Bulletin No. 28. (B. a. i. 157.) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. $08 .Sib LEGISLATION WITH REFERENCE TO BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS, BEINO A DIGEST. OF THE LAWS NOW IN FORCE AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES. D. E. SALMON, D. V. M., Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry. WASHINGTON : GOVERN ME XT PRINTING OFFICE- I 90 I. 01ass_S£_!C_t '-»" Book j_- To Bulletin No. 28. (B. a. 1.157.) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. D. E. SALMON, D, V. M., Chief. CL - /J LEGISLATION *?Y WITH REFERENCE TO BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS, BEING A DIGEST OF THE LAWS NOW IN FORCE AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES. D. E. SALMON, D. V. M., u Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, I 90 I. OC &o? «06 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C, February 9, 1901. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a compilation of the laws and rules and regulations of the several States and Territories, so far as they relate to bovine tuberculosis, and recommend that it be published as Bulletin No. 28 of this Bureau. This information is designed to supply the needs of breeders and shippers of cattle. Respectfully, D. E. Salmon, Chief of Bureau. Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. CONTENTS. Page. Alabama _ . .. _ 7 Arizona 7 Arkansas 12 California - 12 Colorado 12 Connecticut _ . 13 Delaware _ _. 13 District of Columbia . 14 Florida - 16 Georgia . . _ __ 16 Idaho 16 Illinois 16 Indiana _ . 26 Iowa .- _ 32 Kansas 34 Kentucky 36 Louisiana . __.. 38 Maine 38 Maryland J _ 43 Massachusetts 47 Michigan 60 Minnesota _. 66 Mississippi 71 Missouri 71 Montana . . 72 Nebraska . 78 Nevada 79 New Hampshire _. __ 81 New Jersey 93 New Mexico 100 New York 102 North Carolina . . 104 North Dakota 108 Ohio. '..__ 114 Oklahoma 116 Oregon 116 Pennsylvania . 120 Ehode Island 136 South Carolina _ _ 141 South Dakota 141 Tennessee . 142 Texas 116 Utah ..._ 151 Vermont 152 Virginia . . . _. _ 158 Washington _ 162 West Virginia _. 164 Wisconsin _ 165 Wyoming _. 168 5 LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. ALABAMA. Alabama has an old law relative to infectious and contagious dis- eases which might be construed so as to include tuberculosis of cattle; howevor, nothing has been done with reference to that disease under this or any other law. LAW. AN ACT for the prevention and suppression of infectious and contagious diseases of horses and other animals. (Approved February 28, 1887.) Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That it shall be the duty of any person, who is the owner or possessor of a horse, mule, or other animal having the glanders, or other fatal contagious or infectious disease, to keep such diseased animal away and removed from any public or other place where horses, mules, or other animals are usually kept in said counties, and also to keep such diseased animals at a distance from any common rendezvous for animals therein, whether such rendezvous or place of resort be maintained for public or private use and conveniences; and any person refusing or wilfully neglecting to obey this provision of law, by bringing such diseased horse, mule, or other animal, or causing the same to be brought, to any rendezvous of animals or other place where the same shall be usually kept, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be indicted therefor; and upon conviction thereof by or before any court of this State competent at this time to try and punish misdemeanors committed in said counties, shall be fined not exceeding $50, nor less than $5, for any violation of this law: Provided, That the prosecution and conviction of any person under this statute shall not be a bar to an action for civil damages against said person for loss or injury incurred by reason of the violation thereof. ARIZONA. Arizona has no special law relative to bovine tuberculosis, but the disease is included in the general law of March 1, 1897. The work against contagious diseases of animals in Arizona is done by the Live Stock Sanitary Board, consisting of three persons appointed by the Governor. The Governor also appoints a Territorial Veteri- nary Surgeon who operates under the Sanitary Board. The duty of the board is "to protect the health of the domestic animals of the Territory from contagious and infectious diseases of a malignant character, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine, sani- tary, and other regulations, including methods of disinfecting railroad cars, as it may deem necessary. " 7 8 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. The Territorial Veterinarian investigates reports of the presence of contagious or infectious diseases, and, if he finds that they do exist, establishes a temporary quarantine and reports the results of his inves- tigations to the board, which establishes a permanent quarantine and prescribes rules and regulations for enforcing it. The proclamation of this quarantine is made by the Governor if the board so recom- mends. The veterinarian, with the consent of the board, may slaughter dis- eased animals after certain conditions shall have been complied with. The slaughter by the veterinarian of animals which have been exposed and do not show disease can be done only with the written consent of the owner and when the order for the same is signed by another vet- erinarian. There appears to be no provision for indemnity for animals slaughtered. It is made a misdemeanor to sell, drive, ship, trade, or give away any animals affected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. Whenever the Live Stock Sanitary Board has reason to believe that such diseases exist in other States or Territories, it reports the fact to the Governor, who issues a proclamation of quarantine against those districts, prohibiting the importation from them of any live stock of the kind diseased unless accompanied by a certificate of health. An exception is made of cattle in transit through the Terri- tory by railroad and not unloaded. It is also made a misdemeanor to bring into the Territory any animal which is affected with or has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. LAW. AN ACT to codify and revise the laws with reference to live stock. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona: Section 1. Three commissioners identified with the live stock interests of the Territory of Arizona shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the legislative council, who shall constitute the Live Stock Sanitary Board of the Territory of Arizona. