The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-04-20
STATE LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR.

As the last Legislature created the
Office of State Live Stock Inspector, for
the benefit of live stock owners in this
County, we reproduce the following
sections OF the law to show what his
duties are and how his services may be
obtained:
SECTION |. The Governor OF the
State OF Nevada is hereby authorized
and empowered to appoint a State Live
Stock Inspector to aid and assist in de.
veloping and protecting the live stock
industry OF the State of Nevada. Said
State Live Stock Inspector shall be of
recognized skill and ability and shall
hold his position at the will and pleas.
ure of the Governor as hereto provided.
SEC. 2. Said Live Stock Inspector
shall devote his time to the investiga-
tion OF the nature. causes of and rem
edies for diseases of horses, mules. cat
tie. swine, sheep and other domestic
animals.
SEC. 3. Said State Live Stock In.
spector shall be under the control OF
the Board OF Health, who may request
the removal of said Inspector whenever
in their Judgment the good OF the State
may demand IL.
SEC. 4. II shall be lawful for any
five freeholders and residents of this
State to go before a Justice of the
Peace, District Attorney or Board Of
County Commits -ioaers and demand the
presence and services of the said State
Live Stock Inspector.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Justice of the Peace. District ATTORNEY
of County Commissioners to notify said
State Live Stock Inspector at once al
his office by letter or telegram. II shall
he his duty to go to the locality named
and give such aid and instructions as
he may think best for the prevention
~ cnre of the diseases with which he
shall find such live stock infected.
SEC. q. II upon investigation said
State Live Stock Inspector shall be
satisfied that said live stock is infected
with what is known as pleuro- pneumo.
MIA, tuberculosis, anthrax. CHAMBERS ~
my other contagious and infectious dis
'ase against which he may think beat
70 quarantine, he shall immediatel,
notify the District Court Of the Judicial
District or one of the Judges thereof In
vacation In said county in which said
liseased stock RAY be found, setting
'orth in writing the number of stock in.
fected, the character and type OF tn,
disease. Said Court or Judge thereof
IN vacation shall thereupon issue ar
order In writing commanding the Sher-
IN to Immediately summon five free
holders being stock raisers who shall
proceed at once to the locality wher.
such diseased stock may be, and care
fully examine the same with the II =.
spector. II majority Of said freehold.
ars shall find such stock infected as
tforesaid. they shall certify such find
ing In writing to the Court or Judge
aforesaid. who shall thereupOn issue an
order In writing commanding the Sher-
II to compel the owners or other per.
sons in whose possession such diseased
stock shall be found, to Immediately
quarantine such diseased stock, and to
close all creameries or diaries in the af.
fected district until such time as the
disease abates, and that no stock shall
he moved from the infected district I'M.
I'll they have been examined and the In.
'pector's certificate of health accom-.
Danying them. and that all stock diving
from contagious or infectious diseases
that their carcasses shall be burned i'm.
mediately and not buried or left to de-
cay.
SEC. I. No stock from affected die.
tricts in other States or Territories will
he allowed tn cross the lines and enter
Nevada until they have first been in
spected at the owners expense. The
inspectors fee shall be ten dollars rer
law and necessary travelling EXPENSES
This shall be applied to the General
Fund of the State of Nevada. The In
spector may he notified by letter or
telegram: he shall go at once to the
Dl1ce on the border line mentioned and
inspect said stock il found healthy. give
\ certificate of health to those in charge
vt said stock on the payment of In.
spector's fees and necessary travelling
expenses.
SEC. 8. ANY person or persons. com
pany or corporation who shall violate
any provision OF this Act. shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and
mon conviction thereof shall he fined
In sum not to exceed five hundred dol
lars nor less than fifty dollars. or by
Imprisonment in the county Jail not
more than six months nor less than
fifty days for each offense.
SEC. 8. The Sheriff shall receive for
his services under this Act such com.
pensation as is now provided nv law for
similar labor and the freeholders max
ing such examinations as aforesaid shall
receive such compensation as /. now
provided by law for jurors' services.
which shall be allowed by the District
Court of the district, and paid out of
the county treasury of the county in
which such diseased stock shall be
found, as other claims are paid.
The balance Of the law provides for q
monthly report Of the Inspector to the
State Board of Health, and the report
of that body to the legislature. The
salary OF the Inspector is fixed at $l20a
year andpxpenses.
Sec. 16 provides that domestic sheen
are exempt from the provisions of this
act. and sheep from adjoining States
after they have been in this State six
months.