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 Live Stock Sanitary Laws 
 
 and 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 of the 
 
 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 Laws Regulating the Practice of Veterinary Medicine 
 
 MARYLAND 
 1918 
 
MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 S. M. Shoemaker, Chairman... Eccleston, Baltimore Co., Md. 
 
 Robert Grain La Plata, Charles Co., Md. 
 
 John M. Dennis, Treasurer. . Riderwood, Baltimore Co., Md. 
 Dr. Frank J. Goodnow. . . ...Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Carl R. Gray Baltimore, Md. 
 
 A. W. Sisk Preston, Caroline Co., Md. 
 
 Dr. W. W. Skinner, Secretary. Kensington, Montg'y Co., Md. 
 
 B. John Black Roslyn, Baltimore Co., Md. 
 
 Henry Holzapfel. Hagerstown, Wash. Co., Md. 
 
 Dr. A. F. Woods, Executive Officer, College Park, Md. 
 
 
£ 
 
 
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 LIVE STOCK SANITARY SECTION OF THE 
 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 OFFICIALS 
 
 Raymond C. Reed, Ph. B., D. V. M. 5 
 
 Chief, Animal Industry. 
 •James B. George Secretary. 
 
 Daniel R, Hoffman, D. V. S., 
 
 Veterinarian in Charge of Field Work. 
 
ARTICLE 58, THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY- 
 LAND, AS RE-ENACTED AND AMENDED. 
 
 1. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby abolished, Abolighing 
 and all duties and powers heretofore devolved upon the Live Live stock 
 Stock Sanitary Board are hereby transferred to the State Board Board. 
 
 of Agriculture, together with such additional duties and powers 
 as stated in this Act. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture, 
 as far as possible, to protect the health of the domestic animals 
 
 of the State from all exotic, contagious or infectious diseases, Quarantine, 
 and glanders in horses, and for this purpose it is authorized 
 and empowered to establish, maintain and enforce such quar- 
 antine, sanitary or other regulations as it may deem necessary ; 
 it shall constitute and prosecute diligent inquiries in the several 
 counties and ascertain as far as. possible the exact condition of 
 the health of the live stock in said counties, and the local boards Lo ^ 1 a ^ 6 g al ^ all 
 of health of the several counties shall investigate all reported }J XYes }}^ t % 
 
 .». ,. /• t 1- -i • Reported Cases 
 
 cases of contagious or infectious diseases of live stock m their of Contagious 
 
 .. -. .j, ~ 1,1 • • '(•" .■ or Infectious 
 
 respective counties, and if found to< be contagious or miectio/us Diseases, 
 shall report the same at once to the State Board of Agriculture, 
 and such Board shall have the power to prevent the introduc- 
 tion into this State of- animals from other states which they may 
 have reason to believe are affected with a contagious or infec- 
 tious disease, or have been exposed thereto, and to detain the 
 same at any place for inspection or quarantine in its discretion. 
 
 3. Upon presentation to the Governor by the State Board 
 of Agriculture of the facts, showing the existence- of any con- 
 tagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of any 
 
 other State, Territory or District, the Governor may, by proela- Governor May 
 mation, declare such State, Territory or District, or any part Quarantine, 
 thereof, in quarantine; and during the pendency of such quar- 
 antine it shall not be lawful for any person, company or corpora- 
 tion to bring into* the State of Maryland any animals or animal 
 of the kind so infected from the district so quarantined; and 
 any person, company or corporation, whether owner, agent or 
 carrier, convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section, 
 shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, 
 nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. 
 
Members 
 of Board 
 to Be Paid 
 Necessary 
 Expenses. 
 
 Duties of 
 Sheriffs, 
 Constables, 
 Policemen 
 and Other 
 Officers. 
 
 4. Each member of said Board shall be paid his necessary 
 expenses while in the discharge of his duties, 
 
 5. The State Board of Agriculture shall, through its duly 
 authorized or appointed officers or agents, visit the stables of 
 the city and counties wherever and whenever it has reason to 
 believe contagious or infectious diseases may exist; ami it 
 may have its officer or agent visit any such stable at any hour, 
 and said officer or agent shall have power to order all animals 
 which have been exposed to such contagion or infection to be 
 isolated in such manner as the nature thereof may in his judg- 
 ment render necessary to prevent the spreading of such disease ; 
 to order that any premises, farm or farms, stables or railway 
 cars, where such disease exists, or has existed, be put in quar- 
 antine, so that no domestic animals of the same species shall be 
 removed from or brought to the premises or place so quarantined 
 until the same shall have been properly disinfected ; to prescribe 
 such regulations as he may judge necessary or expedient to pre- 
 vent infection or contagion being communicated in any way 
 from the places so quarantined; to call upon all sheriffs and 
 deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or other officers of the 
 State, the City of Baltimore, or of any county, for information 
 and assistance to carry out and enforce the provisions of such 
 orders and regulations ; to prescribe regulations for the destruc- 
 tion of animals affected with or exposed to an infectious or con- 
 tagious disease, and for the proper destruction of their hides 
 and carcasses, and all objects which might carry infection or 
 contagion; to prescribe regulations for the disinfection of all 
 buildings, premises and railway cars, and of all objects from 
 which, or by which infection or contagion might take place, or 
 be conveyed ; to alter and modify from time to time, as he may 
 deem expedient, the terms of all such orders and regulations, 
 and to cancel or withdraw the same at any time; and it shall 
 be the duty of all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, police- 
 men or other officers of the State, City of Baltimore, or coun- 
 ties, to obey and observe all orders and instructions which they 
 may receive from said State Board of Agriculture or its duly 
 authorized officers or agents in the enforcement of the provisions 
 of this Act within their respective jurisdiction. 
 
 6. Any person who shall violate or transgress the terms or 
 requirements of any order or regulation issued and prescribed 
 by the said State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized 
 officer under the authority of this Article, or shall refuse to 
 
said officer or his assistants access to his premises, farms, stables, Penalty for 
 cars, sheds or pens, or shall resist said officer of the State Board Access to* 
 of Agriculture or his assistants in applying any of the quaran- Premises - 
 tine orders or regulations or shall conceal the fact that con- 
 tagious or infectious disease exists on his premises, shall be 
 subject to a fine of not more than one hundred nor less than 
 fifty dollars, which fine may be imposed by any station house 
 Justice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore 1 , or any Justice 
 of any county where such offense may be committed. 
 
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 7. It shall be the duty of (all persons practicing veterinary 
 medicine in this State to report immediately to said Board all 
 cases of contagious or infectious diseases among live stock which 
 may come to their knowledge) every practitioner of veterinary 
 medicine in Maryland," immediately upon receiving informa- 
 tion thereof, to report to the State Board of Agriculture each 
 case of any of the following diseases, namely : glanders, anthrax, 
 blackleg or black quarter; contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or lung Duties of 
 plague of cattle; rinder pest or cattle plague; hemorrhagic sep- ^ e Report ians 
 ticemia ; foot and mouth disease, or aphthous fever of cattle ; £ as( i s °. f 
 
 c m p i p Contagious or 
 
 southern cattle fever or lexas fever; sheep scab, mange of infectious 
 cattle or horses; hog cholera, or swine plague; fowl cholera; 
 rabies or hydrophobia; maladie du coit, or dourine of horses; 
 advanced or generalized tuberculosis or tuberculosis of the 
 udder ; or any other disease now or hereafter proclaimed by the 
 State Board of Agriculture to be of a transmissible character, 
 or any domestic animal reacting to tuberculin or mallein test. 
 This report shall be in writing, and shall include a description 
 of each animal affected, with the name and exact address of the 
 owner or person in charge of the animal, if known, and the 
 exact locality of the animal, and the number of susceptible 
 domestic animals that have been exposed to the disease ; and a 
 failure to so report for forty-eight hours after they shall come Pen ,^ r l°* 
 into such knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, upon Report 
 conviction thereof, they shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars infectious 
 
 p i rp Diseases. 
 
 for each offense. 
 
 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to inoculate any 
 animal in this State with the virus of any infectious or con- 
 tagious disease incident to animals without the consent in writ- To Regulate 
 ing of the said State Board of Agriculture, and that any person inoculation 
 convicted of this offense shall be fined a sum not less than one 
 
 or more than five" hundred dollars, in the discretion of the 
 Court. 
 
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 Pay of Sheriffs 9. J\> r the performance of the duties imposed upon them, by 
 
 and Constables ^ . -r r ./ 
 
 tins Article, all constables, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other 
 State officers shall be paid as for the performance of similar 
 duties under existing laws. 
 
 Duty of state's 10- It shall be the duty of all State's Attorneys to prose- 
 Attorneys. cute a ]| p ersons accused of violating the provisions of this Arti- 
 cle, and to defend in all cases of appeals from appraisements. 
 
 Regulations 
 of Board to 
 Have Force 
 and Effect 
 of Laws. 
 
 Appraisements 
 Shall Be 
 Approved by 
 Board. 
 