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall take and subscribe the oath of office according to law, and file the same with the Secretary of the Territory; 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 $2,000, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and file the same with the Secretary of the Territory. The term of office of the first commissioner named by the Governor shall be for three years from the 1st day of April, 1897; the second one named shall be for two years, and the third one named shall be for one year from said 1st day of April, 1897, and the successors of each shall be appointed for the term of three years thereafter. The Governor shall have the power to fill vacancies in said board. Said board shall elect one of their number chairman. The board shall keep a full and com- plete record of their proceedings and make such report to the Governor as may from timeto time be required, and a biennial report to the legislative assembly. The members of the board appointed by the Governor as hereinbefore provided shall receive $5 per day for the time by them necessarily employed in discharging LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 9 the duties required by this act: Provided, however, That in no one year shall the board be in session more than sixty days, except upon call of the Governor, and each member of the board shall receive 10 cents for each and every mile actually traveled, which per diem and mileage shall be paid on the warrant of the Auditor, to be issued on the filing in the Auditor's office of an itemized account thereof, properly certified thereto by such member, duly countersigned by the Secretary, with the seal of the board and approval of its chairman. Sec. 2. The Governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council appoint, a skilled veterinary surgeon for the Territory of Arizona, who at the date of such appointment shall be a graduate in good stand- ing of a recognized college of veterinary surgeons, and who shall hold his office for the term of two years, unless sooner removed by the board; the salary of said veterinary surgeon shall be the sum of $1,200 per annum and 10 cents per mile for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in the discharge of his duties. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties the Territorial Veterinarian shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties of his said office and shall execute a bond to the Territory of Arizona in the sum of $5,000, 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 the oath of office, shall be deposited in the office of the Sec- retary of the Territory. Sec. 3. 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 animas, or domestic animals in his charge, are affected with any infectious or contagious disease to immediately notify such fact, belief, or sus- picion to the board or any member of it or to the Territorial Veterinarian; 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 to the said board or Territorial Veterinarian, and any attempt to conceal the exist- ence of such disease, or to wilfully or maliciously obstruct or resist the said board or the Territorial Veterinarian in the discharge of their duties as herein set forth, shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the board provided for in the first section of this act to protect the health of the domestic animals of the Territory from the con- tagious and infectious disease of a malignant character, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, and enforce such quar- antine, sanitary, and other regulations, including methods of disinfecting railroad cars, as it may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of any member of said board, upon receipt by him of reliable information of the existence among the domestic animals of the Territory of any malignant disease, to immediately notify the Territorial 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 affected with any such disease, and ascertain, if possible, what, if any, disease exists among the live stock reported to be affected and whether the same is con- tagious or infectious or not; and if said disease is found to be of a malignant, con- tagious, or infectious character, he shall direct a temporary- quarantine and sani- tary regulations necessary to prevent the spread of any such disease and report forthwith his findings and actions to the chairman of the board. Sec. 5. Upon the receipt by the chairman of the board of the report of the Ter- ritorial Veterinarian provided for in Section 4 of this act, he shall immediately, if the exigencies of the case require it, convene the board at the most convenient place: and if upon consideration of the report of the veterinarian the board shall be satisfied that any contagious or infectious disease exist which seriously affects the health of domestic animals, they shall, after ascertaining and determining the extent of premises or grounds infected, authorize the veterinarian to establish the 10 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations necessary to circumscribe and exter- minate such disease; and no domestic animal liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same shall be permitted to leave the dis- trict, premises, or grounds so quarantined except by the authority of the veterina- rian. The said board shall prescribe such rules and regulations as will enable the veterinarian to perfectly isolate the diseased and exposed animals from all other domestic animals which are susceptible of becoming infected with disease; they shall also, from time to time, prescribe and enforce such directions, rules, and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding, and caring for such infected or diseased and exposed animals as it shall deem necessary to pre- vent the two classes of anima s from coming in contact with each other; and the said board or any of the members thereof, or said veterinarian, are hereby author- ized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the pro- visions of this act. Sec. 6. When the said board shall have determined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malig- nant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among the live stock of the Territory, and given the orders 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, and regulations prescribed by the board, which