The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-02
UNLAWFUL To DISPOSE
OF INFECTED ANIMALS
TRAFFlcKfNG N HOGS MAY BE
RESPONSIBLE FOX CHOLERA
SPREAD.
AGENT ID. ID. Floyd Calls Attention to
Law ard ASKS People 10 Com
ply with same 20 Save
Prosecution.

Il will be of interest for the peo-
pie Of Ellis county TO know that
there is a law restricting ali deal
ing in livestock, or permitting same
to run az large. if any OF the herd
is affected with Infectious or con
taeious diseases. Complaints have
been maze that some people have
zone so far as to sell hogs from
herds affected with cholera, accord
L ing to Farm Demonstration Agent
In. d. Floyd. and if this pFattice Is
not stopped prosecution viii follow.
| It is very difficult to handle ehol-
era. and IN fact the disease cannot
be stamped out unless the people
lend their cooperation. Vaccina-
ton will prevent the disease for a
certain length of time. but If the
promises are not cleaned up the dis
ease will break out again in time.
For the information of the people
at large Mr.. Floyd asks that the law
governing this matter be published
as follows:
Article 1888. Owner permitting
infected animals to run at large;-
ANY person who shall have in his
possession any domestic animal af-
fected with any contagious or infec-
tious disease, knowing such animal
to be affected, who shall permit such
animal to run at large, or who shall
keep such animal where other do
nestle animals. not affected by or
previously exposed to such disease,
may be exposed to its contagion or
infection, or who shall ship. drive,
sell, trade, or give away, such dis
eased animal or animals which have
been exposed to such infection or
contagiou, or who shall move or
drive any domestic animal in VIC
lation of any direction, rule, regu-
lation, or order of the live stock
sanitary commission of Texas estab-
fishing and regulating live stock
quarantine shall be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor, and, upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than one hundred doll
lars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each of such exposed or
diseased domestic animals which he
shall permit 10 run at large, or sell,
ship, drive, trade or give away in
violation Of the provision of this ar
ticle; provided, that any owner Of
a domestic animal which has been
affected with or exposed to any con-
tagious or infections disease. may
dispose of the same, after having OBJ
tanned from the state live stock san
i5ary commissioners a bill of health
for such animal or animals"
1t viii be noted that it is not
only violation OF the law to sell
live stock so infected, but is like
wise violation to permit them to
run at large, ship, drive, trade or
give away any such livestock. The
fine is heavy and new and separ-
ate offense is created for each and
every animal sold, permitted TO run
at large or given away. 1t can read
lily be seen how great the damage
would be to sell hog that had been
exposed to cholera. For instance
Agent Floyd is yaccinating fifteen
head today on the Ellis county farm
where an imported hog is alleged to
have spread the disease. We are in
formed by Mr.. Floydrthat this law
viii be enforced if he is forced to
sila complaint against his best
friend He has worked hard to
tamp cut the disease in Ellis coun-
" and for . time felt that he was
very successful. but due to trading
and trafficking it breaks cat ocea-
sionally.