The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER 7S4j-(No. 50.

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M .ACT to Create the State Live Stock SAM
tary Board and to Prescribe Its Member
ship, Powers and Duties, and Fix the Com
pcnsation for the Services OF Its Members
and to Vest in Said Board the Authority to
Provide for the Prevention, Suppression and
Control of Dangerous Communicable Con
tagous, Infectious and Other Diseases OF
Cattle, Hogs and Other Domestic Animals.
and to Establish, Maintain and Enforce
Quarantine, to Prevent the Introduction or
Spread OF Infectious, Contagious and Com
municable Diseases Among Such Animals.
and to Adopt and to Enforce Rules and
Regulations Regarding Any and All Said
Matters, and to Give Said Board Power
and Authority in Respect Thereto. and to
Authorize County Commissioners TO \
propriate and Expend Funds for the Work
of Tick Eradication and Hog Cholera Con-
troll and to Provide for the Appointment of
State Veterinarian and Other Agents and
Employees OF Said Board, and to Fix the
Powers Thereof, and to Prescribe Punish
ment for Violations OF tss Act and of the
Rules and Regulation OF Said Board, and to
Make the Necessary Appropriation +
Carrying Out the Provisions OF This Act
lie IT Enacted by the Legislature OF the State
OF Florida:
Section l. There is hereby created and es-
tabhShed a Board to be known and designated
as the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.
which shall be composed OF the Commissioner
OF Agriculture, the Superintendent OF Public
instruction. the State Treasurer, and two other
members who shall be appointed by the Gov
ernor. The commissioner of Agriculture shall
be cX-ottlcio President of said Board The
members OF said Board who are appointed by
the Governor shall hold office for four years,
and until their successors have been duly ap-
pointed and qualified. A majority OF the mem.
hers OF said Board shall constitute a quorum
for all purposes.
Sec. ?. The official headquarters of said Board
snail be al Tallahassee but it may hold its
meetings at other places in the State of
Florida as said Board may by resolution deter
NINE. or as may be selected by majority OF
the members in any call for any meeting The
nrst annual meeting of said Board shall be
held as soon after the appointment and quail.
1CatlOn OF the two members Of said Board to
Re appointed by the Governor as practicable.
md thereafter the annual meetings OF said
Hoard shall be held on the first Monday in
March OF each year. Special meetings OF saIu
Board may be called at any time by the Presi-
lent or at the written request OF a majority
# the Board.
Sec. 3. No member of the State Live Stock
'anitary board shall receive any compensation
or the services he may render under the pro.
isionS OF this Act save and except that the
ne UberS OF said Board shall receive their
ctual expenses necessarily paid or incurred
II the discharge OF their duties as members
I said Board. Said Board shall have the
oyer to employ such agents. inspectors, clerks
nd employees as may be necessary.
sec. 1, The Board shall collect and pre-
erye information to infectious, commun-
able and other diseases OF cattle. hogs and
ther domestic animals, and their origin. loo
lily, nature, appearance, manner OF dissent
alton or communication and methods for
'eatment, prevention, suppression. eradica-
on, quarantine and control thereof, and shall
IKE such measures as in the judgment Of said
oard may be necessary or proper for the
outrol, suppression eradication and proven
on OF the spread thereof. and 20 protect cat.
c, hogs and other domestic animals there
ne all such animals as said Board shall find
have reason TO believe to be affected with
exposed to any such disease or diseases;
-ovided, however, that no quarantine shall be ,