The record-union., 1899-04-05

" the TOullcdl COue Teld i've u StdAN-
ing committees of the Senate and As
sembly. These require all general laws
to be passed as amendments to the
codes, and the Judiciary Committees Of
the Senate and Assembly are required
to codify all bills introduced as general
laws.
CHAPTER 100.
Chapter 100 appropriates 5000 for
Improvements and repairs at the San
Jose Normal School
CHAPTER 131.
Chapter 131 authorizes the Governor
and the Attorney General to buy for
the State certain lands in Humboldt
Bay, and to pay therefor $4,000.
CHAPTER 1872.
Chapter 1872 provides for the payment
of costs Of suit in foreclosing delinquent
purchasers of State school lands, and
appropriates $4,32S for the purpose.
CHAPTER 1873.
Chapter 1873 appropriates 81, 1266S to
pay certain directors of the State In
stitute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
for money expended in guttering and
macadamizing.
CHAPTER 1874.
Chapter 134 appropriates $3.50 to
pay employees of the Commissioner of
Public Works.
CHAPTER 135.
Chapter 1875 appropriates S611 to d.
rectors of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Asylum for grading and curling.
CHAPTER 136.
Chapter 1876 provides for the inspec-
| ton of diaries, factories of dairy pro-
ducts, and of dairy products, as to their
sanitary condition, and as to health of
stock. 1t seeks to prevent the sale of
| milk and the products of milk drawn
from diseased animals, and to prevent
the spread of infectious and contagious
diseases common to stock.
1t is made the duty of the State
Dairy Bureau, ON complaint made, to
| inspect dairies and all cattle, horses
| and hogs about such diaries or cream
cries, for infectious or contagious dis
eases, and if any such diseases be found
| the State Veterinarian shall Immediate
| ly be notified. For the purpose of the
| Act the bureau is authorized to appoint
assistant agents, not to exceed twenty.
| Whenever in the judgment of the
| State Veterinarian it shall be necessary
| to slaughter any animal reported to
| him by agents of the Dairy Bureau, he
shall certify his reasons therefor to the
| agent ordering such inspection. The
agent or assistant agent shall notify
the owner, or person in charge of the
animal of the decision of the Veter-
| mary Surgeon, and shall order the ami
NAL specified in the Veterinary Sur
geon's certificate to be slaughtered i'm
! mediately Any animal so slaughtered
| shall not be sold or removed, but shall
! be destroyed at the expense of the
owner under the direction of the agent
ordering the animal or animals slaugh-
tered, as may be specified by the State
| Veterinarian
Section provides that whenever the
agents of the bureau inspect any dairy,
or any other place where milk is pro-
| duced, or where products are manu-
/ featured from milk, and finds the same
not in good sanitary condition, he shall
direct in writing such changes to be
made as will put the premises in good
| sanitary condition Such written di-
rections shall be served on the owner
or upon the person having charge of the
premises, giving the parties thirty days
to make such changes directed. If such
| changes are not made within thirty
days the person refusing to make such
I changes shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor.
Whenever any infectious or conta-
gious disease affecting dairy stock shall
be brought into or break out in this
State, the State Dairy Bureau shall
4 take prompt measures to suppress it.
| and to prevent it from spreading, and
i for that purpose shall Immediately no.
1 tify the State Veterinarian. and he
shall forthwith inspect the matters re-
/ ported The agent of the bureau Is
| given the power to require each person
having any stock in his possession, or
under his control. to drive the same
purpose of inspection. The agent shall
give at least twenty-four hours notice
/ to the parties of the time he requires
such stock to be corralled: but where
j it is impractfcable to corral stock on
large stock ranges, the owner or the
person or persons having control shall
go with the agent or send some person
to point out the stock to be inspected
1t shall be the duty of the District
1 Attorney of each county, upon appli-
cation of the agent of the State Dairy
Bureau. to attend to the prosecution of
any action brought for the violation of
any of the provisions of the Act, within
his district
Any person refusing to comply with
the provision of this Act when required
to do so by the agent of the State Blu
r-oar or who shall Interfere with him