The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-08-06
CATTLE TICK DIPPING IN HANDS
OF STATE BOARD.

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seems to prevail in some sections of
this county that the eradication of
the cattle fever tick is purely a local
matter, and that tick eradication may
be prosecuted or abandoned by the
board of supervisors at will.
This idea is so that the
sooner those who are entertaining it
If, indeed, there by any such-1ger
rid of it, the better it will be for
them and all other concerned.
! This letter very clearly states the law
with reference to tick eradication,
and is as follows:
Jackson, Miss July g., 1920.
To the Honorable Boards Of Super.
visors and Inspectors and Deputy
Inspectors, and Others Cooperating
in Tick Eradication Work:
1t being brought to the attention
of the Mississippi Live Stock SAM
tary Board that possibly certain
counties are contemplating an effort
to fix 20 day intervals for the dip
ping of cattle infested with or ex-
posed to Texas fever tick in lieu of
the Ia day intervals heretofore fixed
by Regulation 9 of said Live Stock
Sanitary Board, the said Board has
directed the undersigned to direct the
attention to the laws of this state,
and to the regulations of said Board
to the effect that by virtue of Sec
ton 2, Chapter 1877, Laws 1916,
Boards of Supervisors shall provide
proper dipping watts and the proper
material and chemicals to be used
in tick Insector, and shall not fix
said salaries so low as to prevent the
carrying out of the work, and shall
pay the salaries monthly, and that by
virtue of Section 3 of said act, all
persons having cattle, horses, or mules
in any county, or part of county in
tested with cattle tick shall, on proper
notice have their cattle, horses,
mules or other live stock required to
be dipped by the inspectors, to be
dipped at such times and in such man.
ner as the regulations of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board may re-
quire; and that by vitue of Regula-
ton 9, all persons owing or having
in charge any cattle infested with or
exposed to infestation of such ticks,
shall dip all such cattle after being
properly informed every two weeks
as long as the ticks remain on the
cattle, or the premises, or pastures
remain infested, or the premises re-
main guaranteed, etc.
From this it will be noted that the
law of the State requires the county
to furnish the watts and materials and
the assistants and helpers.
The Supreme Court, in the cas-
of Horton VS.. Lincoln County, decided
in 1918, used the following language:
"It should be noted further that the
legislature in 1916 passed a state
wide tick eradication law in which
all discretion was removed from the
Board of Supervisors as to whether
dippin G would be conducted or not"
And further, that the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board, by virtue of
power given it by State law, has
fixed intervals of two weeks for the
of animals which are exposed
to the i~nfestation of such tikcs.
From these citations it will appear
that the Legislature entrusted to the
Live Stock Sanitary Board the dis
erection and authority to fix the times
for dipping cattle so infested or ex-
and required of the counties |
merely the making of provisions for
watts, material and assistant and help
ers.
Trusting that the foregoing may
make plain the necessity for COM
with said laws and regulations,
and that continued cooperation in the
Of tick eradication may
not be hindered by misunderstanding
the laws and regulations, and un-
necessary expense be entailed by pro-
of the work to be done be.
fore complete compliance with the
direction Of the Legislature, which is
o the effect that dipping shall be
for such period or time as
hall sufficiently destroy and eradi-
ate all cattle tick in such counties
n parts of counties.
Yours very truly,
HUDSON CHADWICK,
Executive Live Stock Inspector.
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