 11. All rules and regulations formulated and issued by said 
 Board in pursuance of the powers hereby conferred upon it, 
 shall have the force and effect of laws, and all violations of such 
 rules and regulations shall be punished as misdemeanors are 
 punished at common law. And all appraisements of animals 
 to be slaughtered and of buildings to be destroyed shall be ap- 
 proved by said Board before such animals are slaughtered or 
 such buildings destroyed, and said Board shall have the discre- 
 tion k> have such animals slaughtered or. quarantined. 
 
 Penalty for 
 Disposing of 
 Diseased 
 Animals. 
 
 12. Any person who shall sell or otherwise dispose of an 
 animal which he knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected 
 with any contagious or infectious disease, or has been exposed 
 thereto within ninety days, or shall permit the same to pass 
 over or upon any public highway, street, lane or alley, or to 
 graze any unfenced lot or piece of ground without the consent 
 of the said Board, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not 
 less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for 
 each animal so driven or exposed ; such fine may be imposed by 
 any station house Justice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore, 
 or any Justice of any county where the offense shall be com- 
 mitted. 
 
 Penalty for l^. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully expose 
 
 Exposing any animal to others affected with a contagious or infectious 
 
 Healthy • „, -. , °. . •, 
 
 Animals to disease, or tc put or suffer to be put any healthy or unexposed 
 
 Affected with animal of the same species into any stable, or on any premises 
 
 infeSu's 8 ° r which have been declared to be infected, until the same shall 
 
 Diseases. have k e ; en declared to be free from such infection by the said 
 
 State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized officers or 
 
 agents ; any person convicted of violating any of the provisions 
 
 of this section slia'l be subject to a fine of not less than one nor 
 
 more than five hundred dollars for each offense ; and the animal 
 
 or animals so introduced into such infected Stables or premises, 
 
 shall be slaughtered by" said State Board of Agriculture or its 
 
duly authorized officers or agents without appraisement or com- 
 pensation from the State. 
 
 14. In the event of any building or buildings, sheds, stables, Appraisal of 
 stable furniture, hay, straw or fodder or feed being reported to Destroyed.* be 
 the said Board by its officers as being incapable of proper dis- 
 infection, the said Board may, in its discretion, have such build- 
 ings or articles so infected appraised, as hereinafter provided 
 
 for the appraisement of animals, and destroyed. 
 
 15. In the event of its being deemed necessary for the said 
 Board to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease, 
 to cause any animal or animals so diseased, or exposed to such 
 disease to be slaughtered, the value of such animal or animals 
 shall be appraised under such rules and regulations as may be 
 prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, by two sworn 
 appraisers, to be swom before any officer authorized to admin- 
 ister oaths and affirmations, one of which appraisers to be ap- 
 pointed by the owner or custodian of such animals, the other 
 by the said Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized repre- 
 sentative, or in case the said owner or custodian of such ani- 
 mals shall neglect or refuse to name such appraiser, then by Appraisal of 
 two appraisers to be appointed by said Board of Agriculture or Animals, 
 its duly authorized representative, who in case of disagreement 
 
 shall call in _a third ; but in no event shall the appraisement, 
 together with the estimated value of the carcass, hide and offal 
 exceed ninety per centum of the fair market value of the ani- 
 mal or animals, or a total of five hundred dollars for any one 
 animal ; and which said appraisement when approved by said 
 Board of Agriculture shall be filed with the Comptroller; and 
 the Comptroller shall forthwith issue his warrant to the Treas- 
 urer for the amount of said appraisement, in favor of the said 
 owner or owners; and if the owner or owners of such animals 
 or buildings or other property shall not be satisfied with the 
 amount of said appraisement, he may, within sixty days, appeal 
 to the Circuit Court of the County, or to the Baltimore City 
 Court, if such animals or buildings are within the City of Bal- 
 timore, by filing in said Court a copy of the appraisement with 
 a petition for a writ of subpoena against the officer representing 
 the said State Board of Agriculture, and said appeals shall be 
 acted upon by said Court in the' same manner as appeals from 
 Justices of the Peace. 
 
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 Empowering 
 Board to 
 Co-operate 
 with U. S. 
 Department of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 16. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized 
 and empowered to agree with the Bureau of Animal Industry 
 of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, or other 
 properly constituted authority of the United States, for co- 
 operation in the work of eradicating any contagious or infec- 
 tious disease among live stock, in the State of Maryland, but 
 such agreement shall provide that such work shall be under the 
 control of the State authorities. 
 
 Empowering 
 Board to 
 Employ 
 Assistants 
 to Control 
 Epidemics. 
 
 17. In the event of an epidemic of contagious or infectious 
 disease among the live stock of this State, it shall be the duty 
 of the said Board to appoint such assistants as may be necessary 
 to promptly suppress the same and to fix their pay. 
 
 Disposal of 
 Carcasses of 
 Diseased 
 Animals. 
 
 Penalty for 
 Corruptly 
 Passing as 
 Healthy any 
 
 18. When any animal is slaughtered under the provisions 
 of this Article, the owner, subject to such regulations as may 
 be prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, may dispose 
 of the whole or any part of the carcass, and of the hides and 
 offal, in such manner as may not tend to spread disease or 
 affect the health of the public; any inspector who shall cor- 
 ruptly pass as healthy a diseased animal, or pass as healthy any 
 animal or part of an animal contrary to the rules and regula- 
 
 Anhnti or Part tions prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, shall, upon 
 of carcass. conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. 
 
 19. All hogs and other domestic animals dying of any con- 
 tagious or infectious disease shall be buried at a depth of at 
 least three feet or be burned, at the discretion of the owner;, 
 and any person or persons permitting any dead hogs or any 
 other domestic animals, having died of any contagious or infec- 
 tious disease, to remain unburied upon his or their premises 
 for the space of three hours prior to sunset of said day after 
 he has discovered the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace, 
 shall be fined not less than ten dollars for each offense or im- 
 prisoned in the county jail for not less than ten days, or be 
 both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the justice. 
 
 Dairymen Must 20. It shall be the duty of all dairymen or herdsmen or in-. 
 with ^oSr of dividuals making a business of supplying milk to cities, towns 
 Agriculture. an( j villages or elsewhere, to register their herds or cattle with 
 the State Board of Agriculture, in violation of which the par- 
 ties offending shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more 
 than twenty for each offense. 
 
 Penalty for * 
 Allowing 
 Animals 
 Having Died 
 of Disease to 
 Remain 
 Unburied. 
 
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 21. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture T 
 
 , . , , . ^ n ■ i . Inspection of 
 
 to have inspected at least annually without notice to the owner Dairies, 
 or those in charge of any dairy, or the parties supplying the 
 milk as named in Section 20 the premises wherein cows are 
 kept, and if such premises are found in an unsanitary condi- 
 tion,- the said Board may prohibit the sale and shipment of 
 milk from such premises until such time as such premises shall 
 conform to the following sanitary rules : 
 
 Rule 1. No building or shed shall be used for stabling cows sanitary Rules 
 for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated, and for Dairies - 
 which is not provided with sufficient feed troughs or boxes, and 
 suitable floor, laid with proper grades and channels to imme- 
 diately carry off all drainage; and if a public sewer abuts the 
 premises upon which such building is situated, they shall be 
 connected therewith whenever the Inspector considers such sewer 
 connection necessary. 
 
 Rule 2. No water closet, privy, cesspool or urinal, inhab- 
 ited room or workshop shall be located within any building or 
 shed used for stabling cows for dairy purposes, or for the stor- 
 age of milk or cream; nor shall any fowl, hog, sheep or goat 
 be kept in any room used for such purposes. 
 
 Rule 3. It shall be the duty of each person using any prem- 
 ises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to keep such prem- 
 ises thoroughly clean and in good repairs and well painted or 
 whitewashed at all times. 
 
 Rule 4. It shall be the duty of each person using any prem- 
 ises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to cause the buildings 
 in which cows are kept to be thoroughly cleaned, and remove 
 all dung from the premises so as to' prevent its accumulation in 
 great quantities. 
 
 Rule 5. Any person using any premises for keeping cows 
 for dairy purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of 
 receptacles, made of nonabsorbent materials, for the reception, 
 storage and delivery of milk, and shall cause them at all times 
 to be cleaned and purified, and shall cause all milk to be re- 
 moved without delay from the rooms in which cows are kept. 
 
 Rule 6. Every person keeping cows for the production of 
 milk for sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every 
 
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 day, and to be properly fed and watered with an abundance of 
 pure, clean water. 
 
 Rule 7. Any enclosure where cows are kept shall be graded 
 and drained, so as to keep the surface reasonably dry ; no gar- 
 bage, fecal matter or similar matter shall be placed or allowed 
 to remain in such enclosure unless sufficient straw or similar 
 good absorbent material be used to keep the enclosure clean at 
 all times, and no open drain shall be allowed to run through it. 
 Any person who shall ship or sell milk contrary to the afore- 
 said order of said Board, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one 
 dollar nor more than twenty dollars for each day during which 
 shipments shall be made after notice of such order. 
 
