Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-07-30
CHAPTER 5s3s-tNo. GAY.


An Act TO Provide for the Prevention,
Suppression and Control Of Dangerous,
Contagious and Infectious Diseases in
Domestic Animals and Live Stock,
and TO Impose Certain Duties and Con,
fer Certain Powers on the State Board
of Health for Such Purposes
BE it Enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Florida:
Section l. That IL shall be the duty OF
the State Board Of Health OF the State of
Florida TO protect the health of domestic
animals and live stock OF this State, and
to determine and employ the most eff
cient and practical means for the pre-
vention, suppression, control and eradica-
ton Of dangerous, contagious and infec-
tious diseases among such animals and
live stock. That CHAMBERS, anthrax, black
leg, or blackquarter; contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, or lung plague, OF cattle;
rinderpest Of cattle plague; hemorrhagic
OF septicaemia; foot and mouth disease,
or aphthous fever Of cattle, Southern
cattle fever, or Texas fever, sheep scab,
mango Of cattle or horses; hog, cholera,
maladie de colt, or eldurine, OF horses;
advanced or generalized tuberculosis; or
tuberculosis of the udder; and all other
diseases OF domestic animals or live stock
which shall by rule OF the said State
Board of Health, be pronounced, defined
and declared to be contagious or infec-
tious and dangerous to the life OF other
domestic animals or live stock, or to
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of all
practitioners Of veterinary medicine, and
of the owner OF any animal or live stock
afflicted with or suffering from any of the
diseases mentioned in Section 1 Of this
Act, or pronounced defined or declared
by rule Of said State Board Of Health
pursuant to the provisions Of said Sec
ton l, Immediately upon gaining informa-
tion OF the existence Of any such disease
in or among such domestic animals or
live stock, to report the same to the
State Health Officer Of the State of Flor
ida. All such reports shall be in writing
and shall describe the diseased animal or
live stock, and shall give the name and
address OF the owner or person in charge
thereof, and the place where the same are
Sec. 8. That no person who has knowl-
edge of the existence of any Of the con-
tagious or infectious diseases in or among
domestic animals or live stock enumer-
nounced, declared and defined by said
State Board of Health as aforesaid or
who shall have knowledge that any such
animal or live stock is afflicted with or
suffering from any such disease, shall
conceal or attempt to conceal such dis
eaSed animal or live stock or knowledge
OF such diseased animal or live stock,
from the State Health officer or the Vet
erinarian OF the State Board OF Health,
or any other officer Representatives or
agent OF said State Board OF Health or
shall remove or attempt to remove such
animal or live stock from the reach, care
or control OF such State Health officer
Veterinarian of the State Board OF Health,
or any officer, representative or agent OF
said State Board Of Health.
Sec. 4. That IL shall be unlawful for
opy person to move upon or across any
public highway. or to expose to contact
with other animals, or to take, carry or
leave in any public place any animal or
live stock known TO be suffering or af-
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fictitious diseases enumerated In Section l
hereof or pronounced, declared and de-
fined by said State Board of Health as
S a except by and with the written
fieer Veterinarian OF the State Board
OF Health, or some other officer. agent
or representative of said State Board Of
Sec. 5. That said State Board ~ Health
shall have the power to employ skilled
veterinary surgeon at a salary to be fixed
os Saio board, TO be known as the Veter-
marian OF the State Board Of Health.
as may from time to time he imnnseS
upon him by said Board or said State
Health Offlcer, and to employ agents ana
REPRESENTATIVES. Of said State Board OF
health and OF said State Health OFFICER
TO perform any duties in connection with
me administration OF this Act that NAV
pe imposed upon them by said state
t boar1 OF Health or said State Health or
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sec. 8. That the State Board OF Health
Is hereby authorized and empowered to
esaonsn, maintain and enforce such
\ ~. Ianune and other measures relating to
I lne care and movements OF animals ana
I'VE STOCK suffering from or affilcted
Nh Nsn any such contagious or infectious
disease and to make. adopt and enforce
from time to time such rules and rexulss
uons as may be necessary or proneS for
me endorsement Of this Act. and ~ 90 nv ~
\ out the purposes thereof. ~>''''
Z Sec :. That the State Boana n, xr..,.,,
s snan oy rule provide for a safe ana AZ
s ssS-,... manner for the disposal ana de-
sIecuon OF the czncasses az 6omeStic
animals or live stock which shSii ~ ~
slo nom q while afflicted with anv ~
ne eontagsous or infectious tiises,ss
snuner1ted 10 Section 81 thia Al ~.
eroaognced. defined and declared ~, "a "a
- - noero o. Health. IN such q manner
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s1c1 eollaglon on Infection
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