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RI Gen L § 4-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-2 - Commercial Feeds|Section 4-2-14 - Publication of information.

§ 4-2-14. Publication of information.The director shall publish at least annually, in any forms that he or she may deem proper, information he or she may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label. The information concerning production and use of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any person.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 170, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-2 - Commercial Feeds|Section 4-2-15 - Severability.

§ 4-2-15. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter shall for any reason be judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of the chapter directly involved in the controversy in which that judgment has been rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 170, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-2-16 - 4-2-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-2 - Commercial Feeds|Section 4-2-16 - 4-2-18 - Repealed.

§ 4-2-16 — 4-2-18. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 4-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-1 - Definitions.

§ 4-3-1. Definitions.For the purpose of §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11 the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:(1) "Director" means the director of environmental management or the director's authorized agent.(2) "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including animal carcasses or parts,(3) "Person" means the state, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-1; P.L. 1987, ch. 78, § 13.
RI Gen L § 4-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-2 - Applicability of §§ 4-3-1 - 4-3-11.

§ 4-3-2. Applicability of §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11.Sections 4-3-1 — 4-3-11 shall apply to any person or persons who feeds garbage, other than from his or her own domestic household, to more than four (4) swine.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-2.
RI Gen L § 4-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-3 - Permit required to feed garbage.

§ 4-3-3. Permit required to feed garbage.No person shall feed garbage to swine without first securing a permit from the director. This permit shall be renewed on the first day of July of each year.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-3.
RI Gen L § 4-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-4 - Application for permit - Fee.

§ 4-3-4. Application for permit — Fee.Any person desiring to obtain a permit to feed garbage to swine shall make written application to the director in accordance with the requirements of the director. At the time of filing an application, the applicant shall pay to the director a permit fee in the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for the general use of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-4; P.L. 1960, ch. 74, § 3.
RI Gen L § 4-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-5 - Requirements for permit.

§ 4-3-5. Requirements for permit.The following conditions are required for a garbage feeding permit:(1) The feeding area is equipped with a cement base or constructed of other material approved by the director;(2) The feeding area or platforms shall be constructed as to be readily cleaned daily, and to allow for all refuse to be disposed of;(3) Housing meets existing sanitary and humane standards, regarding ventilation, drainage, and warmth;(4) Premises upon which swine are kept must be kept clean and sanitary and meet the regulations of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-5.
RI Gen L § 4-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-6 - Cooking or treatment of garbage.

§ 4-3-6. Cooking or treatment of garbage.All garbage, regardless of previous processing, shall, before being fed to swine, be thoroughly heated to two hundred twelve degrees Fahrenheit (212 degrees F.) for at least thirty (30) minutes, unless treated in some other manner which shall be approved in writing by the director as being equally effective for the protection of public health.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-6.
RI Gen L § 4-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-7 - Revocation or denial of permits.

§ 4-3-7. Revocation or denial of permits.Upon determination that any person having a permit issued under §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11 or who has applied for a permit, has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11, or any of the rules or regulations promulgated under these sections, the director may, after notice to the registrant, and after affording the registrant an opportunity to be heard, revoke the permit or refuse to issue a permit to an applicant.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-7.
RI Gen L § 4-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-8 - Access of inspectors to property.

§ 4-3-8. Access of inspectors to property.Any authorized representative of the director has the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purposes of inspection and investigating conditions relating to the treating of garbage to be fed to swine as required by §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-8.
RI Gen L § 4-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-9 - Maintenance and examination of records.

§ 4-3-9. Maintenance and examination of records.Any authorized representative of the director may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to the feeding of garbage to swine. The director may require maintenance of records relating to the operation of equipment for and procedure of treating garbage to be fed to swine. Copies of those records shall be submitted to the director on request.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-9.
RI Gen L § 4-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-10 - Enforcement - Rules and regulations.

§ 4-3-10. Enforcement — Rules and regulations.The director is hereby charged with administration and enforcement of the provisions of §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11 and is authorized to make and enforce all rules and regulations which the director deems necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-10.
RI Gen L § 4-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-11 - Penalty for violations.

§ 4-3-11. Penalty for violations.Any person who violates any of the provisions of, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by §§ 4-3-1 — 4-3-11 or who violates any rule or regulation promulgated under these sections is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200). In addition, that person may be enjoined from continuing that violation. Each day upon which that violation occurs constitutes a separate violation.History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3355, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-11.
RI Gen L § 4-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-12 - Approval of feeding sites by a city or town council.