 22. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby empowered 
 to appoint and employ such assistants and agents, and to pur- 
 chase such supplies and materials as may be necessary ; to con- 
 duct examinations into the condition and care of the live stock 
 
 Protection of of the State in its relation to the milk supply of cities, towns 
 df 1 citfe^anT and villages or elsewhere, as may seem necessary ; and to make 
 Towns. rules and regulations which shall have the effect of law for the 
 
 protection of such milk supplies in its relation to public health 
 and for the promotion of the dairy industry. The State Board 
 Eequire of Agriculture may require the grading of all milk or the pas- 
 
 teurization teurization of any or all milk to be sold or offered for sale in 
 cities, towns and villages or elsewhere, and 'make rules and reg- 
 ulations having the effect of law covering such grading or pas- 
 teurization. 
 
 Patrons of O n petition o'f twenty-five patrons of any dairy, creamery, or 
 
 Ma e y m petit S ion cooling station, the State Board of Agriculture, shall, through 
 
 for inspection, its duly authorized agent, make an inspection of such dairy, 
 
 creamery or cooling station, including the testing and weighing 
 
 of the milk or cream of each patron. 
 
 The State Board of Agriculture shall make such regulations 
 lD CTelm°e n ries. and inspections of dairies, creameries and cooling stations as 
 it may deem necessary, for the protection of the public health 
 and the promotion of the Dairy Industry. 
 
 23. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale as certified 
 milk or milk products, any milk or milk products that have not 
 been produced under such rules and regulations as are or may 
 
 of Milk. 
 
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 from time to time be approved by. the State Board of Agricul- Penalty for 
 ture ; and said Board shall make its rules and regulations for of Milk or 
 the production of said milk comply with all the rules and re- Mllk Product8, 
 quirements for the production of certified milk as may from 
 time to time be approved by the American Association of 
 Medical Milk Commissioners and the Certified Milk Producers 
 Association of America. Any person, firm or corporation fail- 
 ing to comply with any of the provisions of this section or of 
 Section 22 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars for each dav on which the offense was committed. 
 
 ' 24. The importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breed- Im ^[* ati °p of 
 ing purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, Breeding 
 excepting when such cows and neat cattle are accompanied by 
 a certificate from an inspector, whose competency and reliability 
 are certified to by the authorities charged with the control of 
 the diseases of domestic animals in the State from whence the 
 cattle came, certifying that they have been examined and sub- 
 jected to the tuberculin test and are free from disease, and 
 when said certification is satisfactory to the State Board of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 25. In lieu of an inspection certificate, as above required, 
 
 the cattle may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to the 
 
 State line on the railroad over which they are shipped, and importation 
 • c i of Cattle 
 
 then examined at the expense oi the owner; or cattle as above without 
 
 . . Health 
 
 specified from points outside the State, may, under such restric- certificate. 
 tions as may be provided by the State Board of Agriculture, be 
 shipped in quarantine to their destination in Maryland, there 
 to remain in quarantine until properly examined at the expense 
 of the owner, and released by the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 26. The State Board of Agriculture is herebv authorized Board Can. 
 
 ,.-,.,? . * - . i Prohibit 
 
 and empowered to prohibit the importation of domestic animals importation 
 into the State of Maryland whenever in their judgment such Anim°a™ es ' 
 measures may be necessary for the proper protection of the 
 health of the domestic animals of the State, and to make and 
 enforce rules and regulations governing such traffic as may 
 from time to time be required. 
 
 27. Any person, firm or corporate body violating the pro- 
 visions of Sections 24, 25 or 26, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall, in the proper Court 
 
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 Penalty for 
 Violation of 
 Provisions 
 of Sections 
 24, 25, 26. 
 
 of the County in which such cattle are sold, offered for sale, 
 delivered to a purchaser, or in which such cattle may be de- 
 tained in transit, for each offense forfeit and pay a fine of not 
 more than one hundred dollars, or be punished by imprison- 
 ment for not exceeding thirty days, either or both, at the dis- 
 cretion of the Court. Such person, firm or corporate body shall 
 be liable for the full amount of the damages that may result 
 from the violation of said sections. 
 
 Board charged 28. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby charged with 
 
 me'n't o^iec^ the enforcement of Sections 24, 25 and 26, and is authorized to 
 tions 24, 25, 26. see fa&t their provisions are obeyed and to make from time to 
 
 time such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper 
 
 for their enforcement. 
 
 Penalty fop 
 False Regis- 
 tration of 
 Animals. 
 
 2 8 A. Every person who, by any false pretense, shall obtain 
 from any club, association, society or company, for improving 
 the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic ani- 
 mals, the registration of any animal in the herd register, or 
 other register of any such club, association, society or company, 
 or a transfer of any such registration ; and every person who 
 shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal, upon con- 
 viction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county 
 jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceed- 
 ing one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprison- 
 ment. 
 
 Labeling of 
 Biological 
 Products. 
 
 29. All tuberculin, mallein, or other biological products 
 used for the testing or immunizing of animals sold, given 
 away or used within the State shall bear a label, stating the 
 name and address of the person, firm or institution making it, 
 and the date of its preparation. 
 
 Reports of 30. All persons selling or giving away any of the above 
 
 Products sold mentioned products shall rerJort monthly to the director of the 
 
 Awa^ lven State Laboratory for Biological Products the amount of each 
 
 Required. so ] c ] or gi ven away, the degree of strength of same, the name 
 
 and address of the person to whom sold or given, and the date 
 
 of delivery. Said report shall include the address of and be 
 
 signed by the person making the report. 
 
 Persons Procur- 31. Persons buying or procuring any of the above men- 
 Must Not use tioned products shall not use or dispose of the same until as- 
 lepo e rt U Has sured in writing by the person from whom the tuberculin is 
 
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 received that its delivery to said person has been reported to Been Made to 
 the director of the State Laboratory tor Biological Products, fcaV^JK?' 
 or unless they have themselves reported its receipt to the said tory ' 
 director, with information required to be furnished those who 
 distribute such products ; and such persons buying 1 or procuring 
 such products shall keep a correct record of the amount re- 
 ceived, the amount used and the amount on hand, and shall 
 report these facts whenever any of these products left on hand 
 are not deemed fit for use, or are not to be used, said person 
 shall forward the same to the director of the State Laboratory 
 for Biological Products, with a statement of where and when 
 procured, the amount procured at the time, the amount used 
 and his name and address. If the amount forwarded to the 
 director of the State Laboratory for Biological Products, and 
 the amount used, do not total the amount procured or pur- 
 chased, a satisfactory statement shall be made as to what be- 
 came of the remainder. 
 
 32. No person shall treat any animal with any material or Unlawful t0 
 substance nor in any manner for the purpose of preventing jf re |* e 4 1 n i t mals 
 normal reaction on the part of such animal to -the tuberculin, Normal 
 mallein or other test. No person shall knowingly sell or offer 
 for sale any animal that has reacted to the tuberculin, mallein 
 or other test, without giving information of such reaction to the 
 purchaser. No animal that has reacted to the tuberculin, mal- 
 lein or other test shall be sold or removed from the premises Not ?e Re- 
 
 ... . . p , moved With- 
 
 where the test was made without permission m writing from the out Permis- 
 state veterinarian. ' • 
 
 33. The selling, giving away or distribution of vaccines, or 
 biological products containing living organisms, to be used for 
 the immunizations of the cattle against tuberculosis, glanders 
 or other diseases of live stock, is hereby prohibited, except as 
 hereinafter provided. An order of a doctor of medicine or grad- 
 uate veterinarian ; who has been admitted by the representative 
 State Board to practice in Maryland, in either case the doctor 
 or veterinarian shall accompany the order for the material, with 
 
 a statement containing the name and address of the owner of To t ^ e r^ a tr ibu- 
 the animals it is proposed to treat, and the object of the treat- tkm ^Btoioi 
 ment; and the said doctor or veterinarian shall state over his Containing 
 
 Laving 
 
 signature that he will be personally responsible for the proper organisms, 
 use of the vaccinating material or other biological product. The 
 original of the order shall be kept on file by the vendor or dis- 
 tributor, and a copy of the same shall be filed by him with the 
 
 Reaction. 
 
 Reactors Must 
 
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 director of the State Laboratory for biological products. The 
 person, firm or corporation shall report the receipt of the mate- 
 rial to the director of the State Laboratory for Biological Prod- 
 ucts, along with a list of the animals it is proposed to treat, 
 giving their ages and such description of each as will enable 
 the State Veterinarian, or his representatives, to identify the 
 same. 
 
 Regulating Sale 
 of Milk of 
 Animals Hav- 
 ing Been 
 Treated With 
 Biological 
 Products 
 Containing 
 Living 
 Organisms. 
 
