The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-09
POWER OF HEALTH OFFICERS
In Cases of Chambers and Other Dis
eases of Cattle.

In Cases of Chambers and Other Dis
eases of Cattle.
In view Of the recent cases of sick
ness among horses in this city, the
following relating to the power of
health officers will be of interest to
| all.
| Sec. g. That it shall be the duty of
the state health officer. upon being no.
titled of the existence, or suspected ex-
! istence, Of any case of contagious or
infectious disease in any domestic ami
NAL or live stock enumerated in Sec
ton l of the Act, or pronounced, de-
nned and declared by said state board
of health under the provisions of said
Section l, to cause said animal or live
stock to be examined by said veterina-
rian of the state board of health, or
any other agent or representative of
said state board of health thereunto
duly authorized in writing by said
state health officer, and it, after such
examination, the said state health Of
ficer shall declare said animal or live
stock to be infected with any such
contagious or infectious disease, the
said state health officer shall have the
power to place such animal or live
stock, and all other animals which
have been exposed to said contagion
or infection, in quarantine during such
length of time and under such circum-
stances as said state health officer may
determine to be proper. That said
state health officer shall have the
power to condemn any animal or live
stock which he shall so determine to
be infected with any such contagious
or infectious disease, and thereupon it
shall be the duty of the owner or per-
son in charge of such animal to kill the
same forthwith, and make such dispO-
sition Of the carcass thereof as may be
provided by the rule of said state
board of health hereunder That if the
owner or person in charge of any such
animal or live stock shall refuse to
kill said animal or live stock when
Hereunder required by said state
health officer. it shall be the duty Of
the state health officer to order the
sheriff or any deputy sheriff in the
county in which said animal or live
stock may be, to kill said animal or
live stock Immediately and dispose of
the carcass thereof in the manner pre-
scribed by such rules, and in such case
the right to recover by action of as
sumpsit from the owner or person in
charge of such animal or live stock,
the cost of killing the same and dis
posing Of the carcass thereof as afore-
said.
Sec. 10. That the state health Off
Ger, veterinarian of the state board of
health, or any authorized representa-
tive or agent of the state board of
health, shall have the right at all times
to enter any premises, farms, yards.
fields, pens, abattoirs, slaughter
houses, cars or vessels where any do
nestle animals or live stock are at
any time gathered or kept, or where
ever the carcass of any such may be,
and to determine in such way as may
be deemed necessary whether said
live stock are or were suffering from
or the subject of any such contagious
or infectious disease.
Sec. IL. That any person or per-
sons who shall violate any provision
Of this Act, or any rule or regulation
of the state board of health adopted
hereunder, or who shall unlawfully
Interfere with the state health officer
veterinarian of the state board of
health, or any agent or representa-
tive of said state board of health, or
state health officer, appointed under
this Act, shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars or by
Imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or both, in the discretion Of the court