proclamation may be published by written or printed handbills posted within the boundaries or on the lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds so quarantined, or by being published in the stock papers of the Territory: Provided, That if the board decides 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 board shall give notice as may to it seem best to make the quarantin 3 established effective. Sec. 7. In any case of epidemic disease where premises have been previously quarantined by the Territorial Veterinarian, as before provided, he is further authorized and empowered, when in his judgment necessary, by and with the con- sent of the board, to order the slaughter of any or of all diseased animals upon said premises and of all animals that have been exposed to contagion or infection, under the following restrictions: The order for slaughter shall be in writing and shall be made in duplicate, and there shall be a distinct order and a duplicate for each owner of the animal or animals condemned, the original of each order to be filed in the office of the said board and the duplicate given to the said owner. And, further, before slaughtering any animal or animals that have been exposed only and do not show disease the veterinarian shall call in consultation with him two reputable practicing veterinarians or physicians, residents of the Territory, or if this is impracticable, then two reputable and well-known stock owners, residents of the Territory, and shall have the written indorsement upon his orders of at least one of said consulting physicians or stock owners, stating that the said action is necessary, and the consent in writing of the owner or person in charge before such animal or animals shall be slaughtered. It shall be the duty of the Territorial Veterinarian to superintend the slaughtering of such animals as may be con- demned, and also the destruction of the carcass, causing the same to be destroyed as cheaply as practicable, which destruction shall be by burning to ashes, and shall include every part of the animal and hide and also excrement and stable bedding or corral litter as far as possible. Sec, 8. Any person, persons, firm, or corporation who shall have in his possession any domestic animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, or after having received notice that such animal is so affected, who shall sell, drive, ship, trade, or give away such diseased animal or animals which have been exposed to such infection or contagion, sheep infected with scab upon the range excepted, or who shall move or drive any domestic LEGISLATION EELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 11 animal in violation of any direction, rule, regulation, or order establishing and regulating quarantines, shali be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That any owner of any domestic animal which has been affected with or exposed ta any contagious or infectious disease may dispose of the same after having obtained from the Territorial Veterinarian a bill of health of such animal. It shall be unlawful to kill for butcher purposes any diseased animal, to sell, give away, or use any part of it or its milk, or to remove any part of the skin. Sec. 9. Whenever the said board shall have good reason to believe that any con- tagious or infectious disease exists in any other State, Territory, or countries, or that there are conditions that render domestic animals from such districts liable to convey such disease, they shall report the same to the Governor. Thereupon the Governor shall, by proclamation, prohibit the importation of any live stock of the kind diseased into the Territory, unless accompanied with a certificate of health given by a duly authorized State or Territorial Veterinarian, and all such animals arriving in this Territory shall be examined upon arrival by the Terri- torial Veterinary Surgeon, and if deemed necessary placed in close quarantine until all danger of infection is passed, when they shall be released by order of the- Territorial Veterinarian. All expense connected with such examination shall be paid by the owner or owners of such stock. Sec. 10. It shali be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, or corporation to drive or transport, or-cause to be driven or transported, into the Territory of Ari- zona any live stock from those States, Territories, or countries against which the Governor has proclaimed a quarantine, as hereby provided for in Section 9 of this act: Provided, That cattle in transit through the Territory on a railroad, when not unloaded, are not liable to any penalties attached to this act. Otherwise the regulations contained herein shall apply as well to those animals in transit through the Territory as to those resident therein, and the said board, a member thereof, or the Territorial Veterinary Surgeon shall have full authority to examine, whether in yards, or pasture, or stables, or upon the public domain, all animals passing through the Territory or any part of it, and on detection or suspicion of disease to take possession of and treat and dispose of said animals in the same manner as is prescribed for animals resident in the Territory. Sec. 11. Any person, persons, firm, corporation, owner, or agent who shall know- ingly bring into this Territory any domestic animal or animals affected with any contagious or infectious disease, or any animal or animals which have been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 12. Except as otherwise provided in this act, any person, persons, firm, corporation, owner, or agent who shall violate, disregard, or evade, or attempt to violate, disregard, or evade any of the provisions of this act, or who shall violate, disregard, or evade, or attempt to violate, disregard, or evade any of the rules, regulations, orders, or directions of the said board establishing and governing quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and any person, persons, firm, corporation, owner, or agent who violates any of the provisions of this or of Sections 3, 5, 8, or 11 of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not lees than $50 nor more than $300 and shall be liable for any damages that may be sustained by reason of their failure to comply with the provisions of the said sections. ******* REGULATIONS. Paragraphs 1, 2, and 4 of the regulations issued by the Live Stock Sanitary Board on May 1, 1900, are applicable to tuberculosis as one of the contagious diseases, and they are given herewith: First. All