 34. The sale and distribution of milk or milk products 
 from any animals treated with the vaccine or other biological 
 products containing living organisms, within six months of the 
 date of their last dose or injection of such material, is hereby 
 prohibited, except with the written consent of and under such 
 conditions as may be determined by the director of the State 
 Laboratory for Biological Products. 
 
 35. The Director of the State Laboratory for Biological 
 Products may, with the consent o-f the State Veterinarian, au- 
 thorize such person not connected with the State Laboratory,, 
 as they deem qualified to make experiments with these mate- 
 rials, and such shall not be considered a violation of Sections 
 29-35. 
 
 Penalty for Vio- 
 lation of Pro- 
 visions of 
 Sections 29 
 to 35. 
 
 36. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the 
 provisions of Sections 29-35 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
 $25 or more than $100,, or by imprisonment for not less than 
 one week or more than six months; or by both such fine and 
 imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. 
 
 To Establish a 
 Biological 
 Laboratory. 
 
 37. The State Board of Agriculture shall establish, equip 
 and supervise a biological laboratory for the production, testing 
 or standardizing of tuberculin, mallein, hog cholera serum and 
 other biological products needed for diagnosing, preventing im- 
 munizing against or curing diseases among live stock in the 
 State of Maryland, and to investigate and test biological meth- 
 ods and products that have apparent value in treating diseases 
 
 among live stock. 
 
 state Board of 38. The director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment 
 
 shaii CU Appoint Station shall be the director of the State Laboratory for Bio- 
 
 BiofogLTf ° f logical Products, and the State Board of Agriculture shall on 
 
 Laboratory. nomination by the said director, appoint such persons as may 
 
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 be necessary to carry on the work of preparing, distributing or 
 using the products of the laboratory for the diagnosis, preven- 
 tion, immunization or treatment of diseases among live stock 
 in the State of Maryland, and shall fix the compensation for 
 the services of such persons. 
 
 39. The director of the State Laboratory for Biological Distribution 
 Products may at his discretion sell to regularly licensed physi- Produ°cts Sical 
 cians and veterinarians, or charge for the administration of the 
 products of the laboratory at approximate cost of the same as 
 
 may be set from time to time by the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 40. The director of the State Laboratory for Biological 
 Products shall, at the request of the State Board of Health, Tests or in- 
 
 . the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or the State Veterinarian, wun S Bioiogi 
 and for State and public purposes only, pursue such tests or cal Products - 
 investigations with biological products, on and for animals, as 
 may be requested, provided the work in hand permits and the 
 cost is within the State appropriation. 
 
 41. There shall be appropriated out of any money in the Appropriation 
 Treasury of Maryland not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Laboratory. 
 $5,000.00 for the establishment of said Biological Laboratory, 
 
 and for carrying out the purposes of Sections 37-40 the sum of 
 $5,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby ap- 
 propriated for the year 1913, and a like sum of $5,000.00, is 
 hereby appropriated for the year 1914, to be paid to the said 
 State Board of Agriculture out of any money in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 42. All swine brought into this State for breeding purposes importation 
 or for show purposes must be accompanied by a Health Cer- ° wine ' 
 tificate issued by a graduate Veterinarian stating that they are 
 
 free from all or any infectious or communicative diseases, and 
 that no such diseases have existed on the premises from which 
 the swine were shipped for a period of at least thirty days prior 
 to shipment. 
 
 43. Said certificate must show that the swine have been inoculation 
 inoculated with hog cholera serum within thirty days of the W1 erum ' 
 date of shipment, and all of said certificates shall be passed 
 
 upon by the State Board of Agriculture, or their duly author- 
 ized officer. Any person violating the provisions of this and 
 
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 Penalty for the preceding Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 sections 42 and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than twenty- 
 and 43 ' five dollars ($25.00) for each offense. 
 
 sections 42 and 44. The two preceding Sections shall not apply to any swine 
 Appi y °to swine shipped or driven into this State for immediate slaughter. 
 
 for Immediate 
 Slaughter. 
 
 Board 45. For the purpose of further carrying out the provisions 
 
 Empowered^ £ ^g Article, the State Board of Agriculture may institute 
 
 Live stocky \[ Y q stock patrol along the State borders, which is hereby au- 
 
 state Borders, thorized, the duty of said patrol being to prevent any live stock 
 
 from being shipped or brought into this State which may be 
 
 affected with any contagious or infectious disease, contrary to 
 
 the laws regulating the shipment or bringing of such live stock 
 
 into this State. 
 
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 REGULATIONS OF THE LIVE STOCK SANITARY 
 
 SECTION OF THE MARYLAND STATE 
 
 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Requirements Governing trie Shipment of Livestock Into 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Governing Importation of Bovine Animals. 
 
 1. No bovine animal may be brought into the State of 
 Maryland except in accordance with the requirements of the 
 Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, the laws of Maryland, 
 and the following regulations: 
 
 2. Bulls-, cows and heifers six (6) months old or over may 
 be legally accepted in Maryland when accompanied by a satis- 
 factory certificate of health and tuberculin test chart, issued in 
 triplicate: 
 
 (a) By the proper official of the Federal Bureau of Animal 
 Industry; 
 
 (5) By a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are 
 certified to on said certificate of health and test chart by the 
 authorities charged, with the control of the diseases of domestic 
 animals in the State of export; or, 
 
 (c) By a duly accredited representative of this Board. 
 
 3. The certificate must show that each animal has been suV 
 jected to a careful physical examination and tuberculin test, 
 and found free from tuberculosis and other transmissible dis- 
 ease; that the animals were in apparent good health within ten 
 (10) days of date of shipment, and that they have not been 
 exposed to other contagious or infectious disease nor to tuber- 
 culous animals since the date of the tuberculin test, 
 
 \. No tuberculin test chart will be satisfactory to the State 
 Board of Agriculture, unless: 
 
 (a) The test has been applied within three (3) months of 
 the date of shipment, except when the animal is from a "State 
 
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 Accredited Herd," in a State where such work is approved by 
 this Board, when the tuberculin test may have been applied at 
 any time within twelve (12) months of the date of shipment; 
 
 (5) It shows at least the number of preliminary and post 
 temperatures with intervals of time required as an official test of 
 the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry; 
 
 (c) The identity of each animal can be readily determined 
 either by a securely attached tag or by descriptions shown on 
 the chart. 
 
 5. The original report of the examination and test shall be 
 immediately forwarded to the Live Stock Sanitary Section of 
 the State Board of Agriculture,, 816 Fidelity Building, Balti- 
 more, Md., so as to reach that office before the cattle arrive 
 at destination. A duplicate certificate must be delivered to the 
 agent of the transportation company at point of shipment; or, 
 if the cattle are to be brought into the State on foot or by 
 private conveyance, then this duplicate certificate must accom- 
 pany them en route. 
 
 6. Apparently healthy calves under six (6) months of age, 
 certified not to have been exposed to tuberculous animals, shall 
 be exempt from the requirements of the tuberculin test when 
 brought into the State of Maryland, but all other conditions 
 required for older animals must be complied with. 
 
 7. Apparently healthy cattle may be shipped to the Union 
 Stock Yards, Baltimore, where an inspection station has been 
 established, without previous examination and test. All bulls, 
 cows and heifers above the age of six (6) months will be 
 examined and tuberculin tested at this point. No permits will 
 be necessary for such shipments. No charge will be made for 
 this test, but cattle will have to remain in the Stock Yards at 
 the owner's risk and expense until the completion of the exam- 
 ination and test, and until released by the representative of the 
 State Board of Agriculture in charge of this work. 
 
 8. Upon application permits may be secured to* import cattle 
 under quarantine restrictions when satisfactory arrangements 
 can not be made for the physical examination and tuberculin 
 test previous to importation. When such a permit has been 
 issued its forms must be properly filled out and forwarded as 
 directed thereon. Such animals must remain under the quar- 
 
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 antine restrictions at destination until subjected to a physical 
 examination and x tuberculin test by a' veterinarian approved by 
 the State Board of Agriculture, and until his examination and 
 report are accepted as satisfactory by said Board, or its duly 
 authorized representative. 
 
 Note. — The law requires that examinations and tests made 
 under this paragraph be made at the expense of the owner. 
 
 9. Upon application special permits may be secured to im- 
 port bovine animals for temporary exhibition purposes. Such 
 application shall state full description of each animal for which 
 a permit is desired. It shall further state the shipping destina- 
 tion points, with length of time the cattle are to remain in Mary- 
 land. 
 
 10. These regulations shall not apply to cattle for imme- 
 diate slaughter, when such cattle are slaughtered within five 
 (5) days of their arrival within the State of Maryland. Fail- 
 ure to slaughter an animal within the five (5) days that has 
 been brought in under this clause, without the written permis- 
 sion of the State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized 
 representative, showing the reason for such delay, will subject 
 the owner of the animal to the full penalty for violating these 
 regulations. 
 
 11. Any person, firm or corporate body violating these regu- 
 lations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 viction for each offense shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more 
 than one ($100.00) hundred dollars, or be punished by im- 
 prisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, either or both at the 
 discretion of the court, as provided in Chapter 337, Acts of 
 1916. 
 
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 EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF THE 
 
 MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 SEPTEMBER 28th 1917. 
 
 It has come to the knowledge of this Board that dairy or 
 breeding cattle are in some cases being brought into Maryland 
 without the requisite health certificates from either the United 
 States Bureau of Animal Industry or from the State of export, 
 and without compliance with the regulations of this Board cov- 
 ering the importation of dairy or breeding cattle unaccompanied 
 by a proper health certificate ; and, 
 
 As the Live Stock Sanitary law of the State makes clear that 
 it is the especial duty of this Board to protect the breeders and 
 owners of cattle in the State against the importation into Mary- 
 land of any cattle with contagious disease; therefore, 
 
 Be it Resolved, That any dairy or breeding cattle brought 
 into the State of Maryland unaccompanied by a health certifi- 
 cate, as required by this Board, must be held in quarantine 
 until tested or released by an Inspector especially designated 
 by this Board, or its duly authorized officer. 
 
 IMPORTATION OF EQUINE ANIMALS. 
 
 Effective July 1st, 1918. 
 
 Horses, Mules and Asses brought into the State of Maryland 
 must be accompanied by a certificate of health, approved by the 
 proper authorities in control of diseases of domestic animals in 
 the state of export, stating that the animals inspected are free 
 from any contagious and infectious disease and have not been 
 exposed thereto for a period of thirty days prior to shipment. 
 Duplicate copy of this certificate must be mailed to the office of 
 the Livestock Sanitary Section of the State Board of Agricul- 
 ture, 816 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md., when shipment 
 is made. 
 
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 IMPORTATION OF SHEEP. 
 
 (No Regulation".) 
 
 REGULATION TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HOG 
 
 CHOLERA. 
 
 1. These regulations are issued under authority given the 
 State Board of Agriculture, Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, govern- 
 ing the control of diseases of domestic animals. 
 
 2. All swine brought into this State for feeding, breeding 
 or show purposes must be accompanied by a certificate of health 
 issued by a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are 
 attested by the authorities charged with the control of domestic 
 animals in the State of export, stating that they are free from 
 any symptoms of infectious or communicable disease, and that 
 each animal has been treated with a proper close of anti-hog- 
 cholera serum from a United States approved laboratory within 
 thirty (30) days of the date of entry into Maryland. 
 
 3. Swine that have received the simultaneous treatment 
 must not be brought into Maryland f of' purposes other than im- 
 
 . mediate slaughter until a period of at least thirty (30) days 
 has elapsed since date of treatment. Such animals must be 
 given an antiseptic bath, as provided in Paragraph 8 of this 
 Regulation, and not again exposed to infection before being 
 shipped. 
 
 4. No swine shall be removed from public stock yards, rail- 
 road cars or pens or commission houses for breeding or feeding 
 purposes without a permit from the duly authorized agent of the 
 State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 5. Swine may be moved from public stock yards in the 
 State of Maryland for purposes other than immediate slaughter, 
 provided the following requirements are strictly complied with : 
 
 6. The swine shall be inspected by a Federal inspector or 
 duly authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture and if 
 found free from symptoms of cholera and other contagious, in- 
 fectious or communicable diseases in a thrifty condition and 
 have not been in the yards over five (5) days they shall be 
 
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 treated by a competent veterinarian under Federal or State 
 supervision in a portion of the yards set aside for that purpose 
 in accordance with the method as hereinafter described, pro- 
 vided the temperature of each animal is taken before treatment 
 and that only those which exhibit a temperature of less than 
 104° F. shall be permitted to be moved from the yards. 
 
 7. Treatment — They shall receive the "serum alone" treat- 
 ment with anti-hog-cholera serum prepared under Federal Li- 
 cense or by the State College of Agriculture, given in doses to 
 conform with the requirements as specified in Amendment 3 
 to U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Order ~No. 245. 
 
 8. The "sero simultaneous" or double treatment will not be 
 permitted where hogs are to be moved from public stock yards 
 to points within the State of Maryland. 
 
 9. After receiving the "serum alone" treatment they shall 
 be disinfected in a 2% solution of compound solution of cresol 
 U. S. P. or a permitted substitute and be held in disinfected 
 pens for at least three (3) hours before being removed from 
 yards. 
 
 10. Shipment or removal must be made in disinfected cars 
 or vehicles, and special disinfected chutes must be used in load- 
 ing or unloading, or the animals may be transferred directly 
 from one disinfected vehicle to another. 
 
 11. These animals must be held in strict quarantine at des- 
 tination for a period of thirty (30) days. 
 
 12. Doses of Serum as Specified in 
 Amendment 3 to Bureau of Animal Industry, 
 
 Regulation No. 245. 
 
 Weight of Swine. | Dose of Serum. 
 
 20 to 40 pounds , 30 cubic centimeters. 
 
 40 to 60 pounds 30 to 40 cubic centimeters. 
 
 60 to 90 pounds 1 40 to 50 cubic centimeters. 
 
 90 to 120 pounds 50 to 60 cubic centimeters. 
 
 120 to 150 pounds 60 to 70 cubic centimeters. 
 
 150 to 180 pounds 70 to 80 cubic centimeters. 
 
 180 pounds and over 80 to 100 cubic centimeters. 
 
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 13. All cars, wagons, pens, crates, yards, chutes and other 
 vehicles or enclosures which have contained or have been exposed 
 to diseased swine must be immediately cleaned and disinfected 
 as required, in accordance with the rules of the United States 
 Bureau of Animal Industry (Maryland State Board of Agri- 
 culture Regulation No. 5), governing disinfection of premises. 
 
 14. No swine that have been exposed to hog cholera or that 
 have been treated with hog cholera YIRITS shall be removed 
 from any premises for any purpose without a. permit from the 
 duly authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 15. The "double" or sero-simultaneous treatment must not 
 be administered to swine until after a permit shall have been 
 obtained from the Live Stock Sanitary Section of the State 
 Board of Agriculture. Such permits will be issued only when 
 precautionary arrangements can be made to prevent the dis- 
 semination of the disease, and the treatment must be admin- 
 istered under the supervision of an especially designated agent. 
 
 16. All swine which have been given the "double" treatment 
 must be isolated and kept in quarantine for a period of at least 
 thirty (30) days and until officially released. Before release 
 from quarantine they must be given an antiseptic bath with a 
 two (2%) per cent, solution of cresol compound TJ. S. P. or 
 other officially approved disinfectant. 
 
 IT. The premises occupied by the treated swine during the 
 immunizing period must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, 
 as above provided, before release of quarantine. 
 
 18. No permits as above enumerated shall be valid unless in 
 writing and signed by an officer or agent of the State Board of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 19. All cases of hog cholera shall be promptly reported to 
 the State Board of Agriculture, 8] 6 Fidelity Building, Balti- 
 more, Md., and the premises placed under quarantine. 
 
 20. Exposed swine not intended for immediate slaughter 
 should be given the "single" or "serum alone" treatment as a 
 preventive measure and held in quarantine for thirty (30) days. 
 
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 21. Upon application to the Biological Laboratory, State 
 College of Agriculture, College Park, through a registered 
 veterinarian anti-hog-cholera serum will be supplied to the 
 farmers or breeders of Maryland at cost 7 of manufacture. 
 
 22. The carcasses of all hogs and other domestic animals 
 dying of any contagious or infectious disease must be disposed 
 of in accordance with Section 19, Chapter 337, Acts of the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of Maryland, 1916 : 
 
 '23. "All hogs and other domestic animals dying 
 
 of any contagious or infectious disease shall be 
 buried at a depth of at least three (3) feet, or be 
 burned, at the discretion of the owner. And any 
 person or persons permitting any dead hogs or 
 any other domestic animals, having died of any 
 contagious or infectious disease, to remain un- 
 buried upon his or her premises for the space of 
 three (3) hours prior to sunset of said day after 
 he has discovered the same, shall be guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before 
 any justice of the peace shall be fined not less 
 than ten ($10.00) dollars for each offense, or 
 imprisoned in the county jail for not less -than 
 ten (10) days, or be both fined and imprisoned 
 in the discretion of the justice." 
 
 WHO MAY INSPECT. 
 
 State Veterinarians, Officially Certified inspectors in the State 
 from which cattle originate, Agents of the Live Stock Sanitary 
 Section of the State Board of Agriculture and Inspectors of 
 the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. 
 
 OFFICIALS. 
 
 Live Stock Sanitary Section of the Maryland State Board of 
 Agriculture, 816- Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md. 
 
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 RULES FOE THE EXAMINATION AND TUBERCULIN 
 TESTING OF ANIMALS. 
 
