s F | | Oe HI iin sm ac Hah4y det 2 Ge Livestock Industry Compiled and Published by the ‘STATE BOARD OF STOCK COMMISSIONERS 1920 i Printed at 5 ete PRINTING OFFICE—JOE FARNSWORTH, SUPERINTENDENT CARSON CITY, lapsths ase : il OOOOEETETETEEoo 7 WR a NS Oe ee ee ee - fp" hat thesis LY aan = STATE OF NEVADA. -- Laws of Nevada Directly Applicable to the Livestock Industry COMPILED AND PUBLISHED By the STATE BOARD OF STOCK COMMISSIONERS 1920 Printed at STATE PRINTING OFFICE—JO—E FARNSWORTH, SUPERINTENDENT CARSON CITY, NEVADA anette SA RRIR eeer Fi ne ER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECEIVED JAN 301922 Q2OCUMENTS WivislONn etree msg INTRODUCTION The preparation of this pamphlet, containing in compact and simple form the laws of Nevada now in effect for the regulation and protec- tion of the livestock industry, was prompted largely by the fact that the attempts of this Board to secure better enforcement of the laws for the protection of the industry and the statements made by various livestock raisers at meetings of the Nevada Livestock Association made it plain that very few private individuals or peace officers had any very clear idea of the laws actually available for the protection of the live- stock industry. This condition is not to be wondered at in view of the fact that the laws in question have been enacted from time to time over a lone period of years, and have had many amendments and nullifications by specific repeal or subsequent legislation counter to their provisions. The livestock industry constitutes such a large portion of the total industrial activities of the State of Nevada and its ramifications are ‘so widespread and extensive that it may well be said that practically all the state statutes affect some aspect of it directly or indirectly, making it very difficult to decide what to include in a compilation of this sort; so that somewhat arbitrary lines had to be drawn in this connection, including only those statutes and portions of same con- cerned entirely or principally with the productive aspects of the industry. Some of the groups of laws largely or entirely omitted to which attention may be called and which may be of interest to livestock raisers, especially the larger operators, are those relating to general agriculture; horse-racing; pure food and drugs; the development, location, and use of water; lands; labor; industrial insurance; gen- eral civil and criminal practice; state revenue, etc. Those especially interested in the laws relating to these subjects can generally obtain detailed information from the various departments of the State and Federal Governments charged with their administration, some of which have, in fact, prepared compilations similar to this for general distri- bution. As this publication is intended primarily for the use of laymen, the grouping of the various laws and the preparation of the index have been carried out in a manner intended to make the desired information most accessible to them, rather than along strictly legal lines. * . ATL VHT AY <* Z my Al CONTENTS : Nore—NSection numbers refer to figures at extreme left of each paragraph which run consecutively through this pamphlet, and not to section numbers of original acts. SECTIONS Law Creating the State Board of Stock Commissioners.................2............ 1-23 Law Creating the State Board of Sheep Commissioners.......................-.--- 24-54 Laws Relating to the Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases OIE ANTDMTTNNS) Seas AE Te er ee aed ee Se Oe eo ke a eee 55-85 Laws Relating to the Destruction of Predatory and Noxious Animals, UT CL ae Ess COUUTTD Lal SOIR NS CATNNC ee ase 9e esle ds 86-100 Laws Relating to the Qualifications of Breeding Stock....-......00000.000....--.----- 101-124 Laws Relating to the Herding, Grazing and Driving of Live Stock and, LOMAS LG ABUT Oy Orfiny SIME C [pee eee eee ee 125-185 Laws Relating to the Use and Recording of Marks and Brands of Live SOC ee AM CamEhiGde: Minispections ss 2.5 5c es ee se 184-215 Laws Relating to Hstray and Ownerless Animals..................2.22.22eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 216-230 Laws Relating to the Unlawful Use of Domesticated Animals.................. 231-232 Law Relating to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals............20..22..22.------ 233-249 Laws Relating to the Assessment, Taxation and Licensing for Revenue Osa En RES LO Caen ee ieee eee Re I eh a nae Ng be ee San al 250-288 WWaws Relating to Wiens om Live Stock .....cccccclecce ccc cececee ee esses lense 289-294 Laws Relating to the Shipment and Sale of Live Stock and Dressed (CAPCRSLES LE eee Ee Be a eee a Oe eee enn eR aR oD 295-304 Laws Relating to Railroads in Connection with Live Stock............00000....... 305-316 Laws Relating to the Pollution of Water Supplies and the Exposure of ZOUSOMOMSE AV ViaSTEN Ear OG CES Uso Nie a ie tn a ee 317-327 Law Relating to the Practice of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and )EUXEAD IETS CTE Ae SP SN 2 Om Ete) CO RR RE Oe 328-336 Miscellaneous Laws Relating to the Livestock Industry.....................--.-------- 337-344 The General Alphabetical Index of these laws, by sections, will be found at the end of this pamphlet. is np Ais ao Bas ast tis hewiet orf hiw a . ' £ » _“ ha aX) hid Wen oi iveit ahi i Hilt vel le " hitters |e J sy Me ae ; é ir ‘ PARA i] Hany . ae weit: oe yin) a dinle 1. Lot bart uve ore stare x fit eee iho ated ye (i aod he 245 (\ eel bh fle de a” Pc pots iran fay | es ret i ibyckey o> Bees Cereb reatisd hee tote pray. 4 yaad cull apriate t un Ape jr ope. era tyy ath4. y jim {range Hy at lak me “ent oni aval Ww 2iht + + WA, . : nN peal he. w byt oi if seu lined’ iin rs inf freddy yl lat Tt Jet : ry ait at 7a a WA tai wipegey, tibiae fh Ty ine Jide oe “ig ls Lusten eokae: Aa wlth «vehi : . sfines-e rel. dit, geil Pea) { alt bie te. Res Why) n date F ; ; 1 ridaihal. heer als oo ee ¥ ; ie i gape Yo xobol [qsitegaiqik Gry LAW CREATING THE STATE BOARD OF STOCK COMMISSIONERS Sections 1 - 23 An Act relating to cattle, horses, and hogs, and regulating such stock, creating a state board of stock comnussioners, defimng their duties, and matters properly relating thereto. Approved March 26, 1915, 396 1. Board created. Section 1. The state board of stock commissioners is hereby created. 2. How composed—Oath—Bond—Salary—Meetings—Terms. Sec. 2. The state board of stock commissioners, hereinafter called the board, shall consist of three (3) members, all of whom shall be experienced stockmen, no two of whom shall be from the same county, said members to be appointed by the governor, and to hold office for four years, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, except as herein provided. Each of said commissioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the constitu- tional oath of office and enter into a bond with at least two sureties in the penal sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable to the State of Nevada, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the governor, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the board Shall each receive for their services three hundred dollars ($300) per annum and actual transportation expenses while in the discharge of their duties. Said salary and expenses shall be paid from the state treasury. Each member of said board shall be a qualified elector of the county from which he is chosen, and must reside during his term of office within the state. Said board must hold meetings quarterly, and oftener if requested by any member of the board; provided, that upon the termination of the term of office of the persons now consti- | tuting said board, that the governor shall appoint three persons as members of said board, the terms of such appointments and the appoin- tees to serve on said board for the period of two, three, and four years, respectively, as indicated in the appointments; that thereafter the members shall be appointed and serve for a term of four years as herein provided. As amended, Stats. 1919, 41. 3. Officers—Powers and duties. Sec. 3. Subdivision A. The board shall elect one of its members president, and is empowered to make rules and regulations for govern- ing itself, and for the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and Shall have control of all matters pertaining to the cattle, horse, and hog industry. It may, in conjunction with the state quarantine officer, adopt on behalf of the state rules and regulations of the United States bureau of animal industry relating to the control and suppression of disease in said stock, and to cooperate with the officers of said bureau st Sp ee in the enforcement of such rules and regulations. The board is granted and has full authority and power for the inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of cattle, horses and hogs affected with any infectious or contagious diseases, and is authorized and empowered to enter upon any ground or premises of this state for the purpose of enforcing the inspection, quarantine and condemnation laws of this state. The board is authorized to give the state quarantine officer, or his represen- tatives or his agents, duly approved by the board, or any other person or persons, full authority and power for the inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of cattle, horses, or hogs affected with any infectious or contagious disease, and is authorized and empowered to enter upon any ground or premises of this state for the purpose of enforcing the inspection, quarantine and condemnation laws and all the rules, regula- tions and orders of this board. Subdivision B. The board may make, execute, and enforce such rules, regulations, and other measures as it considers necessary for the control and eradication of infectious or contagious diseases of the animals under its jurisdiction which constitute a menace to the health of live stock or human beings within the state; provided, that the said rules, regulations, and other measures shall be approved by the state quarantine officer before becoming effective. Upon recommendation of the state quarantine officer the board may order and have destroyed any animals or animal under its jurisdiction infected with or exposed to any infectious or contagious disease a menace to other stock or human beings. The board shall, out of the funds at its disposal, compensate the owner or owners of any stock so. destroyed either separately or jointly with any county or municipality of the state or the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture, the amount of such compensation to be determined by appraisal before the affected stock is destroyed, this appraisal to be made by the state quarantine officer or a properly qualified agent designated by him and the owner or owners or their authorized representative. In the event of their failure to arrive at an agreement, the two so selected shall designate some disinterested party, who by reason of experience in such matters is a qualified judge of livestock values, to act with them. The judgment of any two of these appraisers shall be binding and final upon all parties; provided, that the total amount received by the owner or owners of stock so destroyed, including compensation paid by the board, any county or municipality or the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture, or any livestock insurance company, the salvage received from the sale of hides or carcasses or any other source, combined, shall not exceed 75 per cent of the actual appraised value of the destroyed stock, due allowance being made in such appraisement for their reduced value, owing to disease; provided further, that any individual or corporation purchas- ing any live stock which was at the time of purchase under quarantine by any state, county or municipal authorities or the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture legally empow- ered to lay such quarantine, or who purchases any which due diligence and caution would have shown to be diseased or which have been shipped or transported in violation of the rules and regulations of the ie Ot Ea bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agri- eulture, or the State of Nevada, shall not be entitled to compensation and the board may order their destruction without making any com- pensation to the owner; and provided further, no payment shall be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal destroyed if at the time of inspection or test of such animal or at the time of the ordered destruction thereof, it shall belong to or be upon the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered; and provided further, that im no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $75_for any grade animal or more than $200 for any pure- bred animal, and no payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all quarantine rules and regulations of the board. Subdivision C. The board shall have power to order the state quar- antine officer to have inspected or quarantined any stock in the state infected with, suspected of being or which have been exposed to a con- tagious or infectious disease a menace to human beings or other live stock, compel treatment at such times and as often as he deems neces- ‘sary to insure the suppression of disease. The board may divide the state into such districts as may be necessary for the enforcement of this act. The state quarantine officer shall, upon direction of the board, quarantine and compel the cleaning and disinfection of any corrals or place where stock is handled, and when owners or persons in charge of such corrals fail or refuse to clean and disinfect such places or corrals the board shall have the power to clean and disinfect them, the expense of which shall be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien on such place or corral until the expense is paid. All general orders, rules, or regulations made as herein provided and applying to the entire state, a county or a district, must be published at least twice 1m some newspaper having general circulation in the county or the district affected by the order, which shall constitute a legal notice of the order made upon all stockmen owning or having in charge cattle, horses, or hogs. Subdivision D. The board shall maintain an office at some point within this state to be determined by the board. The cost of mainte- nance of such office shall be paid from the state treasury in the same manner as the salaries and expenses of state officers are paid. Subdivision E. .The board may appoint an executive officer to exercise and enforce all rules and regulations of the board and the provisions of this act when the board is not in session; provided, said executive officer, when an emergency demands and the board is not in session, may exercise all the powers and functions of the board. Such executive officer shall be one of the members of the board or the state quarantine officer. Subdivision F. The board shall fix the rate of tax to be levied, as provided for in section four of this act, at any regular or special meet- ing of the board, and shall send notice of the same to the county com- missioners of the several counties of the state on or before the first day of March of each year. The board shall audit alt bills of salaries and expenses incurred in the enforcement of this act that may be payable from the stock inspection fund, and, if found correct, shall certify the Sirs) same to the state controller, who shall draw a warrant on the state treasury in favor of the parties entitled thereto. The board shall make a report in writing to the governor on or before the 15th day of Janu- ary, biennially, giving a statement of the transactions of the board, the facts relating to the condition of the stock industry of this state, and the state printer shall print said report for distribution by the board the same as similar reports, and without charge. As amended, Stats. 