ROUND-UP OF CATTLE.

484 SEC. 41. [Time.] That in any portion of the state where it is customary to round-up cattle for the purpose of branding, marketing, driving, or selling cattle, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to commence said round-up between the first day of December and the fifteenth day of May of each year, and any one violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction, upon the information and complaint of any person. [1883, chap. IV.]

REGULATION OF SHEEP.

485 SEC. 42. [Appointment of inspector.] Whenever, in any county in this state, a majority of the sheep owners therein shall petition the board of county commissioners of their county, for the appointment of a sheep inspector, recommended by a majority of petitioners in such county, it shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to appoint some suitable, competent person sheep inspector in and for said county. [1883, chap. VI.]

486 SEC. 43. [Oath--Bond.] Such person shall be a resident of the county for which he shall be appointed. He shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed for other county officers in chapter ten, Compiled Statutes of the state of Nebraska, and shall give a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the county in which he shall be appointed, with two sureties, to be approved by the county clerk of such county, which bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of such clerk.

487 SEC. 44. [Term of office.] Every inspector shall hold his office for two years from the date of his appointment, and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified.

488 SEC. 45. [Vacancies.] The board of county commissioners of each county where the office of sheep inspector exists, shall by appointment fill all vacancies occurring in said office, or about to occur by reason of the expiration of the term of any incumbent; Provided, That if a majority of the sheep owners of any such county shall petition the board of county commissioners thereof to abolish said office, such board may in its discretion abolish the same, to take effect upon the expiration of the term of the then incumbent.

489 SEC. 46. [Powers.] Every sheep inspector, upon inspecting any flock of sheep and finding the same or any part thereof infected with what is commonly called the "scab," or any other contagious disease, shall, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, have power to define, limit, and restrict the range and feeding grounds of such sheep, for such time and in such manner as to him may seem necessary to protect all neighboring flocks from becoming likewise infected, and notify the owners or agent of the diseased flock; then he shall, within ten days from the day of inspection, commence the curing of same, and it shall be the duty of the inspector to inspect said flock every twenty days until the flock is found cured, for which he shall receive the same compensation as provided in section 53, and all persons who may be selected arbitrators under this act shall, in conjunction with such inspector, have like power.

490 SEC. 47. [Record.] Every inspector shall keep a book, to be known as the "Inspection Record," in which he shall enter and record all his official acts and proceedings. Such record shall particularly show the name of the owner of

SEC. 41. "An act to prevent the commencement of the round-up of cattle until after the fifteenth day of May of each year, and providing a penalty for the violation of the same." Passed and took effect Feb. 26, 1883. SEC. 42. "An act to regulate and protect sheep husbandry in the state of Nebraska, to provide for the appointment of sheep inspectors therein, and to prescribe their duties." Took effect June 1, 1883.

every flock of sheep inspected, when the same was inspected, the result of such inspection, and all orders and directions made in relation thereto.

491 SEC. 48. [Inspection.] It shall be the duty of every sheep inspector, between the 15th day of May and the 15th day of August in each year, to make a careful inspection, to be known as the annual inspection, of every flock of sheep kept in his county, and determine whether or not such sheep are free from scab or other contagious disease.

492 SEC. 49. [Duties of inspector.] It shall further be the duty of every inspector, upon information and complaint made in writing before any justice of the peace and filed with the inspector, setting forth that any flock of sheep, describing it, within the jurisdiction of such inspector, has the scab or any contagious disease, to forthwith inspect such flock as to the truth of such complaint; and if upon inspection it shall be found such flock is inflicted with a contagious disease, the owner shall pay the expense of such inspection, otherwise the person lodging the complaint shall pay such costs, and shall be liable in a civil action therefor.

493 SEC. 50. [Same.] Upon the arrival of any flock of sheep in any county in this state in which there is a sheep inspector, it shall be the duty of the inspector in s .ch county, having knowledge of such arrival, to forthwith inspect such flock as to whether or not it is free from scab or other contagious disease. Provided, If the owner of such flock or his agent shall, immediately upon such arrival, report the same to the sheep inspector, and at the same time exhibit to such inspector the certificate of any duly appointed and qualified sheep inspector in the state, that such flock has been by him duly inspected within one month of such arrival and found free from every contagious disease, then such inspection shall not be necessary.

