The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-24
CATTLE MEN 10 MEET
County Inspector to be Elected
at Aberdeen Next
Friday
Important Provisions of the
New Law to Exterminate
SCabies

Pursuant to the provision Of a lax
passed at the last legislative session
county auditor Cummings gives motto
to the cattle wner Of the county t.
meet at the court house on the Bis
day of March at one o'clock to elect
cattle inspector for the county. Their
will be no great rush for this position
as the per diem for actual time spen
can not be greater than 81, and "no al
lowance shall be made for mileage O.
other expenses or for horse, team
transportation or board above sait
amonnt." Owing to this provision jus
quoted it is safe to say he will no
travel about the county very much, a
in fact he does not need to as he i
authorized to appoint deputies in al
parts of the county who shall receive
as compensation 80 cents per hour
which must be paid by the owner o.
person in charge of the cattle which
require dipping.
Section 4 of this law, being the mos
important one, is given here in full a!
follows:
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CoUNTY CATTLI
INSPECTORS
at shall be the duty of county cattle
Inspector to protect the health Of the
cattle of his county to determine anC
employ the most efficient and practi
cal means for the prevention, sup
preston and eradication of dangerous
contagious, infectious and commune.
able diseases among the same in his
county and whenever he shall have
knowledge or information that any
cattle within his jurisdiction have the
scabies or any infectious, contagious
or communicable skin disease or have
been exposed to such infectious, con
tagious or communicable disease, it
shall be his duty to inspect said cattle
either in person or cause a deputy
hereinafter provided for, to perform
said duties and if it is found that said
cattle are so infected, or have been en-
posed he shall forthwith cause said
cattle to be quarantined and notify
the wner or person in charge of them
of the fact upon a printed form to be
furnished by the state, and he shall
also file a copy of said notice in the
office Of the county auditor of said
county. 1t is further made the duty
OF the said county cattle inspector to
give the owner or person in charge of
said cattle, directions for the treat
ment thereof and it is hereby made
incumbent upon the owner or person
in charge OF said cattle within ten
days from date of service of said no.
tice on him to comply with the in
structions of orders Of said County
Cattle Inspector in regard to the treat
ment of said cattle so infected or ex-
posed. If said owner or person in
charge of said cattle refuses for more
than ten days to comply with the or
ders or instructions of said county
cattle inspector, the county cattle in
spector is hereby authorized and EN-.
powered to cause said cattle to be
treated as by him is deemed necessary
and all expense incurred in said mat.
ter shall be certified by said county
cattle inspector to the board of county
commissioners of said county who
shall allow and pay said account and
shall cause the same to be entered as
a tax against the owner of said cattle;
which said tax shall be a lien upon
said cattle and in cas- the owner
thereof attempts to remove the same
without paying said tax, the county
treasurer is hereby empowered anc
authorized to proceed to collect the
same in the manner now provided fol-
the collection of taxes. Said tax shall
be a lien upon said cattle whereve,
the same may be found, until paid"
There is nothing in the law an
parently to prevent any individual
firm, association or township from
constructing their own dipping tank
but they must notify the inspector OF
his deputy of the time when cattle arr
to be dipped SO he can be present anG
the owner of the cattle must pay hin
80 cents per hour for such time as he
necessarily spends in the supervision
of such dipping. It is hardly likely tt
be construed that this means that {
person who dips his own cattle in hi.
own tank without intentions of ship
ping or selling, but simply as a pre-
tentative measure, would hav'
to notify some Inspector and incu.
the expense of paying him 30 cent
per hour for watching him do it.
The county commissioners, upon be
ing petitioned by Is resident cattl,
owners of the county shall provide
public dipping tank not nearer thai
IL miles to another public dippin,
tank, such distance to be measured b,