1919, 42. | 4. Tax for stock inspection fund. Src. 4. The board of county commissioners, at the time of the annual levy of taxes, must, at the request of the board, levy the rate of tax recommended by the board, not to exceed six (6) mills on the dollar per annum, on all cattle, horses, and hogs assessed in their respective counties, according to the assessed valuation of the same, the said tax to be collected as other taxes, and paid to the state treasurer, who must keep the same in a separate fund to be known as the stock inspection fund. The board may invest any surplus or reserve money in said fund im United States, state or county bonds of Nevada, such bonds to bear interest at a rate of not less than four per cent (4%) per annum; the state treasurer may, with the approval of the state board of examiners, deposit all reserve funds not so invested with banking corporations of the State of Nevada, upon the filing of approved securities, at a rate of interest of not less than three per cent (3%) per annum. All revenue derived from interest on such funds and bonds to be collected by the state treasurer and deposited in the stock imspection fund account. As amended, Stats. 1919, 45. 5. Duties of county officers. Sec. 5. The county assessor must, on or before the first Monday in September of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such year, as corrected by the board of county commissioners, a statement showing the total number of all said stock assessed, and the value of same. And the county treasurer must notify the state board of stoek commissioners of all moneys forwarded to the state treasurer belonging to the state stock inspection fund at the time said moneys are for- warded to the state treasury. Also make final report to said board at the time he makes settlement with the state controller. 6. Board to enforce act—Stock inspectors—Inspection record. Sec. 6. The board shall have charge of the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and of the rules and regulations made as herein provided. The board shall appoint such inspectors as may be necessary, and said inspectors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the state, for the faithful performance of their duties, with and to be. approved by the board. Such inspectors shall be paid from the stoek inspection fund. The board and each inspector must keep a book, to be known as the inspection record, in which they must enter their official acts. Such record must show the name of the owner of all horses, cattle, and hogs inspected, and the time when and place where the same were inspected. Inspectors shall have the right at all times to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, ey ee ae or cars, where any of said stock are quartered, for the purpose of exam- ining them, in order to determine whether they are affected with any infectious or contagious disease. All inspectors and their deputies shall have the same powers and authority of peace officers. The board shall have the power to order an inspector to quarantine any ‘corral, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings and cars where stock may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of the same when deemed necessary for the purposes of this act. Where owners or per- sons in charge of such places refuse to clean and disinfect them, the inspector shall have the right to take charge of such places, and cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected, the expense of which must be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien upon such premises, corrals, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, etc., until such expense is paid. 7. Bounties for killing certain animals. Sec. 64. The board is authorized and empowered to offer and pay bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruction of the following-named animals, killed in the State of Nevada, to wit: For each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five (75c) cents; for each wildeat or lynx, seventy-five:(75c) cents, and for each mountain lion, five ($5) dollars. Any person killing any of the aforesaid animals in order to obtain the bounty provided for herein, shall within ninety (90) days of the date of the killing, present or cause to be presented by his duly authorized agent. to the county clerk of ‘the county in which said animal or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said animal or animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto all four of the paws, or feet, the tail and the skin of the head, eye-holes and skin to tip of nose; and shall at the same time make and file with the said county elerk an affidavit, which said affidavit shall state: First, the kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were taken and the number of skins presented; second, that the county in which said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their skins are presented for payment of a bounty; third, that said animal or animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or received dead or alive, from any other county or state; fourth, that said animals were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of making of said affidavit; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed in such county and in the State of Nevada; and, sixth, that the same were not fostered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. The said county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such applicant for bounty such-other corroborative testimony as to him seems proper concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit; provided, that when in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order shall be issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off the four (4) paws or feet at the knee and destroy them. The said county clerk shall then certify to the said board that he received the said hides, that the required affidavit or affidavits have been made, and that he has destroyed the fore feet, in conformity with law, and also certify the name of the animals killed, the number, where killed and by whom and the bounty due. The board shall forthwith remit the bounty due to the party presenting the same and at the same time notify the said county clerk of the forwarding of said bounty so paid. 2 eee 8. Inspectors must report. fal Src. 7. Inspectors shall report to the board in writing as often and at such times as may be requested by said board. 9. Bill of health by inspector, when—‘‘Stock’’ defined. Src. 8. Each inspector must inspect all the horses, cattle, and hogs, within the district assigned to him, when so ordered by the board, and must make and issue certificate or bill of health for all of said stock whose owners have complied with the law and the orders, rules, and regulations made and adopted by the board describing the stock with the marks and brands thereon, which shall entitle the owner or agent in charge to pass with such stock from one district to another in the state. The inspector shall immediately file with the board a duplicate of all certificates issued by him. The term “stock” shall include horses, cattle, and hogs. 10. Board must be notified of disease. Sec. 9. Whenever any stock shall become infected with any infee- tious or contagious disease, the owner or agent in charge, the inspector appointed as herein provided, or any practicing veterinary, must imme- diately notify the board and the state quarantine officer. 11. Quarantine regulations. Sec. 10. When stock is found diseased, regulation for their quaran- tine must be made at once by the state quarantine officer, upon notifiea- tion by the inspector of the district where such stock is found, who must define the place and limits within which such stock may be grazed, herded, or driven, and such stock must be held in quarantine until pronounced cured from disease by the state quarantine officer. The expense of treating, feeding, and taking care of all stock quarantined under the provisions of this act must be paid for by the owner or agent in charge of such stock; and such expense shall be a lien upon such stock until paid. 12. Stock vaccinated on order of board. Sec. 11. All stock must be vaccinated when necessary at such time as may be ordered by the board. Any person, firm, company or cor- poration refusing to comply with and observe the provisions of this act or the orders, rules and regulations of said stock board shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to the fines and punishment hereinafter provided. 13. Entry of foreign stock—Board must be notified. Sec. 12. When any owner or person in charge of stock shall bring such stock into this state, before entering from an adjoining state or territory, for the purpose of grazing, or feeding, they shall notify the board and state quarantine officer, in writing, of such fact immediately before entering the state, stating the time when and the place where such stock shall enter; provided, however, that stock in transit on the ears shall not be required to give notice unless they shall remain in the state, or are unloading to feed and rest for a longer period than forty-eight hours. SUPE TS |S Ean 14. Infected stock not to be moved. Sec. 13. In no ease shall any stock suffering from contagious or infectious diseases be removed from one point to another within any district, or from one district to another without a written permit from the board and state quarantine officer. 15. Secretary of board. Sec. 14. The said board shall appoint a secretary, prescribe his duties, and fix his salary at a sum not to exceed eight hundred ($800) dollars the year, payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. Said seeretary to hold his position during the pleasure of the board. ‘Suc. 15. [Stats. 1915, 401, repealed, Stats. 1919, 45.] 16. . Appropriation to be repaid. Sec. 16. That the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropri- ated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, from the general fund, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect. All moneys so appropriated to be returned into the general fund from such taxes as may be levied upon the stock as herein provided. 17. Penalty for violation. Sec. 17. Any person who violates any provision of this act, or who disregards any order or direction made by the board or inspectors in accordance therewith, shall*be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 18. Board to cooperate. Sec. 18. The state board of stock commissioners shall act in con- junction with the state veterinary control service of the University of Nevada in the general enforcement of rules and regulations looking to the diagnosis, control, eradication, and prevention of infectious, con- tagious or communicable diseases of domesticated animals, as included in this act. In so far as the duty imposed by the board of stock com- missioners requires a regulation of interstate and intrastate movement of domesticated animals infected with, or which have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases, the board shall act in conjunction with the state veterinary control service department of the University of Nevada; and the laboratory of the said state veterinary control service department of the University of Nevada shall be at the service of the said state board of stock commissioners, to render such scientific assistance as it can, in order to accomplish the purposes con- templated in this act. Whenever any of the employees in the depart- ment of the state veterinary control service of the University of Nevada are employed upon duty required of them by the said state board of stock commissioners, they shall be paid, from the stock inspection fund, for their services pro rata as to the time which has been spent in this Service, and at a rate which shall compensate them on the same basis of salary or wages paid to them regularly by the board of regents of the University of Nevada. es A eee Wek 19. May prosecute thieves and offer rewards. Src. 19. The board may take all necessary and lawful steps, pro- cure all necessary and lawful process for the attendance of witnesses, and employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of any person charged with stealing cattle, horses, or hogs, for violating the laws of the state. for the protection of the rights and interests of owners of live stock, under the jurisdiction of this board, and also to advise and assist in the administration of this act, the cost and compensation thereof to be paid out of the funds of the commission. The board may also ofter a standing reward or a reward for each class of stock included under this act, of not to exceed $500, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of each person engaged in stealing cattle, horses, or hogs, the reward to be paid to the person or persons giving the information leading to the arrest and conviction of such person or persons immedi- ately upon the conviction of and imprisonment in the state prison of the person or persons so arrested. The board shall make such further conditions and rules in connection with offering said rewards and the payments thereof as it may deem proper. As amended, Stats. 1919, 45. 20. ‘‘Horse’’ defined. Sec. 193. The word “horse” or “horses,” wherever used or employed in this act, shall mean and be construed to mean and include mules, jackasses, jennets, and what are usually called horses. Added, Stats. 1919, 45. 21. Board to appoint inspectors and detectives. Sec. 20. The state board of stock commissioners may appoint such stock inspectors and detectives as are necessary for the protection of the livestock interests of the state, and the inspectors and detectives have the same power as sheriffs to summon a posse when necessary, and to make arrests. The stock inspectors and detectives may, when deputized by the sheriff, exercise the powers of deputy sheriff, but must not receive any fee or emolument therefor from the state or any county. 