 Experience has shown the necessity for exactness and great 
 care, and for uniformity of practice, in inspecting and testing 
 cattle for tuberculosis. The following directions are for veter- 
 inarians who make such inspections and tests for the State 
 Board of Agriculture. They are drawn with reference to the 
 subcutaneous tuberculin test, having in mind the greatest possi- 
 ble economy of time that is consistent with accurate and reliable 
 work : 
 
 1. The herd to be tested should be confined to stalls to- which 
 they are accustomed, if possible, and if this is not possible, then 
 they should be arranged conveniently for the inspector, and 
 kept so until any excitement has subsided before beginning the 
 examination. 
 
 2. _ The cattle must be listed on the test chart in the order 
 in which they are to be tested, by the use of some designating 
 mark or number affixed to each animal. Such mark must make 
 the identity of each animal clear to the inspector, and must be 
 durable enough to- last until the animal is tagged as non-react- 
 ing^ or branded or tagged as reacted. Each animal must be 
 described on the test chart in such manner as will make future 
 identification possible. 
 
 3. The herd should be fed and watered as usual throughout 
 the test ; frequent watering is more desirable than allowing large 
 quantities at less frequent intervals. 
 
 4. All thermometers used in the test must be reliable, and 
 should be compared for uniformity of reading before the test is 
 commenced. Fractions of degrees should be recorded in tenths 
 as decimals:, and not in fifths. The thermometers and hands of 
 inspector should be washed in a disinfecting solution after each 
 temperature is taken. 
 
 5. The inspection should always begin with a careful physi- 
 cal examination of each animal. This is essential, because in 
 some advanced cases of tuberculosis no reaction follows the in- 
 jection of tuberculin; but experience has shown that these are 
 usuallv discoverable by physical examination. This examina- 
 
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 tion should be complete, and include a" careful examination of 
 the udder and of the superficial lymphatic glands, auscultation 
 of the lungs, the detection of stenotic breathing or of cough- 
 ing, the recognition of tuberculosis of the vulva, of tuber- 
 culous discharge from the vagina, etc., etc. The injection of 
 tuberculin and reading of the thermometer does not constitute 
 an intelligent application of the tuberculin test. It is. necessary 
 that strict attention also be given the physical condition of the 
 animal during the taking of the post temperatures, as reactions 
 are at times shown in ways other than by the typical elevation 
 of temperature. 
 
 6. Take each animal's temperature at least three times at 
 two-hour intervals on the day of injection ; for instance, at 2, 4 
 and 6 P. M. When a preliminary temperature registers 103° 
 F. or above, tuberculin should not be injected. The test of such 
 animal should be postponed. (The more certain the elimina- 
 tion of febrile condition from other cause, the less likely an 
 erroneous diagnosis from temperature readings.) 
 
 7. Inject the tuberculin (use that supplied free of charge 
 by the State Board of Agriculture) in the evening, preferably 
 between the hours of 8 and 10. Injection must be made with 
 a carefully sterilized hypodermic syringe. The dose should be 
 graduated accurately. The most convenient point for injection 
 is back of "the left scapula. Prior to injection the skin should 
 be carefully washed with a five (5%) per cent, solution of 
 creolin or other antiseptic. Disinfect needle between injections. 
 
 8. In all cases temperature measurements must be taken 
 every two (2) hours, beginning not later than the eighth hour 
 and continuing up to the twenty-second hour after the injection 
 of the tuberculin. Where the temperature is above normal at 
 the twenty-second hour its measurements must be continued 
 until a distinct reaction is recognized, or until the temperature 
 begins to fall. 
 
 The Federal Bureau of Animal Industry says : "A rise of 
 two (2°) degrees F. or more above the maximum temperature 
 on the day previous, or one which goes above 103.8° F., should 
 be regarded as an indication of tuberculosis, provided the tem- 
 perature reaction shows the characteristic rainbow curve. Ani- 
 mals which, after injection, show a rise of temperature of two 
 (2°) degrees F., with a maximum between 103° and 103.8° F., 
 
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 as well as those which show a rise of less than two (2°) degrees 
 F., with a maximum temperature of 103.8° F. or more, are to* 
 be regarded as suspicious." 
 
 Reacting animals must he tagged or branded if deemed neces- 
 sary in the discretion of the agent of this Board. In special 
 cases, at the discretion of the said agent, the tagging of healthy 
 animals may be omitted. Suspicious cases should be kept apart 
 from the healthy herd, and held for a retest. 
 
 9. If there is any severe change in the atmospheric temper- 
 ature during the progress of the test, the time of such change 
 should be noted on the test chart. 
 
 10. The records of the physical examination of cattle, and 
 of their tuberculin test, as well as a report on the condition 
 of the premises, must be forwarded to the Live Stock Sanitary 
 Section of the State Board of Agriculture, within ten days 
 after the inspection has been completed. 
 
 11. No retest shall be made except when authorized by the 
 veterinarian in charge of the Live Stock Sanitary Section of 
 the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 An animal once giving a typical tuberculin reaction must 
 always be considered tubercular, no matter what any subsequent 
 test may indicate. 
 
 12. Tuberculin tests of suspicious animals shall be made 
 with double doses of tuberculin, or retest tuberculin, and the 
 taking of their temperature shall begin not later than six (6) . 
 hours after the injection has been made, and continued as re- 
 quired in the regular test. 
 
 13. The tuberculous cattle should be removed from the herd,, 
 and kept away from those that are healthy. The milk from 
 such reacting animals must be pasteurized or sterilized before 
 it is used for food, either for humans or animals. They shall 
 be quarantined by the service of a quarantine notice. As a rule, 
 authority will be given to dispose at once of cows with udder 
 tuberculosis, or with open tuberculosis ; but reacting cattle that 
 
 -'do not show external signs of tuberculosis— if they are to be 
 killed, shall, when possible, be killed in a slaughter house sub- 
 ject to the meat inspection regulations of the Federal Bureau 
 of Animal Industry. 
 
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 14. After the completion of the inspection and removal of 
 the diseased animals from the herd, the buildings and surround- 
 ings must be very thoroughly disinfected, in accordance with the 
 instructions for this work contained in Maryland State Board 
 of Agriculture Live Stock Sanitary Regulation No. 2. This 
 must not be omitted in any case, and must be carried out with 
 close attention to details. The owner of the herd must pay for 
 the disinfectant and furnish the necessary labor at his own 
 expense, as one of the conditions on which the examination is 
 made. The veterinarian making the test, or a duly authorized 
 agent of this Board, must supervise this work and see that it 
 is thoroughly and properly performed. 
 
 APPRAISEMENT OF DISEASED ANIMALS TO BE 
 SLAUGHTERED. 
 
 As the Maryland State Board of Agriculture has no definite 
 appropriation for the reimbursement of owners of diseased 
 animals appraisements will only be made subject to the con- 
 ditions as set forth in the following form of agreement: — 
 
 P. O 
 
 Date 
 
 Maryland State Board of Agriculture, 
 816 Fidelity Building, 
 Baltimore, Maryland, 
 
 Gentlemen : 
 
 It is the understanding and agreement of the undersigned 
 that the appraisal to be made of the value of the animals of 
 which I am the owner or custodian, which are about to be 
 slaughtered, is subject to the conditions hereby assented to by 
 the undersigned; that the award when made shall not be ap- 
 proved by your Board, and shall not be filed with the Comp- 
 troller ; that the amount thereof shall in no> event be paid unless 
 the next Legislature, in its discretion, shall make an appropria- 
 tion for that purpose; that there shall be no obligation of any 
 kind upon your Board to ask the next Legislature for such ap- 
 propriation, and no obligation of any kind — moral or other- 
 wise, upon the State or any of its officers to cause the amount of 
 the said award to be paid; and I expressly release any and all 
 
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 appropriations made to your Board from any liability for the 
 payment of said award when made. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 In the event that it is deemed necessary to prevent the spread 
 of contagious or infectious- disease to cause any animal or ani- 
 mals so diseased or exposed to such disease to be slaughtered, 
 under the provisions of Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, the follow- 
 ing rules shall govern: 
 
 1. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid, 
 for animals slaughtered that have been brought into the State 
 contrary to the laws of the United States, or of Maryland, or 
 to the regulations of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, or 
 the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 2. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid to 
 the owner, for any animal slaughtered because of its wilful ex- 
 posure to contagious or infectious disease, either by contact 
 with animals known to have a contagious or infectious disease, 
 or by permitting said animal to enter any premises known to 
 have been infected, until the same has been properly disinfected 
 in accordance with Regulation No. 5. 
 
 3. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid to 
 the owner, for any tuberculous animal that has not been in the 
 State or that has not been the bona fide property of said owner 
 for at least six (6) months prior to the date of its condemnation 
 for slaughter. 
 
 4. Appraisements may be made as herein provided for the 
 compensation of owners of animals slaughtered to prevent the 
 spread of contagious or infectious disease, but after the funds 
 available for such compensation shall have been exhausted, 
 said appraisements shall not constitute a valid ^laim against 
 the State of Maryland or any officer thereof. 
 
 5. Pure bred and registered equine or bovine animals may 
 be appraised at not over $125.00 each, and grades of either of 
 these species at not over $75.00 each. Pure bred and registered 
 sheep or swine may be appraised at not over $15.00 each, and 
 the grades of either of these species at not over $10.00 each. 
 