§ 4-3-12. Approval of feeding sites by a city or town council.No swine shall be kept in any city or town, to be fed on swill, offal or other decaying substances, brought from any other city or town, except in a place in the city or town as is designated by the city or town council. Any person violating this section is liable to the penalty prescribed in § 23-23.5-11.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 91, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 107, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 601, §§ 13,14; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-12.
RI Gen L § 4-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-3 - Garbage Feeding|Section 4-3-13 - Carrying of swill into Middletown.

§ 4-3-13. Carrying of swill into Middletown.No person shall carry any house offal or swill into the town of Middletown, or permit the swill or offal so carried to be fed to swine on his or her premises, or to be deposited on or spread upon his or her land, in that town. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the carrying of swill or house offal through the town of Middletown to any other town. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be for every offense fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 282, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 348, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 400, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 611, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 4-3-13.
RI Gen L § 4-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-1 - Appointment of inspectors to inspect diseased animals - Quarantine - Veterinarians.

§ 4-4-1. Appointment of inspectors to inspect diseased animals — Quarantine — Veterinarians.The director of environmental management may appoint one or more inspectors in the state, whose duty it is to visit and inquire into the condition of any domestic animal in the state whenever there is reason to suspect that any domestic animal, the carcass of any domestic animal or tissues or products, is affected with tuberculosis, or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; and the inspectors are authorized to quarantine any diseased domestic animal, the carcass of any diseased domestic animal, or restrict the movement of any tissues or products produced by any domestic animal until such quarantine or movement restriction is released by a veterinarian employed by the director. The director may also employ, from time to time, any number of veterinary surgeons that he or she may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1896, ch. 344, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1927, ch. 971, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-1; P.L. 2014, ch. 143, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-4-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-1.1 - Animals defined.

§ 4-4-1.1. Animals defined.This chapter shall apply to all domestic animals defined in § 4-13.1-2(2) and any animal that the director of the department of environmental management has waived from the permit requirement in accordance with § 4-18-3.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 143, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-2 - Compensation of commissioners and veterinarians - Duties - Removal.

§ 4-4-2. Compensation of commissioners and veterinarians — Duties — Removal.Subject to chapter 4 of title 36, the director of environmental management is authorized to fix the compensation of the cattle commissioners and veterinary surgeons, to prescribe their duties, and to remove them when deemed expedient.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 22; P.L. 1904, ch. 1156, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 21; impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, §§ 12, 17; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-2.
RI Gen L § 4-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-3 - Reporting of diseased animals - Destruction.

§ 4-4-3. Reporting of diseased animals — Destruction.Any owner of an animal suspected of having an animal disease determined by the director of environmental management to be contagious or injurious to public health or to the health of other animals, or any veterinarian who treats that animal, or any other person or institution having knowledge of a diseased animal, shall make a report of that information to the state department of environmental management in any manner and form as the department prescribes by regulation. The director of environmental management shall promulgate by rule a list of those animals determined to be contagious or injurious. The director of environmental management, if he or she determines an animal to have a contagious or communicable disease, shall cause that animal to be killed and the carcass to be disposed of in any manner as not to be detrimental to the public health.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 10; P.L. 1904, ch. 1156, § 1; P.L. 1906, ch. 1354, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 241, § 9; P.L. 1927, ch. 971, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 12; P.L. 1963, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-4 - Repealed.

§ 4-4-4. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-4; Repealed by P.L. 1962, ch. 42, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-5 - Right of entry where disease suspected.

§ 4-4-5. Right of entry where disease suspected.The director of the department of environmental management or the director's duly authorized representatives, having reason to suspect the existence of any of the diseases mentioned in this chapter upon any grounds or premises, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon those grounds or premises for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-5.
RI Gen L § 4-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-6 - Repealed.

§ 4-4-6. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 12; P.L. 1904, ch. 1156, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 12; G.L. 1958, ch. 207, § 5; Repealed by P.L. 1962, ch. 54, § 2.
RI Gen L § 4-4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-7 - Compensation for condemned equine animals.

§ 4-4-7. Compensation for condemned equine animals.For every horse, ass, or mule condemned and killed as affected with glanders or farcy there shall be paid a sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); provided, however, that no payment is made under the authority of this section for any horse, ass or mule that has not been owned in the state for the period of six (6) months next preceding the condemnation.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 31, as enacted by P.L. 1917, ch. 1539, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-7.
RI Gen L § 4-4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-8 - Exposure of diseased animals to contact with healthy animals.

