Salary. Take oath and give bond. Duties of and consent of the senate, appoint a competent and skilled veterinary surgeon for the state, having the qualifications above mentioned, whose term of office shall be for two years from the first day of April next succeeding his appointment, unless sooner removed, as hereinafter provided. The veterinary surgeon for the state shall keep his office at the capital of the state, in a room to be provided by the governor, and shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars per annnm, payable as the salaries of state officers are paid, and actual necessary traveling expenses by him incurred and paid in the discharge of his duties, to be drawn from the treasury upon itemized accounts thereof, properly verified, rendered monthly, and approved by the governor. The governor shall have power of removal, and shall immediately fill all vacancies which may at any time occur in the office of state veterinarian, or live stock sanitary commission. SEC. 2. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the state veterinarian shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of said office, and shall execute a bond to the state of Nebraska in the sum of five thousand dollars with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office; which bond and sureties thereto shall be approved by the governor, and said bond, together with his oath of office, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the state. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the state ve terinarian, under direction of the live stock sanitary commission for the state, to investigate any and all cases of contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals of the state, which may come to his knowledge or be brought to the notice of the live stock sanitary commission, and for this purpose shall visit at once. any locality within the state where any such contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals may be reported to exist, and make a full and careful examination of all animals supposed to be diseased, and inquire into the nature and cause of any such disease which he may discover, prescribe the proper care, necessary remedies, and direct the sanitary measures necessary to prevent the spread thereof, and to make a full report of his findings and doings in the premises, to the live stock sanitary commission, with recommendation and suggestions as to the means necessary to be employed to prevent the spread, and best calculated to ex terminate any and all such contagious or infectious diseases, by him found to exist among the domestic animals of the state. make report. SEC. 4. The state veterinarian shall make a Surgeon to continuous scientific study and investigation of all diseases of domestic animals, and the causes, preventatives and the cures thereof, and report the result of his study and investigation to the governor, giving in plain ordinary language the symptoms by which any such disease may be identified, how liable to be introduced and spread, the causes and conditions to which may be attributed the production of any such disease, and State commission. the sanitary and other measures best calculated to prevent the germination and spread of any such contagious or infectious disease among live stock, together with the best known treatment and remedies, also the treatment necessary in case of injury to domestic animals, in time for publication in the several reports required by law, and perform such other service and duties as may be required by law or directed by the governor or the live stock sanitary commission in the interest of the state. SEC. 5. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate shall immediately upon the passage of this act, appoint three commissioners, each of whom shall be engaged in the business of stock grazing, who shall constitute the live stock sanitary commission of the state of Nebraska. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the oath of office and file the same with the secretary of the state, and each commissioner, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall execute a bond to be approved by the governor in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and file the same with the secretary of state. The governor shall also at the regular session of the legislature in 1887, and every two years thereof commission. after, and during a regular session of the legislature, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint three commissioners who shall have the qualifications above mentioned, and whose term of office shall be for the period Appointment of two years from the first day of April next succeeding their appointment, unless sooner removed as herein before provided. Said commissioners shall elect one of their number chairman, and the state veterinarian shall be exofficio secretary of said commission. The secretary shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the commission, and make each report to the governor as may from time to time be required, who may transmit the same to the secretary of the state board of agriculture for publication. commission. SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the commis- Duties of the sion provided for in the fifth section of this act, to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state from all contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant character, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine, sanitary, and other regulations as it may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of any member of said commission, upon receipt by him of reliable information of the existence among the domestic animals of the state, of any malignant disease, to at once notify the state veterinarian, who shall go at once to the place where any such disease is alleged to exist, and make a careful examination of the animals believed to be effected with any such disease, and ascertain, if possible, what, if any, disease exists among the live stock reported to be efected, and whether the same is contagious or infectious or not; and if said disease is found to be of a malignant, contagious, or infectious Quarantine character, he shall direct the temporary quarantine and sanitary regulations necessary to prevent the spread of any such disease, and report his findings and actions to the commission. SEC. 7. Upon the receipt by any member of eased animals. the commission of the report of the state veterinarian, provided for in section 6 of this act, if said member shall be of the opinion that the exigencies of the case require, he shall immediately convene the commission at such place as he may designate, and if, upon consideration of the report of the veterinarian the commission shall be satisfied that any contagious or infectious disease exists of a malignant character, which seriously threatens the health of domestic animals, they shall proceed at once to the infected district, ascertain and determine the premises or grounds infected, and establish the quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease; also to list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease and those which have been exposed thereto, and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification, and for that purpose the said commission may, in its discretion, cause the live stock so included within the quarantine lines established to be marked or branded in such manner as the commissioners may designate; and no domestic animal liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same, shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises |