
Second. To adopt and publish such
rules and regulations as it may deem
proper for the transaction Of it's bust
ness and for the government of the in
spectors, not inconsistent with this act.
Third. To prescribe such methods, as
to be observed in the shipping of sheep,
as to them may seem proper, and best
adapted to prevent disease and the
spread thereof among sheep, and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
act.
Fourth. To prescribe and publish
such rules as it may consider to be best
adapted to carry into effect the quaran-
tine and sanitary provisions contained
in this act, and to dictate and prescribe
such other quarantine and sanitary
measures as circumstances may require
for the prevention of disease or the
spread thereof among sheep; and sum-
marily to order the ~quarantining of any
infected flock or flocks of sheep, when
ever circumstances may require it; and
in matters of sanitation and quaran-
tine, for the protection of sheep in this
territory it's decision shall be final. The
enumeration of the special powers here
by conferred on the board shall not be
construed to operate as a denial to it
of such others as should properly be ex-
ercised by such a board; and in all mat
ters relating and appertaining to the
preservation of a healthy condition
among sheep, the prevention of illegal
or improper handling or dealing in
sheep, registration of owners marks
and brands, and the keeping of records
of all sheep entering or leaving the
territory, and in all matters of SANTA
ton and quarantine, the said board Is
hereby given full powers to enforce the
provisions contained in this act, and the
rules and regulations prescribed by the
said board in accordance with this act.
Section 5. Any person intending to
bring any sheep into the territory of
state or territory, shall give notice in
writing of his intention so to do to the
secretary Of the board by telegraph, by
registered letter, or by delivery in per-
son, so that the notice shall be received
at least As hours previous to the propos-
ed day of entry, stating in said notice
the day and the place, when and where
he desires to bring said sheep in. Upon
receiving said notice the secretary shall
Immediately notify an inspector, who
shall at once go to the place named, and
inspect said sheep, and if the same are
found to be clean and healthy, and free
from n contagious or infectious dis |
ease, he shall deliver to the owner, or to |
the person in charge of them, a certifi- |
cate Of health for the flock, which will
authorize said sheep to be brought into
the territory; and the owner or person
in charge of said sheep shall pay to the |
inspector a fee of 5 cents per head for !
such inspection; provided, however,
that the provisions of this section shall
not apply to sheep loaded on railroad
cars which are being transported from
some country, state or territory through
the territory of New Mexico, and which
are mot tn he unloaded and landed in