§ 4-4-8. Exposure of diseased animals to contact with healthy animals.No person having the care or custody of any animal having any one of the diseases mentioned in this chapter or chapter 5 of this title, shall, knowing the animal to have any of the diseases mentioned in this chapter or chapter 5 of this title, sell or exchange, or permit the removal, use or driving of that animal upon any public highway, or the exposure of that animal to contact with any other healthy animal of the same kind, except by permission of the director of environmental management. Any person so doing is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on being convicted shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 160; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-8.
RI Gen L § 4-4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-9 - Sale, use, or exposure of diseased animals - Refusal to destroy.

§ 4-4-9. Sale, use, or exposure of diseased animals — Refusal to destroy.A person who willfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or causes or permits to be sold, offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the life or health of human beings or animals, or which is diseased past recovery, or who refuses upon demand of the general agent or any special agent of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals humanely to destroy an animal affected with any of those diseases shall, for each offense, be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 640, § 20; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-9.
RI Gen L § 4-4-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-10 - Sale of diseased or disabled animals.

§ 4-4-10. Sale of diseased or disabled animals.It is unlawful for any person holding an auctioneer's license knowingly to receive or offer for sale or to sell at public auction, other than at a sheriff's or judicial sale under a court order, or for any person to sell or offer for sale at private sale, any animal which is suffering from any disability, lameness or disease, and any person violating any provision of this section shall, for each offense, be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 640, § 21; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-10.
RI Gen L § 4-4-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-11 - Interference with enforcement - Violation of quarantine.

§ 4-4-11. Interference with enforcement — Violation of quarantine.Any person or persons who shall willfully or intentionally interfere with any officers, duly authorized to carry out the provisions of this chapter is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is liable to imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months, or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or both, at the discretion of the court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-11.
RI Gen L § 4-4-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-12 - Cooperation with federal government in suppression of diseases.

§ 4-4-12. Cooperation with federal government in suppression of diseases.The governor is authorized to accept on behalf of the state the rules and regulations prepared by the secretary of agriculture under and in pursuance of § 3, 21 U.S.C. § 114, of an act of congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled "An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals", 21 U.S.C. § 113 et seq., and to cooperate with the authorities of the United States in the provisions of that act.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-12.
RI Gen L § 4-4-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-13 - Powers of federal and state inspectors - Assistance by peace officers.

§ 4-4-13. Powers of federal and state inspectors — Assistance by peace officers.The inspectors of the state department of environmental management and the department of agriculture of the United States, in cooperation with the state department of environmental management, or with any agent of the state, has the right of inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of animals affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or suspected to be affected, or that have been exposed to any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and for these purposes are authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises. The director of agriculture or inspectors of the United States department of agriculture, in cooperation with the state department of environmental management, or with any agent of the state department of environmental management have the power to call on deputy sheriffs, constables, and peace officers to assist them in the discharge of their duties in carrying out the provisions of the act of congress approved May 29, 1884, 21 U.S.C. § 113 et seq., establishing the bureau of animal industry, or the provisions of the department of environmental management, and it is made the duty of deputy sheriffs, constables, and peace officers to assist those inspectors or agents when requested, and those inspectors or agents have the same power and protection as peace officers while engaged in the discharge of their duties.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 19; P.L. 1904, ch. 1156, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-13; P.L. 1962, ch. 54, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 12; P.L. 1963, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 11.
RI Gen L § 4-4-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-14 - State immunity.

§ 4-4-14. State immunity.The state is not liable for any damages or expenses incurred under §§ 4-4-12 and 4-4-13.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 99, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-14.
RI Gen L § 4-4-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-4 - Animal Diseases in General|Section 4-4-15 - Cooperation in federal Bang's disease plan.

§ 4-4-15. Cooperation in federal Bang's disease plan.The state department of environmental management shall cooperate with the United States government in connection with the prevailing federal plan for the control and eradication of Bang's disease and that department may make reasonable rules and regulations governing the control and eradication of Bang's disease including federal approved vaccinal procedures; and the general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes in the operation of a plan for the payment of positive reactors to the Bang's disease test and the eradication of that contagious and infectious disease.History of Section.G.L. 1956, ch. 207, § 28; P.L. 1941, ch. 1017, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-4-15.