persons desirous of shipping or driving live stock of any class into or through the Territory of Arizona should secure a certificate of health for the 12 BUEEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. same from the State or county veterinarian where they originate, declaring that said animals are free irom all contagious and infectious diseases, and a copy of said health certificate should be sent to the Secretary of the Board or Territorial Veterinarian as early as possible. Second. It shall be the duty of all transportation companies before entering the Territory with any live stock to inform the Sanitary Board, through its Secretary or Territorial Veterinarian at Phoenix, stating: (a) Name of the shipper. (&) Place from which the stock originated, (c) Destination of stock, (d) Whether or not shipment is accompanied by certificate •of health, and, if so, by whom signed. Should they originate in a healthy district, they will be admitted if accompanied t>y proper health certificate (according to Rule 1). Should the stock originate in an infected district which would render them liable to communicate an infectious or contagious disease, the Territorial Veterinarian shall place them in quarantine until all danger of infection is passed. Fourth. When application is made for the admission of live stock into the Ter- ritory of Arizona, not accompanied by proper health certificate, the Territorial Veterinarian may inspect said stock at point of entry into the Territory of Arizona before issuing such permit, and the owner of said stock shall pay the Territorial Veterinarian his legal mileage and per diem while making such inspection. ARKANSAS. There is no law relative to bovine tuberculosis in Arkansas. CALIFORNIA. California has a general law against contagious or infectious dis- eases of domestic animals which in a general sense includes tuber- culosis. This law provides that the owners of diseased animals shall keep them isolated from other animals of the same species and shall not drive them upon a public highway or onto a range where they will come in contact with, other animals of like species not so affected. LAW. AN ACT to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals. (Approved March 23, 1893.) The people of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do •enact as follows: Section 1. Any person or persons, company, or corporation, owning or having possession or control of any animal affected by any contagious or infectious dis- ease, who shall fail to keep the same within an inclosure, or herd the same in some place where they will be secure from contact with other animals of like kind not so affected, or who shall suffer such infected animals to be driven on the public highway or to range where they will be likely to come in contact with other ani- mals not so affected, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, pun- ished by a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. Sec. 2. Th:s act shall take effect immediately. COLORADO. Colorado has no law relative to bovine tuberculosis. LEGISLATION EELATIVE TO TUBEECULOSIS. 13 CXXNTSTECTICITT. Dr. C. A. Lindsley, Secretary of the Connecticut State Board of Health, says: "There were a number of laws relating to tuberculosis in cattle. In 1895 some additional legislation was enacted which was somewhat in advance of public sentiment, and in 1897 every law on the subject was repealed excepting one forbidding the sale of milk from any cows that were known to be tuberculous. " The section (General Statutes, 1888) not repealed is as follows : Sec. 2664. Any person who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale milk, or any product of milk, from any cow which shall have been adjudged by the Com- mission upon Diseases of Domestic Animals affected with tuberculosis or other blood disease, shall be fined not more than §7 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. DELAWARE. No special law relating to bovine tuberculosis is on the statutes of Delaware; the disease is embraced in the general act of May 4, 1893, providing for the eradication of infectious and contagious diseases among domestic animals. The Governor of the State is authorized to issue a proclamation, when necessary, stating that an infectious or contagious disease exists in the State, naming the locality, and warning all persons to seclude their animals of the kind diseased and to take the necessary precau- tions to prevent the spread of the disease. Animals coming into the State may be detained for inspection and examination. The Governor may prescribe regulations for the destruction of animals affected with a contagious or infectious disease; no animal shall be destroyed, however, until examined by a veteri- narian in the employ of the Governor. No provision is made for indemnifying the owners of animals killed on account of being diseased. LAW. (Chapter 639, Vol. 19, Laws of Delaware.) AN" ACT for the eradication of infectious and contagious diseases among the 1 >wer animals. (Passed at Dover, May 4, 1893.) Section 1. That in order to protect the lives and property of citizens of Dela- ware when threatened by epidemics of contagious and infectious diseases among the lower animals, authority is hereby vested in the Governor of this State to issue his proclamation stating that an infectious or contagious disease exists in any county or geographical district of the State, and warning all persons to seclude, in the premises where they may be at the time, all animals within the quarantined district that are of a kind susceptible to contract the disease in question, and ordering all persons to take such precautions against the spread of such disease as the nature thereof may in his judgment render necessary or expedient. Sec. 2. To call upon all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to carry out and enforce the provisions of such proclamations, orders, and regulations; and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to obey and observe all orders and instruc- tions which they may receive from the Governor in the premises. 