Imperial Valley press., 1907-12-21

AnO lJ S0dli De tfle OuJN Ol any peTSOI or persons, firm or corporation, who shall ship, drive, transport or move into Imperial county any kind of stock what soever, to notify the Live Stock Inspect or of Imperial county of the probable date of their arrival at the point of des- tination of said stock. Upon arrival at Imperial county, it shall be unlawful for said stock to leave the corrals or stock yards without clean bill of health from the Live Stock Inspector of Inn perial county.
 Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of the County Live Stock Inspector to make inspection of live stock andissue certifi- cates certifying to said inspection, when so requested by actual residents and taxpayers of this county, and in ad- ditionall live stock entering this county shall be examined at the nearest point of entry or if shipped in by rail at the station of delivery by the live stock in- spector and the same immediately quar- antined if found to have contagious or infectious diseases or the boophilis an nulatus tick such inspection shall be made by the county live stock inspector without any charge whatsoever.
 Section 4. The Live Stock Inspector shall quarantine every ranch or place infected with infectious or contagious diseases and infested with the boophilis annulatus tick and no stock may be moved from such ranch or place unless upon written order of said inspector and in accordance with his instructions, for immediate slaughter.
 And the owner of the stock on such ranches or places shall regularly and systematically dip such stock or take such other sanitary measures as may be directed by said inspector.
 1t shall be the duty of said inspector to instruct and educate the owners of affected stock in the proper methods of eradication of infectious or contagious diseases or for the boophilis annulatus tick.
 Section 5. Every person or persons, firm or corporation owning or having in his or their possession any domestic an imal or animals affected, or which he or they have reason to believe is affected with any contagious or infectious dis ease, shall at once report the same to the County Live Stock Inspector, who shall take immediate steps to investi gate and eradicate the same.
 Section G. Upon the discovery of any contagious or infectious disease, it shall be the duty of the County Live Stock Inspector to immediately notify the State Veterinarian setting forth the places facts and circumstances of said cases.
 Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corpora tion to sell or offer for sale or to use or give away in the county of Imperial any milk or cream or their product drawn from a COW known to be affected with tuberculosis, anthrax or any other con tagious or infectious disease
 Section 8. All dairies or other places within the county of Imperial where cows are kept for the purpose of sup plying milk or cream and their products to be sold, shall be kept in clean and sanitary condition, and all cans and other vessels used in or about said dairy or other places where cows are kept for the purpose of supplying milk, cream and their products shall be thoroughly sterilized with boiling water at least once day.
 Section9. All slaughter houses, mar kets and other places within the county of Imperial from which meat, poultry, fish or game are supplied for human food shall be kept in clean and proper sanitary condition.
 Section TO- No part or parts of this ordinance shall be construed so as to prohibit or prevent the transportation of cattle through this county when such cattle are confined in railroad cars and are intended for immediate slaughter in conformity with state and federal laws.
 Section H. Any violation of this or dinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars orA by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 Sec. 12. This ordinance shall take eff feet and be in force or and after the 26th day of December, 1907, and a copy hereof shall be printed and published in the Imperial Valley Press, newspaper printed and published in said Imperial county for one week before said date.
 Passed, approved and adopted this 10th day of December, 1907.
 F. s. WEBSTER,
 Chairman Board of Supervisors.
 The above ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
 Supervisor McHarg voting yes.
 Supervisor Clark voting yes
 Supervisor Webster voting yes.