22. Duties of inspectors and detectives. Sec. 21. It is the duty of the stock inspectors and detectives to arrest all persons who in their presence violate the stock laws of the state, and every stock inspector and detective, upon information that any person has committed any offense against the laws of the state in feloniously branding or stealing any stock or any offense against the laws of the state, for the protection of the rights and interests of stock owners, must make the necessary affidavit for the arrest and examina- tion of such person, and, upon warrant issued therefor, immediately arrest such person, and bring him before the proper officer, and notify the board of his acts. Said inspectors shall also inspect all stock or cattle about to be shipped from the state, and the consignor, upon demand, shall establish fully his title to such stock. 23. Each section of act independent. Sec. 22. Each section of this act and every part of each section is hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be void or ineffective for 24. Board created. — 15 any cause shall not be deemed to affect nor shall it affect any other sec- tion or any part thereof. Added, Stats. 1919, 46. Note—This Act authorizes the Board to make and enforce certain regula- tions dealing with animal disease control, etc., and offer certain rewards for the apprehension of stock thieves, etc. As these are subject to change at any time, those now in effect are not included in this compilation. For information regarding same, communicate with Executive Officer, State Board of Stock Commissioners, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. LAW CREATING THE STATE BOARD OF SHERE COMMISSIONERS Sections 24 - 54 An Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their powers and duties, prescribing their compensation, and providing penalties for the violation hereof. Approved March 25, 1919, 154 Section 1. That a state board of sheep commissioners be and the same is hereby created. 25. Number of members—Bonds—Salaries—Meetings. Src.2. The state board of sheep commissioners, hereinafter called the board, shall consist of three (3) members, all of whom shall be experienced wool-growers, ‘and no two of whom shall be from the same -county, said members to be appointed by the governor, and to hold their office for four years, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Each of said commissioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the constitutional, oath of office and enter into a bond with sufficient surety or sureties in the penal sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable to the State of Nevada, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the governor, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the board shall each receive for their services five hundred dollars ($500) per annum and actual transportation expenses while in discharge of their duties. Said salaries and compensation shall be paid from the state treasury in the same manner as the salary of state officers. Each member of said board shall be a qualified elector of the county from which he is chosen, and must reside during his term of office within the state. Said board must hold their meetings annually, and oftener if so requested by any member of the board. 26. Duties of board. Sec. 3. The board shall elect one of its members president. The said board is empowered to make rules and regulations for governing itself, and such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the ute ee enforcement of the provisions of this act, and shall have exclusive con- trol of all matters pertaining to the sheep industry. It shall be empow- ered to make and enforce rules and regulations for the quarantining, dipping, or any other treatment of sheep which may be infected, affected, or infested with scabies, ticks, lice, or any other parasites detrimental or injurious to sheep, or any infectious or. contagious disease of sheep, and for the speedy and effective suppression and extirpation of infectious or contagious diseases, scabies, ticks, lice. or other parasites detrimental to sheep, as are not in conflict with the provisions of this act. The board is authorized to appoint an enaae in charge, whose duties and powers shall be defined and prescribed by said board, which said officer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall exeeute and file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the State of Nevada, for the faithful performance of his duties, with and to be approved by the board. The inspector in charge shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by said board and actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The inspector in charge shall be at all times subject to the authority of the board and shall have,the same powers hereinafter provided for all other inspectors appointed by the board under this act. The board shall appoint a secretary, prescribe his duties, and fix his salary, which shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) per annum. The board shall maintain an office at some point within this state to be determined by the board. The maintenance of such office and the secretary’s salary shall be paid from the state treasury in the same manner as the salary and expenses of state officers. The board shall fix the rate of tax to be levied, as provided for in section four of this act, and shall send notice of the same to the county com- missioners of the several counties of the state on or before the first day of August of each year. The board shall audit all bills of salaries and expenses incurred in the enforcement of this act that may be payable from the sheep inspection fund, which shall be audited, allowed and paid as other claims against the state. The board shall make an annual report in writing to the governor on or before the thirtieth (30th) day of November in each year, giving a statement of the transactions of the board, and facts relating to the condition of the sheep industry in this state. The board. shall have power to order an inspection or quarantine of any sheep in the State of Nevada, compel dipping or other treatment of sheep at such times and as often as it deems necessary to insure the suppression or eradication of scabies, ticks, lice or other parasites detri- mental to sheep, or any infectious or contagious disease of sheep, and divide the state into such districts as may be necessary for the enforee- ment of this act, which said districts shall be under the superv ision of one of the commissioners. The board shall have the power to quarantine and compel the clean- ing and disinfecting of any shearing or dipping corrals or places where Sheep are handled, and when owners or persons in charge of such corrals or places fail or refuse to clean or disinfect such corrals or places the board shall have power to order the inspector to take charge of such corral or place and clean and disinfect it, the expense of which — Stent gn, Oe: ——s a a a TAIN rrp Bea shall be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien on such corral or place until the expense is paid. All orders, rules or regulations made by the board must be published at least twice in some newspaper having general circulation in the state, which shall constitute legal notice upon all owners of sheep and other persons of the order made. 27. Annual tax. Sec.4. The board of county commissioners, at the time of the annual levy of taxes, must, at the request of the board, levy the rate of tax recommended by the board, not to exceed six (6) mills on the dollar, on all sheep assessed in their respective counties, according to the assessed valuation of the same, the said tax to be collected as other taxes and paid to the state treasurer, who must keep the same in a separate fund to be known as the sheep inspection fund. 28. Duties of county officers. Sec.5. The county assessor must, on or before the first Monday in September of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such year, as corrected by the board of county commissioners, a statement showing. the total number of all sheep assessed and the value of the same. And the county treasurer must notify the state board of sheep commissioners . of all moneys forwarded to the state treasury belonging to the state sheep inspection fund at the time said moneys are forwarded to the state treasury. Also make final report to said board at the time he makes settlement with the state controller. 29. Duties of board. Sec. 6. The board shall have charge of the enforcement of the provi- sions of this act, and of all rules and regulations made and adopted by it. The board shall appoint such inspectors as may be necessary, and Said inspectors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the state, for the faithful performance of their duties with and to be approved by the board. Such inspectors shall receive five dollars ($5) per diem, and actual and necessary transportation expenses inéurred in the performance of their duty, to be paid from the sheep inspection fund. The board and each inspector must keep a book, to be known as the inspection record, in which they must enter their official acts. Such record must show the name of the owner of every flock of sheep mspected, and the time when and the place where the same was Inspected. Inspectors shall have the right at all times to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, or rail- road cars, where any sheep are quartered, for the purpose of examin- ing them for the purpose of determining whether they are infected with any infectious or contagious disease. All inspectors and their deputies shall have the same powers and authority of peace officers. The board shall have the power to order an inspector to quarantine any corral, pens, slaughter-house, building, cars, and railroad cars where sheep may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of the same, when deemed necessary for the purposes of this act. Where owners or persons in charge of such places, corrals, pens, Slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, and railroad cars refuse to clean and =< Iie ante aac disinfect them, the inspector shall have the right to take charge of such places, corrals, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, and railroad cars, and cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected, ‘the expense of which must be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien upon such premises, corrals, pens, slaughter- houses, buildings, cars, ete., until such expense is paid. 30. Inspectors to report. Sec. 7. Inspectors shall report to the board in writing as often and at such times as may be requested by the board. 31. Duties of inspectors. Sec. 8. Each inspector must inspect all the sheep within the district assigned to him, when so ordered by the board, and must make and ‘issue a certificate or bill of health for all sheep whose owners have com- plied with the law and the orders, rules and regulations made and adopted by the board, describing the sheep with the marks and brands thereon, which shall entitle the owner or agent in charge to pass with such sheep from one district to another in the state. The inspector ‘shall immediately file with the board a duplicate of all certificates issued by him. The term “sheep” shall inelude goats, lambs, and kids. 32. Diseased sheep destroyed, when—Proviso. Sec. 9. When sheep become infected with foot-and- mouth aigunes or any incurable, infectious, or malignant disease, said board has the authority, if necessary, to order such diseased sheep destroyed; pro- vided, in ease said board orders sheep killed, it shall pay to the owner thereof, out of any funds it has on hand, one-half the market price of said sheep; provided, further, said board shall not at any time pay more than four ($4) dollars the head for any one’such sheep so killed or destroyed. 33. Bounties for killing noxious animals. Sec. 10. The board is authorized and empowered to offer and pay. bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruction of the following-named animals, killed in the State of Nevada, to wit: For each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five (75¢e) cents; for each wildeat or lynx, seventy-five (75c) cents; and for each mountain lion, five ($5) dollars. Any person killing ‘any of the aforesaid animals in order to obtain the bounty provided for herein shall, within ninety (90) days of the date of the killing, present or cause to be presented by his duly authorized agent, to the county clerk of the county in which said animal or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said animal or animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto all four of the paws, or feet, the tail, and the skin of the head, eye-holes, and the skin to tip of nose; and shall at the same time make and file with the said county clerk an affidavit, which said affidavit shall state: first, the kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were taken and the number of skins presented; second, that the county in which said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their skins are presented for payment of a bounty; third, that said animal or animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or received, dead or alive, from any other county or state; fourth, that said animals i etre (0 gaits were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of making such affidavit; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed in such county, and in the State of Nevada; and, sixth, that the same were not fos- tered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. The said county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such applicant for bounty such other corroborative testimony as to him seems proper concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit; provided, that when in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order shall be issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off the four (4) paws or feet at the knee, and also cut off the ears and scalp and destroy them. The said clerk shall then certify to the said board that he received the said hides, that the required affidavit or affidavits have been-made, and that he has destroyed the four feet, scalp, and ears in conformity with law, and also certify the name of the animals killed, the number, where killed, and by whom, and the bounty due. The beard shall forthwith remit the bounty due to the party presented. 34. Inspector to act, when. Sec. 11. Whenever upon examination by a sheep inspector any flock of sheep kept or herded in the State of Nevada shall be found to be infected with scabies, or any infectious or contagious disease, or to have been exposed in any manner to such scabies or disease, the inspec- tor shall at once establish regulations for their quarantine, which shall define the place and limits within which such sheep may be grazed, herded, or driven. Said inspector shall forthwith notify the owner or person in charge of said sheep, in writing, of the fact that the said sheep are affected or diseased, and shall thereupon take charge of and treat said sheep for dipping or other treatment as the case may require. _ That in ease of scabies, within a period of not less than ten days nor more than fourteen days immediately succeeding said first dipping or treatment, the inspector shall again dip said sheep. ‘The said inspector shall also keep such flock of sheep so infected or diseased with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease from contact with other sheep by such means as he may specify, and until such time as the inspector “is satisfied of the complete eradication of such scabies or infectious or contagious disease, at which time said inspector shall issue, in writing, a permit or certificate to the owner or person in charge of said sheep, releasing said sheep from quarantine. Said inspector shall have the power to give such notice, as in his judgment the conditions in each case may require, that said sheep are quarantined within certain limits to be by him fixed and specified, and that such other sheep owners or persons in charge shall not enter within the limits prescribed as quarantined with their flocks of sheep until further notice. Should any flock of sheep free of scabies or any infectious or contagious disease enter or intrude upon any lands and corrals or places embraced within the limits set apart for such quarantine, or upon any land, corral, or place where infected, diseased, or exposed sheep have been, then such sheep or flock of sheep shall be subject to the same regulations and treatment as sheep infected with scabies, or infectious or contagious diseases detrimental to sheep; provided, however, that the board shall establish rules and regulations for the quarantining of sheep which, so far as 1s practicable and reasonable, shall be of general application; eee) and provided further, that all regulations established or specified by said inspector, as aforesaid, shall be subject to change or modification by the board. Where sheep must be dipped in the immediate vicinity of said quarantine and no preparations have been made upon the part of the owner or owners thereof, or the person in charge, to provide suitable dipping works, within fourteen days after the owner or person in charge of said sheep has been notified that said sheep are infected or diseased, the inspector is authorized to prepare such dipping works as may be necessary, at the expense of the owner of said sheep. If the said sheep cannot subsist upon range forage until they have been treated, the inspector shall then provide feed at the owner’s expense. All expenses for so doing, including the expenses for treating sheep, shall become and be a lien upon the said sheep until the same is paid; provided, however, that no person, company or corporation shall be required to dip a flock of ewes thirty days before lambing, or ewes with lambs under ten days old, but all such ewes or ewes with lambs infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, or that have in any manner been exposed to any such infection or diseases, must be held in quarantine and kept separate from sheep that are free from scabies or any infectious or contagious disease. It shall be the duty of the inspector to require the owner or owners, or person in charge of such ewes while held in quarantine during the above period of exemption, to spot and hand-dress all sheep in the flock that show scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, with some of the dips or treatment recognized or specified by the board; and the inspector shall have power to enforce spotting or hand-dressing during the periods of exemption above referred to, the same as he has power to enforce dipping at any other period of the year. All sheep which are kept or herded within the limits of the State of Nevada shall, between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of November of each year, be dipped under the supervision of an authorized sheep inspector in one of the dips which have been recommended by the board; the said dip to be specified by the board and to be of a strength sufficient to eradicate scabies, ticks or lice. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to take charge of and dip, as soon as possible after the first day of November of each year, all sheep kept or herded within the limits of the State of Nevada not previ- ously dipped within the period required by this section and the expenses for so doing shall be paid by the owner of said sheep and the same shall become and be a lien upon such sheep until paid. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to make such rules and regulations as they deem necessary relative to the administration of this section. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any servant, agent, or employee thereof, who is the owner or in charge or control of any sheep, who shall wilfully violate any provisions of this section, or disregard any order or direction made by the board or inspector, in accordance there- with, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. ee Poe REE (eae 35. Proclamation by governor, when. Sec. 12. Whenever the governor of the state shall have good reason to believe that any disease covered by this enactment has become epi- demic in a certain locality in any other state or territory, or that con- ditions exist that render sheep liable to convey disease, or whenever the board shall certify to the governor that conditions exist that render sheep likely to convey disease, the governor shall forthwith, by procla- mation, schedule such locality or localities and prohibit,the importation from them of any sheep into this state until such time as‘the said proc- lamation shall be raised or modified by the governor. Any. person, company, or corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, who after the publication of such proclamation shall knowingly receive in charge any sheep from any of the prohibited districts, or transport, - convey, or drive the same within the boundaries of any county of this state, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in section 26 of this act; provided, that nothing herein con- tained shall prohibit the transportation of sheep from such district through the state by railroad, provided such sheep are not unloaded within the state. 36. Unlawful to import diseased sheep. Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corpora- tion, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, to bring into this state any sheep infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, or that have in any manner been exposed to such disease. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, violating the provisions of this section, shall be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 37. Importer of sheep must notify board. Sec. 14. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, intending to bring or cause to be brought from any other state or territory, the District of Columbia, or any foreign country, any sheep or bucks into the State of Nevada in any manner, except by shipping the same through the state by railroad shall, ten days before crossing the state line, notify the board at its office of such proposed action, which notice shall set forth the place and date of entry into the state, the number of sheep or bucks, the brands or marks thereon, the name of the owner or owners thereof, the locality from which said sheep came and through which they have been driven; provided, however, that sheep or bucks trailing into the state from adjoiming states, for immediate interstate shipments, and sheep and bucks grazing along and across the state lines, and sheep shipped from any part of this state to feed-yards in any other part of the state, when shipment is made by interstate route, shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the board. If any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, shall be guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section, the said person, company or corpora- tion, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, shall upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 38. Imported sheep to be dipped twice. Sec. 15. All sheep or bucks imported to Nevada from any state, territory, or District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, shall, eee pee upon entering the state, irrespective of the time of such entry, be dipped twice under the supervision of an inspector of the board, the first dipping to be performed within ten days after the said sheep or bucks arrive in the state, and within a period of not less than ten days or more than fourteen days after the said first dipping the said sheep or bucks shall again be dipped; and after the said second dipping, if the said sheep or bucks are free of disease, they shall be released and shall thereupon become subject to the laws, rules, and regulations governing other sheep in the state; provided, however, that the board may make reasonable rules and regulations, under which sheep and bucks free from disease may enter the state without dipping, or by being dipped only once. The board is hereby authorized to take charge of and dip as soon as possible any sheep and bucks imported into the State of Nevada not previously dipped within the period required by this sec- tion, and the expenses for so doing shall be paid by the owner of said sheep or bucks and the same shall become a lien upon such sheep or bucks until paid. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any servant, agent, or employee thereof, who is the owner or in charge or control of any sheep or bucks ,imported into the State of Nevada, violating the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided for in section 26 of this act. 39. Inspector to file vouchers. Sec. 16. Whenever any inspector files in the office of the state con- troller proper vouchers, duly approved by the board, setting forth : 1. The name of such inspector ; 2. The kind and nature of service rendered ; 3. The particular locality where the work was done ; 4. The length of time employed ; 5. The number of sheep inspected and the name of the owner or person in charge of such sheep ; 6. The disease or diseases treated, and the length of time of such tr ne The amount claimed for such services ; ies and in such ease, the state controller must aetna a warrant in favor of such inspector, payable out of the moneys in the sheep inspec- tion fund. 40. Sheep in transit not to be unloaded—Exception. Sec. 17. Any sheep in transit through this state upon any railroad train shall not be unloaded from such train for any purpose except for feeding or water, and shall be held in the feed-y ards or in grazing erounds that may be provided by the railroad company carrying the said sheep, and shall not be allowed to leave the same. All expenses of enforcing the provisions of this section shall be paid by the owner or owners of said sheep, and the same shall become a lien wpon such sheep until paid. Any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, ser- vant, or employee of such, who shall be guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided by section 26 of this act. 41. Diseased sheep moved for treatment, how. Sec. 18. Any person, company, corporation, or association, or any agent, servant, or employee of such, desiring to move os or their sheep 2 SE Ok BRO e eet Me ean ee at ae SM eS ice which are not sound, or which are infected with scabies or any infec- tious or contagious disease, or which have been exposed in any manner to any such infection or disease, shall obtain from the commissioner of the district a traveling permit, but such permit shall only be granted for the purpose of moving said sheep to the nearest practicable place where they may be treated for said infection or disease, and by such routes as such commissioner shall designate. No such sheep shall be moved until such permit shall have been obtained. Any person, com- pany, corporation, or association, or agent, servant, or employee of such, who shall violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed ouilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in section 26 of this act; provided, that the board may, by reeulations, authorize the inspector to issue said traveling permits. 42. Infection must be reported promptly. Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of every person, company, corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, owning or having under their control any sheep or flocks of sheep in the State of Nevada which have become infected with seabies, or any infectious or contagious ‘disease, or which have been exposed in any manner to such infection or diseases, to forthwith report such facts in writing, to the sheep inspec- tor of the district in which the sheep are located, or to the board, and if any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, shall fail, neglect, omit, or refuse to so report such facts for a period of fifteen days said person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 43. Who deemed owners. . Sec. 20. In any action or proceedings, civil or criminal, arising under this enactment, all persons having an interest in sheep and con- trolling the same, concerning which such an action or proceeding is had, shall be deemed the owners of such sheep, and shall be liable severally and jointly for a violation of this enactment. Any herder or other person in charge of sheep who shall wilfully refuse to give an inspector information as to the condition of sheep in his charge, or shall wilfully give false information as to the condition of said sheep, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 44. Special legal aid, when. Sec. 21. Whenever the board shall deem it necessary they may employ special attorneys to assist in the prosecution of violations or violators of any of the foregoing sections, and also may employ attor- neys for such other purposes as the board may deem necessary, such services to be paid out of any moneys in the sheep inspection fund in the state treasury. 45. U.S. regulations accepted. Sec. 22. The board is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the State, the rules and regulations prepared by the secretary of agricul- ture of the United States under and in pursuance of section numbered 3 of an act of Congress, approved May 29, 1884, “An act for the establishment of the bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exporta- aes, DR tion of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals,” and to cooperate with the authorities of the United States in the enforcement of the provisions of said act; provided, however, that all action taken by the employees of the United States while acting under the provisions of this chapter as state inspectors of sheep and bucks shall be exercised under the joint supervision of the board and the chief of the bureau of animal industry. 