The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-10-31
WHAT THE 5sTH GENERAL AS
sEM6LY HAS DONE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF The LIVE
STOCK INDUSTRY.
Ey Geo. r. White, NJ. O., D. v. S.
State Live Stock Inspector.

All animal husbandmen and other
well informed people thoroughly ap
preciate the Importance Of develop
ing the live stock industry by pro-
tecting it from the ravages of con
tagious diseases which must be done
ty the enactment of adequate law
and their strict enforcement by quail
flied, honest and conscientious OF
Icials.
That the Importance of this class
Of legislation was not entirely over
looked by the 5Sth General Assembly
the following will attest:
Chapter 16 Acts 1913 Senate Bill
No. 46) This Act provided for the
Change of the title of Safe Live
Stock Inspector to State Veterinar-
ian. The passage of this law puts
live stolk Sanitary Control work on
q higher plane and will be instru-
mental in securing more recognition
tf our efforts by officials of other
states engaged nthe same lass Of
} cientific work. state Veterin|
arian" is now a uniform title well
recognized and fully understood in
all Sldt6S OL the OulOu.
Chapter 5, Acts 1913 SENATE Bill
No. H. This Act changed the APP
pra!isment feature of Chapter 156,
Acts 1901. 1t protects the counties
by placing a maximum price limited
at which a diseased animal may be
appraised before being killed. Under
the provision Of this Act S65 Tor a
horse and $25 for a COW is as much
as an owner can receive out of the
County treasury, when the animal is
slaughtered by the State Veterina-
arian for the purpose of protecting
health of other animals in a lommu.
Iity. AS much as $100 may be
paid fir pure bred and registered
when the pedigree is prov
en- by certificates of registry from
the herd or record books wnere reg
istered
Chapter 6, Acts 1918 (Senate Bill
No. $50 Is an Act regulating the
sale and use of virulent |
blood from Hog Cholera infected
hogs or "Virus" This Act will
minimize the danger of the spread of
Cholera from the indiscriminate sale
IND use of Cholera Virus is that it
makes it necessary for persons sell
ing and using Virus" in this state
10 first obtain a written permit from
he State Veterinarian. The passage
Of this Act did not in any manner
affect the sale and use OF Anti Hog
Cholera Serum, as there is a distinct
iifference between "Virus" and SER
Uni.
Chapter 10, Act 1918, SENATE ELL
No. 3D. This Act changed the
period of notice to be given owners
Of tick infect cattle OF disinfect
them, from Is days to days. 1t
also gives recognition to the Stan
dard Arsenical Solution in tick ere
diiation work The passage Of this
law was largely instrumental in
freeing several counties from tick |
infestation and caused the quaran-
tine to be raised and the whole state
Of Tennessee placed above the Fed !
erai Quarantine Line.
In addition to passing the above
General Live Stock Sanitary Con-
troll Laws the 5Sth General Assembly !
placed an Apr lPiation of $4,000 |
ct the disposal of the Agricultural
Department for the purpose of estab- |
hshing an Anti-Hog Cholera Serum
Plant for the purpose of manufact-
uring Serum and distributing it to
the swine owners of Tennessee at /
actual cost of production.