or grounds so quarantined, except by authority of the commission. The said commission shall also from time to time give and enforce such directions, and prescribe such rules and regulations, as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed animals, as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly isolate them from any other domestic animals, which have not been exposed thereto, and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease. And the said commission, or any of the members thereof, and said veterinarians are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act. animals SEC. 8. When in the opinion of the com- Killing of mission it shall be necessary to prevent the further spread of any contagious or infectious disease among the live stock of the state, to destroy animals affected with, or which have been exposed to any such disease, it shall determine what animal shall be killed, and appraise the same as hereinafter provided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of, as in its judgment, will best protect the health of the domestic animals of the locality. of animals SEC. 9. Whenever, as in the eighth section Appraisement of this act provided, the commission shall direct the killing of any domestic animal or animals, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to appraise the animals to be killed, and shall make an inventory of the ani Boundary of quarantine. Power to employ help. mal or animals condemned, and in fixing the value thereof the commissioners shall be governed by the value of said animal or animals at the date of appraisement: Provided, That no animal or animals shall be appraised except those affected with contagious, or infectious disease of a malignant character, or such as have been exposed thereto. SEC. 10. When the commission shall have determined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malignant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among the live stock of the state, and given its crder as hereinbefore provided, prescribing quarantine and other regulations, it shall notify the governor thereof, who shall issue his proclamation proclaiming the boundary of such quarantine, and the orders, rules, regulations prescribed by the commission, which proclamation may be published by written or printed hand-bills posted within the boundaries or on the lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds quarantined: Provided, that if the commission decide that it is not necessary by reason of the limited extent of the district in which such disease exists that a proclamation should be issued, then none shall be issued; but the commission shall give such notice as may to it seem best to make the quarantine established by it effective. SEC. 11. The commission provided for in this act shall have power to employ at the expense of the state such persons, and purchase such supplies and material, as may be neces sary to carry into effect all orders by it given, as hereinbefore provided; Provided, That no labor shall be employed, nor material or supplies purchased by the commission, except such labor, material, and supplies as may be necessary to carry into effect the quarantine and other regulations prescribed by the commission. cars. SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the railway Disinfecting corporations doing business in this state to cleanse and disinfect the cars used by them in transporting stock in this state, at such times and places as the commission may designate, whenever, in the opinion of the commission, any such order may be necessary to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases. Any such corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, for each offense, to be recovered in a civil action to be prosecuted under the direction of the. attorney general in the name of the state of Nebraska. diseased SEC. 13. When any animal or animals are Payment for killed under the provisions of this act by order animals. of the commission, the owner thereof shall be paid therefor the appraised value as fixed by the appraisement hereinbefore provided for; Provided. The right of indemnity on account of animals killed by order of the commission, under the provisions of this act, shall not extend to the owner of animals which have been brought into the state in a diseased condition, or from a state, country, territory or district in which the disease with which the animal is infected, or to which it has been exposed, exists. Nor Discovery of disease. Duty of sheriff. shall any animal be paid for by the state which may be brought into the state in violation of any law or quarantine regulation thereof, or the owner of which shall have violated any of the provisions of this act, or disregarded any rule, regulation or order of the live stock sanitary commission, or any member thereof. Nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which came into the possession of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge that such animal was diseased, or was suspected of being diseased, or of having been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. Nor shall any animal belonging to the United States be paid for by the state. SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, suspects or has reason to believe that any of his domestic animals, or domestic animals in his charge, are affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief or susp cion to the commission, or any member thereof, and to the sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is found; and it shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of another, to report the same at once to the sheriff and county clerk of the county in which such domestic animal is found. SEC. 15. The sheriff to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith pro ceed to the place where such domestic animal is, and examine the same, and forthwith report the result of such examination to the commission, or any member thereof, and shall prescribe such temporary quarantine regulation as will prevent the spread of the contagion or infection until the live stock sanitary commission can provide and order suitable quarantine rules and regulations. eased animals SEC. 16. Any person who shall knowingly bring Bringing disinto this state any domestic animal which is affected with any contagious or infectious disease, or any animal which has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars. examination. SEC. 17. Any person who owns, or is in pos- Hindering session of, live stock which is, or which is suspected or reported to be, affected with any infectious or contagious disease, who shall refuse to allow the state veterinarian, or other authorized officer or officers, to examine such stock, or shall hinder or obstruct the state veterinarian, or other authorized officer or officers, in any examination of, or in an attempt to examine, such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any Penalty. sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. his Permitting to run or Dispos SEC. 18. Any person who shall have in possession any domestic animal affected with any ing of diseased contagious or infectious disease, knowing such animals. |