46. U.S. employees recognized. Src. 23. The board is authorized to give its consent that the bureau of animal industry of the United States and its employees shall come within the State of Nevada for the purposes connected with the expor- tation of diseased sheep, and for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious and infectious diseases among sheep. 47. Federal authorities may call peace officers. Sec. 24. All federal authorities authorized as aforesaid, and the various inspectors of this state, shall, subject to the approval of the board, have the power to call upon any constable, sheriff, or other peace officer in any county in this state to assist them in the discharge of their duties in carrying out the provisions of this act, and the aet of Congress aforesaid, and it is hereby made the duty of said officers to assist them when so requested, and the said federal inspectors shall have the same power to enforce the laws of this state as the various inspectors of the state when authorized as aforesaid and engaged in the discharge of their official duties; provided, that any person, company, or corporation refusing to comply with the orders of such officer or federal inspector shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 48. Salaries, expenses and maintenance, how paid. Sec. 25. The salaries, expenses, and maintenance of the Nevada state sheep commission, not heretofore provided for in this act, shall be paid out of the sheep inspection fund. 49. Penalties and punishment. _ Sec. 26. Any person, company, corporation or association, or any agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate or disregard any quarantine provision of this act, or any sanitary or quarantine rule, regulation or order of the board, or inspector thereof, or any of the foregoing provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not to exceed moré than one year, or by fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act each member of the board, and the secretary of said board, is authorized to subpena and examine witnesses and to administer oaths for the purpose of soliciting information to be used in enforcing the provisions hereof, and in the furtherance of the quarantine, sanitary and other regulations. 25 50. Liens, how foreclosed. Sec. 27. All liens provided for in this act shall be for eclosed in the manner provided by chapter 60 of the civil practice act; provided, that the judgment therein shall also allow reasonable attorneys’ fees, to be fixed by the court. 51. Premises seized, when. Sec. 28. Whenever it shall be necessary in the enforcement of the _ provisions of this act for the board, or any of its inspectors, to take charge of any sheep, corral, building or other place, demand therefor shall be made upon the owners or persons in charge thereof; in event of refusal of said owner or person in charge of said sheep, corral, build- ing, or place, said board or any inspector may have said sheep, corral, building or place seized and held by writ of attachment to issue in the same manner provided by the general laws of the State of Nevada; ~—provided, that the action shall be brought in the name of the State of Nevada, and no bond on attachment shall be required. 52. Breaking quarantine defined. Sec. 29. Breaking quarantine shall mean the taking of any sheep or allowing any sheep quarantined by the board or inspector to go within or without any building, corral, premises or range quarantined by the board or inspector, or the taking any free sheep within any building, corral, premises or range quarantined by the board or inspector. 53. Repeal of former act. Sec. 30. An act entitled “An act regulating the sheep sadn in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their duties, and prescribing their compensation,” approved March 26, 1907; all acts amendatory thereof; and all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 54. Sheep inspection fund continued. Sec. 31. The sheep inspection fund, created and existing under and by virtue of an act entitled “An act regulating the sheep “industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, definmg their duties and prescribing their compensation, approved March 26, 1907,” shall be transferred to the sheep inspection fund, ereated under and by virtue of the provisions of this act. .The state board of sheep commissioners, created under and by virtue of the said act, shall hold office under the provisions of this act until their succes- sors are appointed as herein provided. Note—This Act authorizes the Board to make and enforce certain regula- tions dealing with the control of infectious diseases of sheep and goats and the Governor to issue quarantine proclamations along the same lines. As these are subject to change at any time, those now in effect are not included in this com- pilation. For information regarding same, communicate with the Inspector in Charge, State Board of Sheep Commissioners, Reno, Nevada. 26 LAWS RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS Sections 55 - 85 An Act to protect the live stock of this state from disease, and provid- ing a penalty for driving or allowing diseased stock to run at large upon the public lands. aa) Approved February 19, 1887, 72 55. Unlawful to drive diseased stock on highway. Section 1. It shall be unlawful to drive any horse infected with: olanders, or pink eye; any sheep infected with scab, or foot rot; and neat cattle infected with Spanish or Texas or splenic fever, or with pleuropneumonia ; any hog infected with cholera or trichina, or any of said animals that are infected with or that have been exposed to any of the above diseases whatever, along any highway or traveled road in this state. 56. To be enclosed or herded. Sec. 2. The owner of any animal or animals so infected or diseased, as mentioned in section 1 of this act, or that has been exposed to any contagious disease, and the person or persons in charge thereof shall keep such animal or animals safely enclosed or securely herded upon lands owned by or held in actual possession by them under the laws of this state by the owner or person in charge of such animal or animals. 57. Penalty—Entitled to recover damages. Sec. 3. Every person who may violate either of the preceding sec- tions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor by a fine not less than thirty nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and the owner or owners of any animal or animals injured or damaged by any act or omission in violation of the provisions of this act shall be entitled to recover the amount of damages sustained from the owner or owners of the diseased live stock from which the contagion came, and shall also be entitled to recover the costs of prosecution. 58. Diseased animals. Sec. 266. Every owner or person having charge thereof, who shall import or drive into this state, or who shall turn out or suffer to run at large upon any highway or unenclosed lands, or upon any lands adjoin- ing the enclosed lands kept by any person for pasture; or who shall keep or allow to be kept in any barn with other animals, or water or allow to be watered at any public drinking fountain or watering place, any animal having any contagious or infectious disease ; or who shall sell, let or dispose of any such animal knowing it to be so diseased, ee ee ee 20 without first apprising the purchaser or person taking it of the exis- tence of such disease, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The foregoing is Section 6531, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 59. Diseased animals—Disposal of carcasses. Sec. 267. Every person owning or having in charge any animal that has died or been killed on account of disease, shall immediately bury the eareass thereof at least three feet underground, or cause the same to be consumed by fire. No person shall sell or offer to sell or give away the carcass of any animal which died or was killed on account of disease, or convey the same along any public road or land not his own in a manner dangerous to the public health or the health of other animals. Every violation of any provision of this section shall be a misdemeanor. . The foregoing is Section 6532, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 60. Selling diseased flesh. Sec. 270. Any person who shall knowingly sell any flesh of any diseased animal is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly. The foregoing is Section 6535, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. An Act providing for interstate and intrastate quarantine with respect to domestic animals and other live stock, poultry, bees, and agri- cultural and horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or shrubs, or any article infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious or destructive. diseases, or infested with parasites, or insect pests, or the eggs or larve thereof, dangerous to any dustry in the state; and other matters relating thereto. Approved March 31, 1913, 456 61. Governor may proclaim quarantine. Section 1. The governor is hereby authorized and empowered to proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state, or any portion of any state, with respect to the importation into Nevada; or against any county or portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, with respect to the exportation therefrom to any other part of the state, of any domestic animals or other live stock, poultry, bees, or agricultural or horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or shrubs or any article (hereinafter for convenience referred to as com- modities) infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious or destructive diseases, or infested with parasites, or insect pests, or the eggs or larve thereof, dangerous to any industry in the state. In any criminal proceedings arising under this act, proof that any commodity, interdicted by proclamation of quarantine from import or export, was imported or exported in violation of quarantine, shall be deemed proof, within the meaning of this act, that the same was diseased, exposed to disease, or infested as aforesaid. The words “importation” and “exportation,” as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include the transportation of any such commodity by any railroad, express company or other common carrier, or by any person or persons or baggage, or by vehicle or automobile, or the driving, leading or permitting to run at large of the same. The word farm, as herein used, shall be held and construed to mean and include any farm 28 —— stock range, stockyards, dairy, lot, or other premises not otherwise enumerated. 62. Interstate and intrastate quarantine. Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the state quarantine officer, by petition of any three citizens, or otherwise, that any industry in the state is endangered by importations from any other state of any com- modity mentioned in section 1 of this act; or by exportations from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery, or aplary within the state, to other parts of the state, of any such commodity, he shall at once take steps to ascertain the facts thereof, as hereinafter provided, and if in his opinion the facts so warrant, he shall by proclamation declare such state, or any portion of such state, in the first instance, quarantined from further importations into Nevada of any such com- modity; or any such county, or portion of such county, farm, nursery, or apiary, in the second instance, quarantined from exportations of any such commodity to other parts of the state; which quarantine shall remain effective unless vacated by order of the governor of the state within forty-eight (48) hours, or until said quarantine is raised by proper authority. As amended, Stats. 1915, 332. Sec. 3. Stats. 1913, 457, repealed, Stats. 1915, 332. 63. Quarantine proclamation mailed. Sec.4. When quarantine is so declared against importations from any state, or any portion of a state, of any commodity referred to in section 1 of this act a certified copy of such proclamation shall be mailed by registered mail to each of the following: To the governor of such state; the United States quarantine officer having federal juris- diction over the same character of quarantine; and to the state agent of any interstate railroad, express company or other common earrier over which, or by which, such commodity might be transported. 64. Notice to county authorities. Sec. 5. When quarantine is declared against any county or portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, forbidding exportations therefrom of any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act, a certified copy of such proclamation shall be mailed by regis- tered mail to each of the following: To the sheriff; chairman of the board of county commissioners; and county clerk of such county, and if a single farm, nursery or apiary be quarantined, to the owner or resident manager thereof. The governor may, in his discretion, cause a copy of such proclamation to be published in some newspaper of gen- eral circulation published within the county, once a week for four consecutive weeks, unless said quarantine is sooner raised, as notice to all concerned. 