14 BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Sec. 3. To employ such and so many medical and veterinary practitioners and such other persons as he may from time to time deem necessary to assist in per- forming his duties, as set forth in the first section of this act, and to fix their com- pensation. Sec. 4. To order all or any animals coming into the State to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination. Sec. 5. To prescribe regulations for the destruction of animals affected wi h infectious or contagious disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and •carcasses, and of all objects which might convey infection or contagion: Provided, That no animal shall be destroyed until first examined by a medical or veterinary practitioner in the employ of the Governor as aforesaid. Sec. 6. To prescribe regulations for the disinfection of all premises, buildings, boats, and railway cars, and of all objects from or by which infection or contagion may take place or be conveyed. Sec. 7. To take such action in regard to exposed carcasses, bones, etc., and to graves of lower animals known to have died from diseases directly communicable in a fatal form to man as he, after consultation with well-informed persons, may deem to be expedient. Sec. 8. To alter and modify, from time to time, as he may deem expedient, the terms of all such proclamations, orders, and regulations, and to cancel and with- draw the same at any time. Sec. 9. For the purpose of defraying the expenses involved in carrying out the provisions of this act an annual appropriation, not to exceed $500, or so much thereof as occasion may require, is hereby made from the funds of this State. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The eighth section of the act creating the Bureau of Animal Industry requires the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to take meas- ures for the prompt suppression of all contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases affecting domestic animals and to prescribe regulations to prevent infection and contagion. Owners of animals affected with or supposed to be affected with any such disease are required to isolate them and forthwith report the facts to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and to follow such directions as said chief may prescribe. All veterinary surgeons of the District and all members of the police force are required to inquire into and report upon known or suspected cases of such diseases. The Chief of the Bureau only has authority to order the killing of any animal affected with a contagious or infectious disease; he also has power to quarantine premises. LAW. REGULATION for the suppression and prevention of contagious, infectious, and communi- cable diseases affecting domestic animals in the District of Columbia. Office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Washington, August 21, 1888. Whereas the eighth section of the 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 the means for the suppression and LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 15 extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contag'ous diseases among domestic animals," authorizes and requires the Commissioners to take measures for the prompt suppression of all contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases affecting domestic animals in the District of Columbia, to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent infection and contagion, as provided in said section, do ordain, declare, and pub- lish the following: Ordered, That all persons having the care or custody of any domestic animal in the District of Columbia affected or supposed to be affected with any infeitious, contagious, or communicable disease shall isolate and forthwith report the same to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, or to some officer in said Bureau in said District, designating the place where the same may be found, and shall place the same at his disposal and observe and fol- low such directions as such chief or officer shall prescribe in such case. 2. That it is hereby made the duty of all veterinary surgeons in said District and sanitary inspectors of the health department of the District, and of every member of the Metropolitan police force, to inquire and report upon all known or suspected cases re erred to in Section 1 of this order. 3. That if any person or persons having the care or custody of any domestic animal in said District, affected or supposed to be affected as aforesaid, shall secrete or conceal the same, or use any device to conceal the same, or mislead the persons or officers who are charged with any duty with reference to such domestic animals, and all persons aiding therein, shall each suffer the penalty hereinafter described. 4. That the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry only may cause the death of any so diseased, or supposed to be diseased, animal in said District upon order, oral or written, from him for the death of such animal, and shall also prescribe the mode and place of such death, which shall be strictly pursued in the destruc- tion of said animal, and the bodies of such animals so killed shall be removed by the health officer of the District upon notice from said chief. 5. That every person who shall violate any of the provisions of this regulation shall be fined in any sum not less than $10 nor more than $25 for each offense, to be enforced in the police court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District on information, etc. The Commissioners having learned that a dangerous communicable disease pre- vails among domestic animals in the vicinity of the district which by contagion or transportation may affect the general health and safety, the Commissioners, in pursuance of the provisions of Section 8 of the act approved May 29, 1884, order the following measures for the prompt suppression of the same: 1. Upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized and empowered to act as veterinarian for the District of Columbia for the purposes named in the act above quoted. 2. So much of the rules and regulations prepared by the Commissioner of Agri- culture in accordance with the requirements of the act aforesaid, and published under date of April 15, 1887, as are applicable to the District of Columbia are hereby approved and adopted by the Commissioners as regulations for the District: Provided, That wherever said regulations require report and action by the Com- missioner of Agriculture, the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, acting as veterinarian for the District, shall submit the requisite reports and recommenda- tions for the consideration of and action by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 3. The legally appointed agents and inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Indus- try are hereby empowered, under the direction of the Chief of the Bureau, to dis- charge corresponding duties for the District of Columbia, and all citizens of the 16 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. District are hereby directed and required to recognize and respect the said Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry and his duly appointed agents as lawful officers of the District. 