494 SEC. 51. [Same.] Upon inspecting any flock of sheep it shall be the duty of the inspector to require of the owner of such flock, or in his absence, of his agent, true answers to the following questions: First. The name of the owner of such flock, his ear-mark and brand. Second. The increase of such flock by purchase or trade since the last inspection. Third. From whom such increase has been received. Fourth. From what county and state such increase came. Fifth. Whether or not any part of them was, at the time inspected, with the scab or any contagious disease, and if so, what disease. Such owner or agent, as the case may be, shall make true answers to all such questions, and subscribe the same and make oath thereto, all of which shall be entered in the inspector's record. The inspector shall have power and is hereby authorized to administer such oath.

495 SEC. 52. [Sheep diseased-Range restricted.] If upon the inspection of any flock of sheep the inspector shall find the same or any part thereof infected with the scab or any contagious disease, it shall be his duty at once to define, limit, and restrict the range and feeding grounds of such flock, as authorized in section five of this act. The inspector shall at the time of making any order or direction authorized by this act, enter the same in full in his inspection record, and shall at once make out in writing a true copy thereof, and deliver the same to the owner interested, or in his absence to his agent in charge of such flock of sheep, and the owner of said sheep and all persons under him shall fully comply with the terms of the copy so served; Provided, If the owner of such sheep, or the person so served with such copy, shall consider the terms thereof unreasonable, he may, within twenty-four hours after receiving the same, so notify the inspector in writing, naming therein some disinterested person, being the owner of one hundred sheep or more, arbitrator, to act in review on all matters contained in such order and copy, which person with the inspector shall without delay select some other like person, and the two thus chosen with the inspector shall forthwith make such orders and

directions, authorized in section 46 of this chapter, as to them may seem reasonable and just, and their action in the premises shall be final. Every order and direction shall be entered in full on the inspector's record and be signed by the arbitrators and inspector making the same, and a true copy thereof served without delay on the owner interested or his agent in charge.

496 SEC. 53. [Fees.] The inspector and arbitrators shall receive for their services the following fees and no more, which shall be paid by the owner of the flock inspected, except as otherwise provided in this act: The inspector shall receive for each flock inspected at each annual inspection the sum of one dollar, and in addition thereto the sum of ten cents for every hundred sheep inspected, or fractional part thereof, to be paid by the owner of the flock inspected. For every other inspection, the sum of three dollars per day for each day necessarily employed in such duty. Each arbitrator shall receive three dollars per day for each day necessarily employed in their duties.

497 SEC. 54. [Penalty.] Any person who shall fail to comply with or shall disregard any order or directions made by any inspector and arbitrators, under the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars.

498 SEC. 55. [Same.] Any person or persons owning or keeping any flock or herd of sheep, any portion of which flock or herd is diseased with the scab or other contagious disease, shall be liable to any person damaged thereby in double the amount of damage such person may sustain by reason of such flock or herd or any part thereof being moved or allowed to stray from the premises of the owner of such flock.

499 SEC. 56. [Same.] It shall be unlawful for any person or persons having a flock or herd of sheep, any portion of which is infected with the scab or any infectious or contagious disease, to allow such flock or herd or any part thereof to stray or be driven upon the grounds of another without the consent of the occupant thereof in writing, or to allow any such flock or any part thereof to come in contact, off his premises, with the sheep of any other person. Every person so offending shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

500 SEC. 57. [Same.] It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring into this state from without the state any sheep infected with the scab or any contagious disease. Every person so offending shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one month nor more than three months, or both at the discretion of the court.

501 SEC. 58. [Mark and brand.] Every person or persons, being the owner of any sheep, shall cause such sheep, and all of them six months old and upwards, to be suitably branded and ear-marked, and so kept branded and earmarked, which brand and ear-mark shall be made of record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such sheep are kept. Every person failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

502 SEC. 59. [Exemption.] No property shall be exempt from sale under execution issued upon any judgment obtained under any of the provisions of this

act.

CHOLERA AND OTHER DISEASES.

503 SEC. 60. [Death of animals.] That it shall be the duty of the owner

SEC. 60. “An act to prevent the spread of hog cholera and other kindred diseases, and to prevent traffic in animals dying from infectious or other diseases." Passed and took effect March 4, 1885.

of swine or other domestic animals dying from cholera or other diseases, within twenty-four hours after their death, to cause the carcass of such animals to be suitably buried or burned on the premises owned or occupied by such person. [1885, chap. 5.]

504 SEC. 61. [Penalty.] If the owner of any swine or other domestic animals dying from cholera or other disease, or any other person, shall sell or dispose of the carcass of such swine or other domestic animals to any person for the purpose of manufacturing the same into soap or rendering the same into lard, or for other purposes, or if any person shall buy, or otherwise obtain the carcass of any swine or other domestic animals dying from cholera or other disease for manufacturing purposes as aforesaid, or any other purpose except that of burial or burning as provided in the preceding section, every such person shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than twenty five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding six months.