65. Penalties for violation. Sec. 6. Any person, or any officer, agent or employee of any cor- poration, who shall import or export, or who shall insist in importing or exporting, as a principal or accessory, any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act, forbidden to be imported or exported by any proclamation of quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 6285, Revised Laws of Nevada. Any railroad company, any express a ee 29 company, or other common earrier, which shall carry, haul or trans- port into Nevada from any state, or portion of any state, quarantined against, or from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, under quarantine, to any other part of the state, any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act, forbidden to be so imported or.exported, shall be liable for any and all damages ocecur- ring by reason of such importation or exportation, and which may be recovered by action against such railroad company, express company ‘or common carrier brought in any court of competent jurisdiction within two years after the date of such offense or offenses, if more than one. Such action shall be instituted in the name of the state, for and on behalf of the person or persons, firms or corporations suffering injury, and the attorney-general shall prosecute the same. 66. To cooperate with federal authorities. Sec. 7. In so far as practicable, the governor, or state quarantine officer, in directing the enforcement of quarantine, shall cooperate with the federal authorities. The state quarantine officer is hereby author- ized and empowered to exercise all needful authority required for the proper and efficient enforcement of quarantine; to make arrests of persons violating the same, or suspected of such violation, and to examine any premises or any shipment or consignment suspected of containing any interdicted commodity within the meaning of this act, and may open any container thereof and inspect the same. If such shipment or consignment prove to be an interdicted commodity as aforesaid, he shall have power to require any railroad, express com- pany, or other common carrier immediately to reship such consignment back to point of origin, if the same has not yet been delivered to the consignee, and the failure or refusal of any railroad company, express company, or other common earrier promptly so to do shall render such company so offending liable to fine in any sum not less than five hun- dred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and which may be collected by proceedings instituted by the state and prosecuted by the attorney-general in any court of competent jurisdiction, and any prop- erty of the defendant within the state may be levied on and sold in satisfaction of the judgment. As amended, Stats. 1915, 332. 67. Commodity may be fumigated or destroyed, when. Sec. 8. Any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act forbidden to be imported or exported by any proclamation of quarantine, wher- ever the same may be located, if in the opinion of the quarantine officer endangering any industry of the state, may be fumigated, disinfected, treated, or destroyed, as the governor may authorize such quarantine officer so to do; provided, that any property so ordered to be destroyed, if acquired by the owner of the same, came into his possession prior to the date of the proclamation of quarantine, before being destroyed shall be appraised as to its value by two disinterested appraisers, one to be appointed by the owner thereof, or if he be absent, by his agent, manager or foreman; one by said quarantine officer, and if the two so chosen cannot agree, they shall name a third appraiser, and if unable to agree upon such third appraiser, said quarantine officer may name Some disinterested person. to name a third appraiser; and two of the three so named as appraisers, agreeing upon the valuation of the prop- erty destroyed, the same shall be final. Said valuation ‘so appraised shall be divided into three equal parts; one part of which the owner shall lose, one part shall be paid to him by the county wherein the property is situated, by order of the board of county commissioners from the general fund of the county, on a certified copy of such appraisement, the same as other bills are paid; and one-third by the state, on a certified copy of such appraisement, attested by the quaran- tine officer and approved by the state board of examiners, when the state controller shall draw his warrant and the state treasurer pay the same from the general fund in the state treasury. But no property destroyed under the provisions of this section, if acquired, or the same came into possesssion of the owner, after the date of such proclamation of quatantine, shall be subject to such part payment by the county or by the state. All costs of fumigation, disinfection or treatment ordered to be performed by said quarantine officer shall be borne by the owner of such commodity, and he, or in his absence, his agent, manager or foreman, shall perform the same promptly and exactly as instructed and not otherwise, and the refusal or neglect so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, and such owner, agent, manager or foreman, so delin- quent, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 6285, Revised Laws of Nevada. In such case said quarantine officer, or any person deputized by him, may enter upon such premises and per- form such fumigation, disinfection or treatment, and all the costs thereof shall attach as a len against any property of such owner within the state. On the neglect or refusal of such owner promptly to pay the same on presentation of an itemized bill certified to by said quarantine officer or his deputy, the district attorney of the county shall forthwith proceed to levy an attachment against any property of such owner within the state for the amount due plus the costs of legal procedure, and proceed to collect the same by foreclosure proceedings. 68. Peace officers to assist quarantine officer. Sec. 9. The sheriff and all peace officers of any county when called upon by said quarantine officer, and the state police likewise, shall aid and assist him in the enforcement of quarantine and in the arrest of any person accused of violating the same, and the district attorney of any county in which any person is charged with a misdemeanor under this act shall prosecute the same. Secs. 10 and 11, Stats. 1913, 467, repealed, Stats. 1915, 333. 69. Each section declared independent. Sec. 12. Each section of this act and every part of each section is hereby declared to be independent sections, and parts of sections, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or any part thereof. Sec. 13, Stats. 1913, 461, repealed, Stats. 1915, 333. 70. Who to administer act and designate quarantine officer. Sec. 15. The president and board of regents of the University of Nevada are hereby designated the authority to administer this act. They shall have-power to designate the state quarantine officer, who shall be in charge of the laboratory of the university, known as the state veterinary control service. They shall appoint a properly qualified 31 entomologist to advise with the state quarantine officer in all matters in which the scientific knowledge of an entomologist is essential. The appointment of the state quarantine officer shall be effective when approved by the governor. Added, Stats. 1915, 333. NoteE—This and the following Act provide fer the issuance by the Governor -+ and the State Quarantine Officer of certain general quarantine proclamations and local quarantines. As these are subject to constant change, those in effect at this time are not included in this compilation. For information as to those in effect, communicate with the State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. An Act providing for the better prevention, control and extermination ‘of mfectious, contagious and destructwe diseases, parasites and msect pests, affecting animals, poultry, bees or agricultural or . horticultural plants, trees or shrubs, injurious to any industry im the state, and other matters relateng thereto; and to repeal an act entitled *“*An act providing for the appointment of a state veter- | narian, defining his duties and fixing his compensation-—Governor to appowmt,” approved March 15, 1905, and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. Approved March 31, 1913, 452 71. For prevention of disease. SecTIon 1. For the better prevention, control, and extermination of infectious, contagious, or destructive diseases, parasites or insect pests, affecting poultry, bees, or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees, or shrubs, injurious to any industry in the state, the governor, with the advice of the state quarantine officer, or otherwise, is hereby empowered to proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state or any portion of any state, with respect to the importation into Nevada, or against any county or any portion of any county, farm, nursery, or apiary within the state, with respect to the exportation therefrom to any other part of the state, of any poultry, bees, or agricultural or horti- cultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or shrubs, or any article: (hereinafter for convenience referred to as commodity) infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or destruc- tive diseases, or infected with parasites or insect pests, or the eggs or larve thereof, dangerous to any industry in the state; and to formu- late and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this act. The word “plants,” as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include any and all farm, field, and garden crops grown in the state. The word “trees,”’ as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include any and all fruit, shade, and ornamental trees. The word “shrubs,” as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include all fruit-producing, orna- mental, or useful shrubs and bushes. As amended, Stats. 1915, 424. Stats. 1913, 453, sees, 2, 3, and 4 repealed, Stats. 1915, 424. 72. State quarantine officer to be notified. DEC. 0. (5 Lic is hereby made the duty of each and every person in the State owning, possessing, or having upon his premises, or any prem- ises under his control, lease, supervision, or management, any poultry, bees, or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees, or shrubs, as here- tofore defined, immediately upon the appearance thereamong of any unknown disease, or disease known to be, or which by him reasonably should be suspected of being, infectious, contagious, or destructive ; or of any parasite or insect pest, known to be, or which by him reason- ably should be suspected of being, injurious to any industry in the state, immediately to notify the state quarantine officer, and the neglect or failure so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof the person so offending shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. As amended, Stats. 1915, 424 73. Quarantine officer to issue bulletin. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the state quarantine officer to prepare, or cause to be prepared and printed, such circulars describing and illustrating the appearance and characteristics of such. contagious, infectious, or destructive diseases, parasites, or insect pests as in his judgment is necessary and desirable. As amended, Stats. 1915, 425. ° 74. Quarantine officer to act. Sec. 7. Whenever it shall appear to the state quarantine officer that . any infectious, contagious or destructive disease, parasite or insect pest affecting animals, poultry, bees or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees or shrubs has appeared in the state, injurious or threatening injury to any industry, it shall be the duty of such state quarantine officer immediately to make, or cause to be made, investigation to deter- mine the fact and thereupon promptly to take action and adopt mea- sures for the control and extermination thereof, and the prevention of the spread of the same; provided, that the board of county commis- sioners of such county shall provide for all the necessary traveling, living and other needful expenses connected therewith. 75. Quarantine to be established. Sec. 8. If the quarantine of any county or portion of any county, farm, nursery, or apiary is required, said state quarantine officer shall immediately issue an emergency quarantine order, which shall be effee- tive for forty-eight (48) hours, at the end of which time it shall be void, unless confirmed by the governor. The state quarantine officer, or any agent appointed by him for such purpose, shall have authority to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspection, with respect to the existence or suspected existence of any such disease, parasite, or insect pest, or the germs, eggs, or larve thereof, and to make such inspection as thorough as may be deemed proper without let or hin- drance from the owner or person in possession or in charge thereof. As amended, Stats. 1915, 425 76. Powers of quarantine officer. Sec. 9. When such disease, parasite, or insect pest, or the eggs or larve thereof, is discovered upon any premises the state quarantine officer is hereby empowered to employ any and all means in his judg- ment necessary for the control, extermination, and prevention of the spread of the same. He may give explicit directions to the owner, or person in charge thereof, relating to what procedure he shall take with respect to the treatment, control, and extermination thereof and pre- vention of the spread of the same, and such instructions shall be BAP SCY ed Nee , mandatory upon such person, and he shall perform the same within a certain time to be specified, and the failure or refusal of any such per- son so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof the person so offending shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. On such failure or refusal, or with the consent of the owner or person in possession or charge thereof, or in case of emergency, or on his own initiation, he, or any agent authorized by him so to do, may enter upon such premises and take charge thereof, and ‘ eonduet such treatment, control, extermination, or prevention from spreading of any such disease, parasite, or insect pest, and all costs thereof shall be borne by the owner of such premises or property. On the neglect or refusal of such owner promptly to pay the same, on presentation of an itemized bill therefor, certified to by said state quarantine officer, said cost shall attach as a len against any property of such owner within the state, and the district attorney of the county shall forthwith proceed to levy an attachment against such property for the amount due, plus the cost of legal procedure, and collect the same by foreclosure proceedings. As amended, Stats. 1915, 425. 77. Further duties of quarantine officer. Sec. 10. Whenever in the opinion of the state quarantine officer, any general or special measures of precaution are necessary to be taken to prevent the introduction or spread of any such disease, parasite, or insect pest, beyond any premises where the same may have appeared, said state quarantine officer shall prepare explicit directions as to such measure, and notify all parties, directed to comply therewith, by letter, eireular, or by publication. Where notice by publication in any county is deemed necessary by said state quarantine officer, he shall forward a copy of such notice to the chairman of the board of county commis- sioners of such county requesting that the same be published in one or more newspapers published in such county once a week for four consecutive weeks; and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to cause the same forthwith to be so published, and the cost of such publication shall be paid by the county in the usual manner as other county advertising. And such notice, to all parties addressed, shall be mandatory for the performance of, and compliance with, such measures of precaution, according to such directions and within the time limits, if any, therein specified. It shall be the duty of the state quarantine officer to see that all persons comply therewith, and on the neglect or refusal of any so to do, promptly to notify the district attor- ney, with the names of the persons so neglecting or refusing. Said * district attorney shall call the same to the attention of the board of county commissioners at its next succeeding meeting, and it shall be the duty of said board, and it is hereby fully authorized and empowered, to take such suitable action as in its opinion is necessary and proper to enforce the performance of, or compliance with, such measures of precaution with respect to the property or premises of each of said parties so neglecting or refusing. And in pursuance whereof said board may direct the sheriff of the county to carry out and enforce its order, and the costs thereof shall be borne by the owner of such prop- erty or premises; and on the refusal of such owner promptly to pay the same on presentation of an itemized bill, certified to by the sheriff, vo an mone said costs shall attach as a lien against any property of said owner within the state, and the district attorney of said county shall forth- with institute proceedings to foreclose such lien, together with the costs of legal procedure. As amended, Stats. 