4. The said Chief of the Bureau and his agents are authorized to inspect any premises in the District of Columbia where it is believed there exists any conta- gious, infectious, or communicable disease among any domestic animals, and if found needful to order the temporary quarantine of said animals, to cause prem- ises to be disinfected, and if necessary to condemn the animals to be killed in order to prevent the spread of the disease. 5. The proceedings for the appraisal of the value of animals condemned to be killed shall be under the provisions of Section 8 of the regulations. 6. The Chief of the Bureau aforesaid, acting as veterinarian for the District, shall make to the C mimissioners monthly reports of all matters relating to the subject of this order within the District of Columbia, and in addition thereto special reports and recommendations as often as shall be needful for the informa- tion of the Commissioners to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of the law. FLORIDA. Florida has no law relative to bovine tuberculosis. GEORGIA. Georgia has no law relating to bovine tuberculosis. IDAHO. Idaho has no legislation with reference to bovine tuberculosis. ILLINOIS. The law provides for the appointment hy the Governor of three practical stock breeders, who shall constitute a Board of Live Stock Commissioners. The duties of said board shall be to investigate all cases of conta- gious or infectious diseases coming to their knowledge and, so far as possible, to prevent their spread and provide for their extirpation. Owners of animals so diseased must notify the board, and the board may quarantine. The board has power to slaughter diseased or exposed animals ; to destroy or quarantine all barns, stables, premises, fixtures, etc. ; to allow indemnity for slaughtered animals upon agreement or appraise- ment. Claims for indemnity for animals slaughtered are made to the board, who shall determine the amount of indemnity, the maximum payment not to exceed $75 for bovine species. The Governor shall appoint a State Veterinarian, who shall operate under the direction of the board, and who may appoint assistants. He may also issue proclamation prohibiting entry into the State of diseased animals, except under prescribed regulations, and transpor- LEGISLATION EELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 17 tation corporations which violate such regulations are subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each offense. No person knowing of the existence of contagious or infectious disease among his animals shall conceal such fact; he shall not sell such diseased or exposed animals or remove them from his premises except by order of the board; he shall not import any such animals from another State, or in any way engage in traffic of such animals. The penalty for such violation of these provisions is not less than $25 nor more than $200, and imprisonment in county jail until fine and costs are paid for each offense ; and he forfeits all right to indemnity. The sum of $20,000 is appropriated to pay for property destroyed and for disinfection, and $5,000 for tuberculin tests and for indem- nity for animals responding to the tuberculin test. LAWS. AN ACT to Revise the law in relation to the suppression and prevention of the spread of contagious and infections diseases among domestic animals, approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by an act approved and in force April 20, 1887, and an act approved June 15, 1887, in force July 1, 1887. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1. That the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three practical stock breeders, not more than two of whom shall be mem- bers of the same political party, who shall constitute a Board of Live Stock Com- missioners, who shall hold their office in the order in which they are named, the first for one year, the second for two years, and the third for three years; and their successors in office shall be appointed for three years each. Before entering on the duties of their office they shall take and subscribe to an oath of office for the faith- ful performance of their duties as such commissioners, and shall file the same with the Governor. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said Board of Commissioners to cause to be inves- tigated any and all cases, or alleged cases, coming to their knowledge of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals, and to use all proper means to prevent the spread of such diseases and to provide for the extirpation thereof; and in the event of reasonable ground for belief that any such contagious or infectious disease has broken out in this State, it shall be the duty of the person owning or haVing in charge any animal or animals infected with disease, or any other person having knowledge or reason to suspect the existence of such disease, to immedi- ately notify said Board of Commissioners, or some member thereof, by communi- cation to said board, of the existence of such disease; and thereupon it shall be the duty of said board, or some member thereof, or authorized agent of the board, immediately to cause proper examination thereof to be made, and if said disease shall be found to be a dangerously contagious or dangerously infectious malady, said board or any member thereof, or the State Veterinarian or any Assistant Veterinarian, shall order said diseased animals, and such as have been exposed to contagion, and the premises in which they are, to be strictly quarantined for such time as the board, or any member thereof, or such veterinarian may deem neces- sary, in charge of such person as the board, or any member thereof, or such veter- inarian, shall designate, and they shall have power to order any premises and farms where the disease exists, or has recently existed, as well as exposed premises and farms, to be put in quarantine, so that no domestic animal which has been or 17022— No. 28—01 2 18 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. is so diseased, or has been exposed to such contagious or infectious disease, be removed from the places so quarantined, nor allow any healthy animal to be brought