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 6. Animals exhibiting physical evidence of disease shall be 
 appraised as diseased animals. 
 
 7. When the nature of the disease is such that the repre- 
 sentative of the State Board of Agriculture shall deem the 
 destruction of all parts of the animal necessary to prevent the 
 spread of the disease, the disposal shall be in accordance with 
 Regulation No. 4. 
 
 8. When the only evidence of disease is the reaction to a test 
 with a biological product, such as tuberculin, then the original 
 appraisement shall be (within the limits above stated) as for a 
 sound animal, and the final appraisement shall be determined 
 by the results of post-mortem inspection, according to the fol- 
 lowing rules: 
 
 Rule 1. If any animal is found upon post-mortem inspec- 
 tion, by an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Animal Indus- 
 try, or an authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture, 
 not to be affected with disease, the owner shall sell all market- 
 able parts of said animal for a reasonable price, and this amount 
 shall be deducted from the original appraisal ; and the balance, 
 if any, thus remaining shall be the net amount of the appraise- 
 ment to be approved to the Comptroller of Maryland for pay- 
 ment. 
 
 Rule 2. If any animal is found upon post-mortem inspection 
 to be affected with disease, and the lesions are such that parts 
 of the carcass are passed for food, the owner shall sell the same, 
 and also the hide, for a reasonable price, which amount shall be 
 deducted from eighty (80%) per cent, of the amount of the ap- 
 praisal ; and the balance, if any, thus remaining shall be the net 
 amount of the appraisement to be approved to the Comptroller 
 of Maryland for payment. 
 
 Rule 3. If any animal upon post-mortem inspection is con- 
 demned for offal, the owner shall sell the hide for a reasonable 
 price, which price shall be deducted from forty (40%) per 
 cent, of the amount of the appraisal ; and the balance, if any, 
 thus remaining shall be the net amount of the appraisement to 
 be approved to the Comptroller of Maryland for payment. 
 
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 THE SLAUGHTER OF DISEASED ANIMALS. ■ 
 
 In the event of its being deemed necessary to prevent the 
 spread of contagious or infectious disease, to cause any animal 
 or animals so diseased, Or exposed to such disease, to he slaugh- 
 tered under Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, the following regula- 
 tions shall apply: 
 
 1. When in the judgment of the authorized officer of the 
 State Board of Agriculture it is necessary to totally destroy the 
 carcass of an animal, such destruction or disposal shall be made 
 by one of the following methods : 
 
 (a) Cremation of the entire carcass, with all its parts and 
 products. 
 
 (&) Boiling the carcass and all its parts and products in 
 water, or heating the same with steam at the temperature of 
 boiling water continuously during at least two (2) hours. 
 
 (c) Burial of the carcass and all its parts and products in 
 such place as shall not be subjected to overflow from ponds or 
 streams, and which shall be distant not less than one (100) 
 hundred feet from any water course, well or spring, public 
 highway, house or stable. In burying such carcass it shall be 
 covered with quicklime to a depth of not less than three (3) 
 inches, and no part of such carcass shall be within two (2) feet 
 of the surface of the ground when such grave is filled and smooth 
 with the level of the surrounding surface; such grave shall be 
 so protected that the carcass may not be accessible to' dogs or 
 other animals. 
 
 2. When the nature of the disease is such that the imme- 
 diate destruction of the carcass is not necessary to prevent the 
 spread of the disease, as in the case of reaction to tuberculin 
 test, then the animal to be killed shall, when possible, be killed 
 in a slaughter house subject to the meat inspection regulations 
 of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. Such part or parts 
 as may be then passed by the Federal inspector shall be sold at 
 a fair price by the owner, as provided in Regulation No. 3. 
 
 In case it is impossible to have such animal killed in a 
 slaughter house subject to the meat inspection regulations of the 
 Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, and when in the opinion of 
 
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 the duly authorized officer of the State Board of Agriculture 
 there would be no danger of transmitting sUch disease by the 
 sale or use of any part of the carcass or hide, then the said 
 officer shall give the owner a written permit naming such parts 
 as shall be sold, and the owner shall sell the same for a fair 
 price, as provided in Regulation No. 3, and shall destroy the 
 remaining parts of the carcass as herein provided. 
 
 DISINFECTION OF PREMISES. 
 
 The following are the rules of the Federal Bureau of Animal 
 Industry for the disinfection of premises, and must be followed 
 for the disinfection of all buildings, premises, etc, where a con- 
 tagious or infectious disease has been located and the diseased 
 animals removed, before any healthy or unexposed animals of 
 the same species shall be permitted to gain access to such prem- 
 ises, as provided in Chapter 337, Acts of 1916: 
 
 The owner must pay for the disinfectant and furnish the 
 necessary labor, and the work shall be done under the super- 
 vision of an authorized representative of the United States 
 Bureau of Animal Industry, or of this Board. 
 
 1. Sweep ceilings, side walls, stall partitions, floors and other 
 surfaces, until free from cobwebs and dust. 
 
 2. Remove all accumulations of filth by scraping ; and if the 
 woodwork has become decayed, porous or absorbent, it should 
 be removed, burned, and replaced with new- material. 
 
 3. If the floor is of earth, remove four (4) inches from the 
 surface, and in places where it shows staining with- urine a 'Suffi- 
 cient depth should be removed to expose fresh earth. All earth 
 removed should be replaced with earth from an uncontaminated 
 source, or a new floor of concrete may be laid, which is very 
 durable and easily cleaned. 
 
 4. All refuse and material from stable and barnyard should 
 be removed to a. place not accessible to any animal liable to 
 contract the disease with which the premises have been infected. 
 The manure should be spread on fields and turned under, while 
 the wood should be burned. 
 
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 5. The entire interior of the stable, especially the feeding 
 troughs and drains, should be saturated with a disinfectant, as 
 liquor cresolis compositus .(IT. S. P.), or carbolic acid, six (6) 
 ounces to every gallon of water in each case. After this has 
 dried, the stalls, walls and ceilings may be covered with white- 
 wash (lime wash), to each gallon of which should be added four 
 (4) ounces of chloride of lime. 
 
 The best method of applying the disinfectant and the lime 
 wash is by means of a strong spray-pump, such as those used 
 by orchardists. 
 
 - This method is efficient in disinfection against most of the 
 contagious and infectious diseases of animals, and should be 
 applied immediately following any outbreak; and, as a matter 
 of precaution, it may be used once or twice yearly. 
 
 6. It is important that arrangements be made to admit a 
 plentiful supply of sunlight and fresh air by providing an 
 ample number of windows, thereby eliminating dampness, stuffi- 
 ness, bad odor, and other insanitary conditions. Good drainage 
 is also very necessary. 
 
 If the use of liquor cresolis compositus, carbolic acid, or other 
 coal tar products is inadmissible because of the readiness with 
 which their odor is imparted to milk and other dairy products, 
 bichloride of mercury may be used in proportion 1 to 800, or 
 one (1) pound of bichloride to one (100) hundred gallons of 
 water. However, all portions of the stable soiled with manure 
 should be first thoroughly scraped and cleaned, as the albumen 
 contained in manure would otherwise greatly diminish the dis- 
 infecting" power of the bichloride. Disinfection with this ma- 
 terial should be supervised by a veterinarian or other person 
 trained in the handling of poisonous drugs and chemicals, as the 
 bichloride of mercury is a powerful corrosive poison. The man- 
 gers and feed-boxes, after drying following spraying with this 
 material, should be washed with hot water, as cattle are especially 
 susceptible to mercurial poisoning. The bichloride solution 
 should be applied by means of a spray-pump, as recommended 
 for liquor cresolis compositus. 
 
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 REGULATING THE OPERATION OF DAIRIES, 
 
 CREAMERIES, CHEESE FACTORIES, AND 
 
 RECEIVING AND SKIMMING 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of all owners, operators and 
 managers of dairies, creameries', cheese factories, receiving sta- 
 tions and skimming stations, to file with the State Board of 
 Agriculture such information regarding their plants as is re- 
 quired by blanks that will be furnished by the Live Stock Sani- 
 tary Section for such purposes. 
 
 Section 2. Every owner, operator or manager of a dairy,, 
 creamery, cheese factory, receiving station or skimming sta- 
 tion, shall, before returning to or delivering to any person or 
 persons skimmed milk, separator slop or other milk or milk 
 products to be used for food or feeding purposes for domestic 
 animals, cause such skimmed milk or other milk products to be 
 thoroughly pasteurized by heating to at least 178 degrees Fahr- 
 enheit. 
 
 Section 3. Milk produced by a cow which has reacted to a 
 tuberculin test or is affected with a dangerous transmissible dis- 
 ease, shall not be used as food for animals unless it has been 
 previously heated to at least 178 degrees Fahrenheit, except a 
 special examination has been made under the direction of a duly 
 authorized officer of the State Board of Agriculture, and written 
 permission secured for such use of said milk. 
 