ARTICLE II.-STATE VETERINARIAN-LIVE STOCK AGENTS.

505 SECTION 1. [Appointment.] The governor is hereby authorized to employ four agents, one of whom shall be a competent and skilled veterinary surgeon, who shall be a graduate in good standing of a recognized college of veterinary surgery, and who shall be known as the state veterinarian, and shall receive twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars per annum for his services; and three of said agents shall be practical stock men, who are actually engaged in stock raising, and shall each receive five ($5) dollars per diem, and shall be known as the live stock agents of the state of Nebraska. And each of such agents shall receive their actual traveling expenses by them incurred and paid while in the discharge of their duties as such agents. [1887, chap. 4.]

506 SEC. 2. [Oath-Bond.] Before entering upon their duties the said agents shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of such office, and shall execute a bond to the state of Nebraska in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, with good and sufficient security, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of their office, which bond and security shall be approved by the governor; and said bond, together with their oaths of office, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state.

507 SEC. 3. [Duties of veterinarian.] It shall be the duty of the veterinarian to investigate any and all cases of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals of the state, which may come to his knowledge, or be brought to the notice of the live stock agent, and for this purpose shall visit at once any locality within the state where such contagious or infectious disease of domestic animals may be reported to exist, and make a full and careful examination of all animals. supposed to be diseased, and inquire into the nature and cause of any such disease which he may discover, prescribe the proper care, necessary remedies, and direct the sanitary measures necessary to prevent the spread thereof, and to make a full report of his findings and doings in the premises, to the live stock agents, with recommendation and suggestions as to the means necessary to be employed to prevent the spread, and best calculated to exterminate any and all such contagious or infectious diseases, by him found to exist among the domestic animals of the state.

508 SEC. 4. [Same.] The state veterinarian shall make a continuous scientific study, investigation, and research of all contagious diseases of domestic animals, and the causes, preventatives, and cures thereof, and report the result of his study

ART. II. An act to amend an act, entitled "An act concerning the care of and to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals, to provide for the appointment of a live stock sanitary commission and state veterinary surgeon, defining their powers and duties and regulating their compensation." Passed and took effect March 31, 1887. Laws, 1887, chap. 4.

and investigation to the governor, giving in plain ordinary language the symptoms by which any such disease may be identified, how liable to be introduced and spread, the causes and conditions to which may be attributed the introduction of any such diseases, and the sanitary and other measures best calculated to prevent the germination and spread of any such contagious or infectious diseases among live stock, together with the best known treatment and remedies, in time for publication in the several reports required by law, and perform such other services and duties as may be required by law, or directed by the governor, or the live stock agents, in the interest of the state.

509 SEC. 5. [Duties of live stock agents.] It shall be the duty of the agents provided for in the first section of this act to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state from all 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, sanitary and other regulation as it may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of any member of said agents upon receipt by him of reliable information of the existence among the domestic animals of the state, of any malignant disease, to at once notify the veterinarian who shall 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 contagious or infectious or not; and if such disease is found to be of a malignant, contagious, or infectious character, he shall direct the temporary quarantine and sanitary regulations necessary to prevent the spread of any such disease and report his finding and actions to the live stock agents.

510 SEC. 6. [Inspection of infected districts.] Upon the receipt by any one of the report of the veterinarian provided for in section one (1) of this act, if said agent shall be of the opinion that the exigencies of the case require, he shall immediately convene the three live stock agents together with the veterinarian at such place as he may designate, and if, upon consideration of the report of the veterinarian, the agents shall be satisfied that any contagious or infectious disease exists of a malignant character, which seriously threatens the health of domestic animals, they shall proceed at once to the infected district, ascertain and determine the premises or grounds infected, and establish the quarantine, sanitary and police regulations necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease; also to list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease, and those which have been exposed thereto and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification; and for that purpose the said agents may, in their discretion, cause the live stock so included within the quarantine lines established to be marked or branded in such manner as they may designate; and no domestic animals liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same, shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises or grounds so quarantined, except by authority of the live stock agents. The said agents shall also from time to time give and enforce such directions and prescribe such rules and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, treating, feeding, and caring for such diseased and exposed animals as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly isolate them from any other domestic animals which have not been exposed thereto and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease. And the said agents or any of the members thereof, and said veterinarian are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act.