therein, except under such rule or regulation as the said board may pre- scribe; and said board shall prescribe such regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent such disease from being communicated in any way from places quar- antined. In all such cases of contagious and infectious disease, the said board, or, in case the number of animals shall not exceed five, any member thereof, shall have power to order the slaughter of all such diseased and exposed animals. The said board shall have power to cause to be destroyed all barns, stables, prem- ises, fixtures, furniture, and personal property infected with any such contagious or infectious disease, so far as in their judgment may be necessary to prevent the spread of such disease, and where the same can not be properly disinfected. When the board, upon the written report of the State Veterinarian, or any of his assist- ants, determine that any animal is affected with, or has been exposed to, any dangerously contagious or infectious disease, the board, or any member thereof, may agree with the owner upon the value of such animal or property, and in case such agreement can not be made, said board, or the member acting in behalf of the board, may appoint three disinterested citizens of the State to appraise such diseased animal or exposed animals or property. Such appraisers shall subscribe to an oath in writing to fairly value such animal in accordance with the require- ments of the act, which oath, together with the valuation fixed by said appraisers, shall be filed with the board and be preserved by them. Upon such appraisement being made, it shall become the duty of the owner to immediately destroy such animal and dispose of the same in accordance with the order of said board, or member thereof, and upon failure so to do said board, or any member thereof, shall cause such animal or animals or property to be destroyed and disposed of, and thereupon the said owner shall forfeit all right to receive the compensation allowed by said appraisers and provided for by this act. When the board, upon the written opinion of the State Veterinarian, determines that any barns, stables, outbuildings, or premises are so infected that the same can not be disinfected, they may quarantine such barns, stables, outbuildings or premises from use for the ani- mals that may be infected by such use, and such quarantine shall continue until removed by the board, and a violation of such quarantine shall be punished as is provided for violations of other quarantine by this act. Sec. 3. The Governor shall appoint a competent veterinary surgeon, who shall be known as the State Veterinarian, who, together with his assistants, shall act under the direction of said board in carrying out the provisions of this act. In the event of the inability of the said State Veterinarian to perform all the work which he may be directed to do by the said Board of Commissioners, he may, by and with the advice and consent of said board, appoint such other necessary assistant veterinarians upon terms not exceeding that paid the State Veterinarian. The State Veterinarian shall receive for his services the sum of $8 per day, for each day actually employed under the provisions of this act, together with his neces- sary expenses, to be certified to by said Board of Commissioners. Sec. 4. Whenever said Board of Commissioners shall report to tbe Governor that such diseases have become epidemic in certain localities in other States, or that their condition would render such domestic animals liable to convey such disease, he may, by proclamation, schedule such localities, and prohibit the impor- tation of any live stock of the kind diseased into the State, except under such regu- lations as maybe prescribed by the said board and approved by the Governor. Any corporation which shall knowingly transport, receive, or convey prohibited stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 for each and every offense, and shall become liable for any and all damage or loss that may be sustained by any party or parties by reason of such importation or transportation of such prohibited LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 19 stock. Such penalty shall be recovered, in any county in this State into or through which stock is brought, upon information filed in the circuit or county court of any such county, or of the Superior court of Cook County. Any person who, knowing that any contagious or infectious disease exists among his domestic animals, shall conceal such fact, or knowing of the existence of such disease shall sell the animal or animals so diseased, or any exposed animal, or knowing the same, shall remove such diseased or infected animals from his premises to the premises of another, or knowing of the existence of such disease or exposure, shall drive or lead or ship the same by any car or steamboat to any other place in or out of this State, and any person or persons who shall bring any such diseased, or knowingly, shall bring any such exposed animal or animals into this State from another State, and any person or persons who shall knowingly, buy, receive, s^ll, convey, or engage in the traffic of such diseased or exposed stock, and any person who shall violate any quarantine regulations established under the provisions of this act, shall, for each, either, any, and all acts above mentioned in this section be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, or of any said acts, shall be fined in any sum not less than $35 nor more than 8200, and imprisonment in the county jail until the fine and costs are paid, and shall forfeit all right to the com- pensation for any animal or property destroyed under the provisions of this act. A113 7 veterinary practitioner having information of any contagious or infectious disease in this State, and who shall fail to promptly report such knowledge to the Board of Live Stock Commissioners, shall be fined not exceeding $500, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year for each offense. Sec. 5. Whenever said board shall become satisfied that any dangerously con- tagious or infectious disease among domestic animals exists throughout any munic- ipality or geographical district within this State, and, in their judgment, it is necessary to quarantine such municipality or geographical district in order to pre- vent the spread of snch disease into contiguous territory, they shall report the same to the Governor, who may thereupon by proclamation schedule and quaran- tine