 Section 4. Any person, firm or corporate body failing to 
 comply with the above regulations shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined as provided in 
 Chapter 337, Acts 1916. 
 
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 LAWS REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF VETERI- 
 NARY MEDICINE. 
 
 Article 43, Annotated Code of Maryland. 
 
 136. A commission is hereby established to be known under 
 the name and style of the "State Veterinary Medical Board/' 
 to consist of five commissioners, who shall be members in good 
 standing of some school of veterinary medicine, who shall be 
 appointed by the Governor every four years, and who shall hold 
 their office until their successors are duly appointed and quali- 
 fied, with power in and to said board to adopt by-laws and regu- 
 lations such as they may deem advisable to carry into effect the 
 provisions of this sub-title; provided, the said by-laws shall not 
 conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the 
 United States. 
 
 137. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to prac- 
 tice veterinary medicine or surgery in the State of Maryland 
 without having previously obtained a diploma from a college 
 duly authorized to grant such to students of veterinary medicine 
 and surgery or to those who have passed satisfactory examina- 
 tions before the State Veterinary Medical Board or as herein 
 provided for. 
 
 138. The said State Veterinary Medical Board shall hold 
 their meetings at such times and places as they may deem best, 
 which times and places shall be set out fully and regularly in 
 their by-laws. 
 
 139. The State Veterinary Medical Board shall examine all 
 diplomas as to their genuineness, and each applicant not hold- 
 ing a diploma shall submit to a theoretical and practical exami- 
 nation before the State Veterinary Medical Board, said exami- 
 nation to be written, oral or both, which examination, if passed 
 to the satisfaction of the said board, shall entitle the applicant 
 to practice veterinary medicine and surgery, subject to provi- 
 sions and regulations of this sub-title and regulations of the said' 
 board. 
 
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 140. All examinations of persons not graduates shall- be 
 made directly by the State Veterinary Medical Board, and the 
 certificates given by the said board shall authorize the possessors 
 to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the State of 
 Maryland. All examinations of ungraduated practitioners must 
 take place before the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-four. After that date no certificate shall be 
 granted except to persons presenting diplomas from legally 
 chartered colleges. 
 
 1-11. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary 
 medicine and surgery, within the meaning of this sub-title, who 
 shall have received a license as mentioned in Section 139 ; but 
 nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to prohibit members 
 of the medical profession from prescribing for domestic ani- 
 mals in case of emergency and collecting a fee therefor, nor to 
 prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor to prevent any 
 person from practicing veterinary medicine and surgery on any 
 animal belonging to himself or herself. And this sub-title shall 
 not apply to commissioned veterinary surgeons in the United 
 State_s Army. 
 
 142. It shall be the duty of such board to keep a register of 
 all practitioners qualified under this sub-title practicing veteri- 
 nary medicine and surgery or any branches thereof in this 
 State, and to cause the same to be published at least once a 
 year in two newspapers published in the City of Baltimore. 
 
 143. The said board shall within six months from April 6, 
 1894, prepare said register, in which the name of all graduate 
 practitioners in the State at the time and in actual practice 
 shall, on application to the said board, be inserted without ex- 
 amination and shall also on application' insert the names of 
 such persons who are practitioners in actual practice without a 
 diploma or certificate or qualification from a recognized school, 
 who have been in practice for five years and upwards, prior to 
 the enactment of this sub-title, upon proof to the said board, 
 that they have been so practicing ; that all persons practicing at 
 this time and not having been so practicing for five years ante- 
 cedent to such enactment, shall undergo an examination before 
 the said board, and if found by said board competent to prac- 
 tice, the persons so examined and approved shall be entitled to 
 registration. 
 
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 144. The said board shall have power to reject any appli- 
 cant for registration whose examination papers or diploma are 
 not satisfactory. 
 
 145. ]STo person shall be permitted to practice veterinary 
 medicine or surgery or any branch thereof in the State of 
 Maryland, who does not possess- a diploma issued from a col- 
 lege or school of veterinary medicine, duly incorporated and 
 legally licensed to issue diplomas; and if said diplomas shall 
 be issued after the first day of January, 1895, it shall be re- 
 ceived only from a college or school of veterinary medicine, 
 which shall require a three years' course of study before issu- 
 ing said diploma, and shall have passed such examination or 
 test as may be from time to time instituted as a test of qualifi- 
 cation by such board, and persons producing such certificates or 
 diplomas who pass such test examination shall, on payment of 
 such fees as are hereinafter provided for, 'be registered ^s vet- 
 erinary practitioners. 
 
 146. !No moneys shall be paid out of the State Treasury for 
 the use or purposes of this sub-title. 
 
 147. Any person not registered who shall practice veterin- 
 ary medicine or surgery, or any branch thereof within the State 
 of Maryland, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred nor 
 more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprison- 
 ment in the house of correction for any term not less than three 
 months, nor more than twelve months for each and every offense. 
 
 148. The said board shall be the prosecutor in all cases 
 under this sub-title, and such fine and imprisonment may be im- 
 posed by any justice of the peace of the city of Baltimore or 
 any county where such offense may be committed. 
 
 149. One moiety of the fine imposed under this sub-title 
 shall be paid to the informer, and the other moiety shall be 
 paid into the county treasury wherein the offense shall have 
 been committed. 
 
 150. From and after April 16, 1914, any person shall be 
 regarded as practicing Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the 
 State of Maryland who shall, in said State, append or cause 
 to be appended to his name the letters V. S., D. V. M., V. M. D.. 
 
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 M. D. V., M. D. 0., D. V. S., or M. R. C. V. S,, or the words 
 'Veterinary/' "veterinarian," "veterinary surgeon," "veterinary 
 dentist," "veterinary farrier," "veterinary horseshoer," "horse 
 dentist" or "horse doctor," or who shall prescribe, advise, or 
 apply any drug or medicine or other agency, for the relief or 
 cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal, or who shall pub- 
 licly profess to do any of these things, and who charge or receive 
 therefor money or other compensation, directly or indirectly; 
 provided, however, that any person may without compensation 
 apply any medicine and perform any operation for treatment,, 
 relief, or cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal. Pro- 
 vided, further, however, Sections 150 and 150 A shall not apply 
 to those persons who have been engaged in the practice of geld- 
 ing, but they shall be at liberty to continue the said practice 
 without registering with the State Veterinary Medical Board. 
 
 150A.* Any person who has received a diploma from a 
 veterinary college lawfully authorized to confer the same, and 
 who has maintained an office for the practice of veterinary 
 medicine in Montgomery County for the period of Jive years. 
 on or before April 16, 1914, upon submission of proof of such 
 facts to the State Veterinary Medical Board and the payment 
 of a fee of one dollar, shall be licensed by said Board to prac- 
 tice veterinary medicine in said Montgomery County without 
 examination. Any person, not a graduate of a college lawfully 
 authorized to confer a degree in veterinary medicine, who has 
 been continuously engaged in the practice of veterinary medi- 
 cine, as a means of livelihood, in Montgomery County for a 
 period of five years previous to April 16, 1914, upon proof of 
 such facts to the State Veterinary Medical Board, shall be al- 
 lowed to continue the practice of the same, and be entitled to be 
 registered by said Board within nine months from said date. 
 
 CHAPTER 108. 
 
 An Act to further regulate the practice of veterinary medicine 
 and surgery in the State of Maryland, in Harford County. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- 
 land, That any person who* has received a diploma from a Veter- 
 inary School or College lawfully authorized to confer the same 
 
 *This section does not seem to be embraced in the title or 
 enacting clause of the Act of 1914, Chapter 842. 
 
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 and who has maintained an office for the practice of veterinary 
 medicine in Harford County for the period of ten years before 
 the passage of this Act, upon submission of proof of such facts 
 to the State Veterinary Medical Board of Maryland, and the 
 payment of the fee of $1.00, shall be licensed by said Board 
 to practice veterinary medicine in Harford County without ex- 
 amination. And any person not a graduate of a school or col- 
 lege lawfully authorized to confer a degree in veterinary medi- 
 cine, who has been engaged in the practice of veterinary medi- 
 cine as a means of livelihood in said Harford County for the 
 period of ten years before the passage of this Act, shall upon 
 the proof of such facts to the State Medical Board of Mary- 
 land be allowed to continue the practice of the same and be 
 entitled to be registered by said Board within twelve months 
 from the date of the passage of this Act. 
 
 Approved March 31st, 1916. 
 
 STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD. 
 
 1918. 
 
 Dr. G. H. Grapp, President, 3900 Clifton Avenue, Baltimore, 
 Md. 
 
 Dr. Hulbert Young, Secretary, 4105 Garrison Avenue, Balti- 
 more, Md. 
 
 Dr. R. V. Smith, Frederick, Md. 
 
 Dr. Glenn W. Horner, Westminster, Md. 
 
 Dr. H. J. McCarthy, Reisterstown Road and Primrose Ave- 
 nue, Arlington, Md. 
 
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