such district, prohibiting all domestic animals of the kind diseased within such district from being removed from one premises to another or over any public highway or any unfenced lot or piece of ground, or from being brought into or taken from such infected district, except upon obtaining a special permit, signed by the Board of Live Stock Commissioners, or members thereof, or agents or oM- cer of the board duly authorized by it to issue such permits; and such proclama- tion shall from the time of its publication bind all persons. After the publication of aforesaid proclamation, it shall be the duty of every person who owns or is in charge of animals of the kind diseased within the scheduled district to report to said board within one week the number and description of such animals, location, and the name and address of the owner, and during the continuance of such quar- antine to report to said board all cases of sickness, deaths, or births among such animals. It shall also be the duty of any and all persons within the scheduled district receiving and purchasing cattle for slaughter to delay the killing of such animals until a veterinary surgeon with authority from said board is present to make a postmortem examination of the carcasses. Any violation of the aforesaid quarantine regulations and duties-shall be visited with like penalties, which may be recovered in like manner as is provided for the violation of other quarantine as provided in Section 4 of this act: Provided, That nothing contained in this sec- tion shail be so construed as to prevent the movement of any animals of the kind diseased through such territory under such regulations as the Board of Live Stock Commissioners may prescribe, and the Governor approve: And provided further. That all cattle within the scheduled district slaughtered by order of the board shall not be taken from said district for slaughter. Sec. 6. Nothing contained in this act. or any section thereof, shall be interpreted so as to prevent the removal or shipment of diseased or exposed animals, under the 20 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. orders of the board created by this act, from one place to another by said board or its agents, by driving along the public highway or shipment on cars or steamboats, when, in the opinion of said board, such removal is necessary for the suppression of such contagious or infectious disease. Sec. 7. Whenever quarantine is established in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this act, valid notice of the same may be given by leaving with the owner or occupant of any premises in person, or delivering to any member of his family, or any employee over the age of 10 years found on the premises so quaran- tined, notice thereof , written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, and, at the same time, explaining the contents thereof. Such quarantine shall be suf- ficiently proven in any court by the production of a true copy of such notice of quarantine, with a return thereon of the service of the same in the manner above required. Any person violating said quarantine shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as is provided in Section 4 of this act, and on conviction shall be liable for all damage that may result to other persons in consequence of such violation: Provided, That anyone feeling himself aggrieved by such quarantine may appeal to the full Board of Commissioners, who shall thereupon sustain, modify, or annul said quarantine as they deem proper. Sec. 8. All fines recovered under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the suit is tried by the person collecting the same in the manner now provided by law, to be used for county purposes; and it shall be the duty of State's attorneys in their respective counties to prosecute for all violations of this act. Sec. 9. All claims against the State arising from the slaughter of animals, as herein provided for, shall be made to said Board of Commissioners, under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe, and it shall be the duty of said Board of Commissioners to determine the amount which shall be paid in each case on account of animals so slaughtered, which, in case of animals of the bovine species, shall be based on the fair cash market value thereof for beef, or for use for dairy purposes, not to exceed $75 per head, and, in cases of animals of the equine species, on their fair cash market value, not to exceed $100 per head, and report the same to the Governor; and the Governor shall indorse thereon his order to the State Auditor, who shall thereupon issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for the same. Sec. 10. Said Board of Commissioners, or any member thereof, and the State Veterinarian and his assistants, in the performance of their duties under this act, shall have power to call on sheriffs and their deputies, constables, and peace offi- cers, mayors of cities, city and town marshals and policemen to assist them in carrying out its provisions, and it is hereby made the duty of all such officers to assist in carrying out the provisions of this act when ordered so to do; and said Commissioners and the State Veterinarian and his assistants shall have, while engaged in carrying out the provisions of this act. the same power and protection that other peace officers have, and any such officer who fails or refuses to enforce the lawful orders and quarantine of said board, or any member thereof, or any veterinarian acting under them, in the proper execution of the powers conferred by this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in Section 4 of this act. Sec. 11. The said board shall cooperate with any commissioner or other officer appointed by the United States for the suppression of contagious diseases among domestic animals, so far as the provisions of this act and the appropriations made in accordance therewith will allow, in suppressing and preventing the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in this State. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Commissioners to keep a record of all their acts and proceedings and report the same to the Governor annually, or oftener if required, for publication. The annual report shall include an item- LEGISLATION EELATIVE TO TUBERCULOSIS. 21 ized statement of all sums expended by them under this act, including a statement of all damages recommended by them to be paid for all animals slaughtered, and the amounts paid therefor. Sec. 13. The members of said