1915, 426. 78. Printing. Src. 11. All necessary printing required by said state quarantine officer shall be printed at the state printing office, and five thousand copies of any circular mentioned in section 7 of this act may be so printed, but no other printed matter shall exceed the number pre- seribed by law. 79. Certain act not affected. Sec. 12. That certain act entitled “An act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep com- missioners, defining their duties and prescribing their compensation,” approved March 26, 1907, together with all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall not be deemed to be affected by the pro- visions of this act. 80. Act repealed. Sec. 13. An act entitled “An act providing for the appointment of a state veterinarian, defining his duties and fixing his compensation— Governor to appoint,” approved March 15, 1905, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Note—tThis and the preceding Act provide for the issuance by the Governor and the State Quarantine Oflicer of certain general quarantine proclamations and local quarantines. As these are subject to constant change, those in effect at this time are not included in this compilation. For information as to those in effect, communicate with the State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. An Act to establish at the University of Nevada a state veterinary con- trol service, defining its duties, and providing for the conduct of the same, and stating its relation to the state quarantine laws. Approved March 11, 1915, 113 81. State veterinary control service at university. Section 1. The president and board of regents of the University of Nevada are hereby instructed to establish at the University of Nevada a laboratory to be known as the state veterinary control service, for the diagnosis of infectious diseases among animals and the conduet of ~ research into the nature, cause, and control of such diseases. 82. Equipment. Sec. 2. The regents of the university shall, from any moneys appro- priated therefor, purchase suitable equipment, apparatus, chemicals, and supplies for the maintenance of such veterinary control service at the university. 83. Veterinarian must be bacteriologist. Sec. 3. The regents of the university shall, upon the reeommenda- tion of the president, appoint a qualified veterinarian, a bacteriologist, to conduct and direct said control service, and shall grant him such or 00 assistants as they deem necessary. The individual thus appointed shall be known as the state quarantine officer. 84. Must enforce certain laws. Sec. 4. In addition to his duties comprehended under the terms of this act, he shall be the official adviser and executive officer for the enforcement of the provisions contained in chapters 279 and 280 of the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913; pro- vided, however, that wherever in these acts the duties imposed upon such officer require the exercise of the police power of the state, he shall make his recommendation to the governor who shall take such action thereunder as he may deem wise. 85. Rules for conduct of service. Sec. 5. The president and board of regents of the University of Nevada may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of the ‘said veterinary control service and for the guidance of the state quar- antine officer as they may deem wise for the proper conduct of the office of state quarantine officer, as herein provided. All moneys ~ appropriated by the state provided for the expense of the enforcement of chapters 279 and 280 of the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913, shall. be expended with the approval of the president and board of regents of the University of Nevada. Note—See also: . An Act relating to cattle, horses and hogs, and regulating such stock, etc. Secs. 1-28. An Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, ete. Secs. 24-54. An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Secs. 233-249. Nore—In addition to the state laws and regulations, the federal law creating the Bureau of Animal Industry with amendments thereto and the various regu- lations issued by this Bureau deal with the control and eradication of con- tagious and infectious animal diseases, more especially from an interstate standpoint. As this law and the regulaticns issued under it are quite volumi- nous and the latter subject to constant change, they are not included in this compilation. For information regarding those now in effect, communicate with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Federal Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, or the State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. —— 36 —— LAWS RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF PREDATORY AND NOXIOUS ANIMALS AND BOUNTIES FOR SAME Sections 86 - 100 An Act creating the state rabies commission, prescribing its member- ship and duties, and making an appropriation for the control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, in cooperation with the biological survey of the U. SB. Department of Agriculture. Approved March 8, 1917, 54 86. Commission created—How composed. Section 1. That for the purpose of cooperating with the biological - survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for the control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, there is hereby created the state rabies commission, consisting of the governor and four members to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be the director of the state veterinary control service, who shall act as secretary of the commission without extra compensation as such, and one each to be appointed from the state board of sheep commissioners, the state board of stock commissioners, and the state board of health. The governor shall be ex officio chairman of said commission. The members of said commission shall serve without salary, but shall be allowed their traveling and living expenses while attending meetings, or otherwise directly ‘engaged in such control or extermination work. 87. Appropriation. Sec. 2. For the cooperative support of the work om control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals as aforesaid there is hereby appropriated thirty-five thousand ($35,000) dollars annually for, each of the fiscal years 1917 and 1918, from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. For said fiscal years 1917 and 1918 an ad valorem tax of two cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the State of Nevada is hereby levied and directed to be collected upon all such taxable property in the state, ineluding net proceeds of mines, the proceeds of which shall be placed in a special fund in the state treasury for the purpose of meeting the appropria- tion heretofore provided for in this section. All claims against said fund and appropriation shall be approved by the chairman and seecre- tary of said commission and by said board of examiners. 88. Duties. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said commission to enter into a definite agreement with said biological survey, prescribing the manner, terms, and conditions of such cooperation, and the amounts which the state and federal government will respectively contribute thereto, for each of said fiscal years, and said commission in its work under the provisions of this act shall be governed by said agreement. on An Act to provide for the destruction of noxious animals and to repeal an act relating thereto. Approved February 3, 1887, 38 89. Bounties for certain animals. Section 1. If any person shall take or kill within this state any of the following noxious animals, he shall be entitled to receive, out of the treasury of the county within which such animals shall have been taken, the following bounties, to wit: For every lynx or wildcat, two dollars, and for every mountain lion, five dollars; all of which bounties shall be subject to the provisions of this act. As amended, Stats. 1913, IBS AGIT, 72. 90. Scalps to be taken. Sec. 2. The person intending to apply for such bounty shall take the sealps with the ears connected thereto of the noxious animals killed by him, to some justice of the peace of the county within which such noxious animals shall have been taken. 91. Claimant to make oath. Sec. 3. The person claiming such bounty shall then be sworn by such justice, and state on oath the time and place when and where sald noxious animals for which a bounty is claimed by him were taken and killed, and shall also submit to such further examination on oath concerning the taking and killing of such noxious animals as the jus- tice may require. 92. Justice to give certificate—Fees of justice. Sec. 4. If it shall appear to the justice that the noxious animals have been taken and killed within the county, he shall cut off the ears from the scalps and give to the person so sworn a certificate stating the number and kind of scalps deposited with said justice. The justice shall within thirty days thereafter send to the sheriff of his county all scalps deposited with him, together with a statement naming the per- son depositing the same, the time deposited, and the kind of scalps. Upon receipt of said scalps and statement, the sheriff, county clerk and district attorney, as a part of their official duties, shall compare the number and kind of scalps received by the said sheriff with said state- ment, and immediately thereafter said officials shall destroy said scalps and file the said statement with the clerk of the board of county com- missioners. The said justice shall receive for each oath administered twenty-five cents, and for each certificate twenty-five cents, to be paid by the party applying for said bounty, and in no. case to be a charge against the county. As amended, Stats. 1899, 61. 93. Amount allowed. Sec. 5. Upon the presentation to the board of county commission- ers of the proper county of any such certificate, they are hereby authorized and directed. to allow the amount due under the provisions of this act to the person therein named, out of the general fund of the county. Sec. 6. An act entitled “An act to provide for the destruction of noxious animals within this state,” is hereby repealed. 38 An Act to provide for the destruction of certain noxious animals. Approved March 138, 1891, 59 94. Bounty for destruction of gophers. Section 1. If any person shall take and kill within this state any pocket gophers he shall be entitled to receive out of the treasury of the county within which such pocket gophers shall have been taken the following bounty, to wit: For every pocket gopher, one and one-half cents; provided, no person shall be entitled to apply for or receive bounty money for any number of scalps less than one hundred at any one time, and all bounties to be paid for the object herein set forth shall be subject to the provisions of this act; and, further provided, that the term pocket gophers herein shall not include squirrels or chipmunks. As amended, Stats. 1893, 20. 95. When bounty may be claimed. Sec. 2. The person intending to apply for such bounty shall take the heads, or skin of the heads, with pockets attached, with the ears connected thereto, of the pocket gophers killed by him to some justice of the peace of the county within which such pocket gophers shall have been taken. As amended, Stats. 1893, 21. 96. Claimant to be sworn by justice. . Sec. 3. The person claiming such bounty shall then be sworn by -such justice of the peace, and state on oath the time and place when and where said pocket gophers for which a bounty is claimed by him, were taken and killed, and shall also submit to such further examina- tion, on oath, concerning the killing and taking of such pocket gophers, as the justice of the peace may require. As amended, Stats. 1893, 21. 97. Duties of justice of the peace. Sec. 4. If it shall appear to the justice of the peace that the pocket gopher or pocket gophers have been taken and killed within the county, he shall cut off the ears from the scalp and destroy the said ears, and - give to the person so sworn a certificate stating the number of scalps deposited with and destroyed by him. -The said justice of the peace shall receive for each oath administered, twenty-five cents, and for each certificate, twenty-five cents, to be paid by the party applying for such bounty, and in no case to be a charge against the county. As amended, Stats. 1893, 21. 98. Bounties allowed, how. Sec. 5. Upon the presentation to the board of county commissioners of the proper county of any such certificate, they are hereby authorized and directed to allow the amount due under the provisions of this act to the person therein named, out of the general fund of such county. NotE—For bounties allowable by State Board of Stock Commissioners and State Board of Sheep Commissioners, see Sections 7 and 33, respectively. : 39 An Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors to inspect lands infected with, or threatened with damage by, field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, to prescribe thew duties and fix their compensation. Approved March 16, 1909, 123 99. Inspectors, how appointed—Bond. Section 1. Whenever it shall appear to the board of county com- missioners of any county in this state that the agricultural interests of ’ said county are being damaged, or threatened with damage, by reason of the depredations of field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, it shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to appoint some suitable person or persons to inspect the lands so infested, or threatened with infection, and take all necessary means for the exter- mination of the same. The inspectors so appointed shall, before enter- ing upon the duties of their office, take and file with the board of county commissioners a bond to be approved by said board in a sum not exceeding one thousand: ($1,000) dollars, conditioned for the faith- ful discharge of the duties of their office, and shall take the official oath. Said inspectors shall receive a compensation not exceeding five dollars ($5) per day for each and every day actually employed by them in the discharge of their duties, and the necessary expenses while so employed. ~ 100. Duties of inspectors. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of any of the said inspectors, when com- plaint is made to him in writing, by five or more residents of the county, owning or occupying lands in the vicinity, that certain lands therein described are infested with field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, to immediately examine the tract or tracts of land complained of, and if upon such investigation, he shall find that the land so complained of, or any portion thereof, is so infested with field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, as to seriously damage, or threaten serious damage to lands in its vicinity, he shall serve a written notice upon the owner or occupant of said land to immediately take such steps to destroy the same, and if the party, or parties, so notified, do not, within five days from the time of receiving said notice, proceed to do so, the inspector shall immediately take such measures as may be necessary to exterminate such field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, and when he shall have completed doing so, he shall present an itemized bill of the expenses incurred therefor, to the owner or occupant of said premises so treated, and if said owner or occupant shall fail to pay the same within fifteen days from the date of the presentation, the inspector performing the work shall so notify the board of county commissioners of his county, with a statement contain- ing a general description of the land treated, the name of the owner or occupant thereof, the time when said land was treated by him, the cost of the treatment, and that the same has not been paid, whereupon such indebtedness shall become a lien against the land so treated, which said lien shall not be removed or defeated until such indebtedness shall have been fully paid, and it shall be the duty of said board of county commissioners to require the district attorney of the county to collect: the amount by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction. LAWS RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF BREEDING STOCK Sections 101 - 124 An Act regulating the breeding of cattle on open ranges within the State of Nevada; defining a standard of breeding for bulls run- ning upon the open range; fixing responsibility and providing a penalty for the violation of any provision of this act. Approved March 7, 1917, 47 101. Number of bulls regulated. Section 1. It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose, range, or run at large, any cattle where the same may have access to a domain or range common to other cattle, without keeping therewith, between the first day of June and the first day of November of each year, one bull for every thirty head or fraction thereof of female breeding cattle so ranged; provided, however, that any person ranging or running at large no greater number than fifteen head of female breeding cattle may jointly provide and arrange with another for an interest in a bull running at large on the open range where such female breeding cattle may range or run. For the purposes of this act, any heifer of the age of twelve months or over shall be considered a breeding cow. 102. Quality of bulls—Certificate to be filed. Sec. 2. It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose or allow to run at large upon a domain or range common to other eattle, any bull other than such as may be at least three-quarter pure blood of some recog- nized beef breed of cattle. A three-quarter pure-blood bull, as contem- plated by this act, must be a bull having a registration certificate from the breed association of its respective breed, or one whose breeder has issued a certificate or made an affidavit under oath stating therein that the bull is at least three-quarter pure blood and stating the breed to which it belongs. Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the county recorder of the county in which the owner of such bull or bulls resides ; or if the owner thereof be a nonresident of this state, then such certificate or affidavit shall be recorded in the county or counties in which such bull or bulls are to be ranged; and the county recorder shall provide a book for the recordation of such certificate or affidavit. Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the county clerk, as herein provided, on or before the day on which any such bull or bulls are permitted to run at large. 103. Penalties for violation. Sec. 3. The violation of any of the provisions of this act is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor; and any person or persons, firm, copart- nership, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or Taleo Alf py sass by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any manager, superintendent, fore- man, or herdsman, or any other person having ‘charge or supervision over the cattle or live stock of any corporation ‘doing business or rang- ing cattle within this state, who knowingly ranges or runs or permits to “be ranged or run at large upon any range of “this state the cattle of such corporation without first having complied with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction ‘thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as herein provided. An Act to protect horse-growers. Approved March 9, 1889, 97 104. Punishment for erroneous pedigree. Section 1. Any person who shall sell any stallion within the limits of this state, intended for breeding purposes, and who shall give a false or erroneous written pedigree, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not less than one year nor more than five years, and such person so offending shall be Hable to the person so purchasing © _ for all damages he may sustain by reason of such false record of pedi- gree; provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any representation concerning pedigree unless the same has been reduced to writing and signed by the party so making the same. 105. To keep pedigree posted—Penalty. Sec.2. Every person who shall keep a stallion for the service of mares shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on or near the stable where such stallion is kept, a full and complete pedigree of such stal- lion ‘headed by the name by which said stallion is known; provided, that in cases where the pedigree is unknown such fact shall be inserted in such notice in heu of pedigree. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convie- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and as a further punishment for the offense the owner or keeper of such horse shall have no legal right to collect any charges made.for services of such horse. An Act to regulate the public service of stallions and jacks in Nevada. Approved March 24, 1913, 289 106. Stallion registration board—Pedigree registered. Section 1. Every person, firm, or company, standing or using for public service or offering for sale, any stallion or jack in this state, shall cause the name, description and pedigree of such stallion or jack to be enrolled by a stallion registration board, hereinafter provided for, ~ and shall secure a license from said board as provided for in section 4 of this act. All enrollment and verification of pedigree shall be done by this board. 107. Duties of board. Sec. 2. In order to carry out the provisions of this act there shall be constituted a stallion registration board, whose duty it shall be to 42 verify and register pedigrees; to employ one or two graduate veteri- narians to make examination of the stallion for soundness; to pass upon certificates of soundness; to issue stallion license certificates; to make all necessary rules and regulations; and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act. 108. Board, how composed. Sec. 3. The stallion registration board shall be composed of the professor of veterinary science and the professor of veterinary science and the professor of animal husbandry at the University of Nevada shall be secretary and executive officer of the board. Note—This section as it appears in the enrolled statutes is obviously defec- tive. The original manuscript of this act as introduced, being Assembly Bill No. 271, Session of 1913, on file in the office of the Secretary of State, while different, is, however, equally defective in so far as creating a personnel for the board is concerned. It reads as follows: > Sec. 5. The stallion registration board shall be composed of the professor of veterinary science and the professor of animal hus- bandry at the University of Nevada shall be secretary and executive officer of the board. 109. How license secured. Sec. 4. In order to secure this license certificate herein provided for, the owner shall apply for such to the stallion registration board, after the stallion or jack has been examined for soundness. The owner of such stallion or jack shall furnish to the stallion registration board the veterinary certificate, and the stud-book registry certificate of pedigree of the stallion or jack and all other necessary papers relating to his breeding and ownership. Upon verification of pedigree and breeding and certificate that the stallion or jack has passed the necessary veteri- nary inspection, as provided for in this act, a license certificate shall be furnished. The presence of one or more of the following-named diseases shall disqualify a stallion or jack from publie¢ service and are hereby defined as infectious, contagious, or transmissible diseases or unsoundness for this act: Cataract, amaurosis, laryngeal hemiplegia (roaring or whistling), chorea (St. Vitus dance, crampness, string- halt), glanders or farcy, maladie du coit, urethral gleet, mange, ringbone, bone spavin, sidebone, and curb when accompanied by a curby hock. The stallion registration board is hereby authorized to refuse certificates of enrollment to any stallion or jack affected with any of these diseases specified and to revoke a previously issued license certificate of any stallion or jack found upon examination to be so affected. . 110. Temporary licenses, when. Sec. 5. The stallion registration board is authorized in case of emer- gency to grant temporary license certificates without veterinary exami- nation, upon receipt of an affidavit of the owner to the effect that to the best of his knowledge and belief said stallion or jack is free from infectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or unsoundness. Tem- porary license certificates shall be valid only until veterinary examina- tion can reasonably be made. ; Se wa ee ae eee —— 45 111. Imported stallion or jack. Sec. 6. Every person, firm, or company, importing any stallion or _ jack into the State of Nevada, for breeding purposes or sale, shall first secure a certificate from a recognized state or federal veterinary office, certifying that said stallion or jack is free from any or all diseases or unsoundness referred to in section 4 of this act. A copy of the certifi- cate must be mailed to the secretary of the stallion registration board at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, at least five days before the importation of the stallion or jack into the state. No stallion or jack that’ is neither pure-bred nor grade according to the meaning of this act shall be imported into the state for breeding purposes. i112. License to be posted. Sec. 7. The owner of any stallion or jack standing for public ser- vice in this state shall post and keep affixed during the entire breeding season copies of the license certificate of such stallion or jack in a con- spicuous place both within and upon the outside of every stable, build- ing or corral where the stallion or jack is used for public service at home or elsewhere. 113. Form of poster. Sec. 8. Upon each bill and poster issued by the owner of any stallion or jack enrolled under this act, or used by him or his agent, for adver- tising such stallion or jack, the name of the animal shall be preceded by the words “pure-bred,” “cross-bred,” “grade,” “nonstandard-bred,”’ or “mongrel,” or “scrub,” in accordance with the wording of the certificate of enrollment; and it shall be illegal to print upon the poster any misleading reference to the breeding of the stallion or jack, his sire or his dam, or to use any portrait in a misleading way; and each newspaper advertisement printed to advertise any stallion or jack for public service shall show the enrollment certificate number, and state whether it reads “pure-bred,” ‘“‘cross-bred,” “grade,” “nonstandard,” or “mongrel,” or “scrub.” 114. Forms of certificates. Sec. 9. The license certificate issued for a stallion or jack whose sire and dam are pure-bred and of the same breed and the pedigree of which is registered in a stud-book recognized by the United States department of agriculture, shall be in the following form: Stallion Registration Board License Certificate of Pure-Bred Stallion No............. The pedigree of stallion (name) “LTE | (ON? ea ai es Fee te 1 8 Deere Rn SO TLE PN SEY Mrs iene Pee semiinen gas! LOMOW Gi" ore Ker eshte Uk AN NA ey eased Milam ye ee Pires oN es at reed: fine wh cape, Bie an ie id Foaled in the year................ , has been examined by the stallion regis- tration board of Nevada, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of pure breeding and is registered in a stud-book recognized by the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. Ckemienuiben rene , secretary stallion registration board. The license certificate issued for a stallion whose sire and dam are pure-bred, but of different breeds, shall be as follows: igi | ANA Na LEL Stallion Registration Board License Certificate of Cross-Bred Stallion No............. The pedigree of stallion (mame).........0..0 2... Owned. by” -....---.-0-1.:.2.... 0A ee ee Deseribed as follows':..... 2.012.210.0812 ois, er (Solornt | ti). 220 i. eames Breed... i.-.22000222-:.20225-2)- Foaled in the yeav.............. , has been examined by the stallion regis- tration board, and it is found that his sire is registered im.........1...-5 and. his dam ‘ing. 2 ee Such being the case, the said stallion is not eligible for registration in any. stud- book recognized by the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. License certificate issued for a stallion whose sire or dam is not of pure breeding shall be in the following form: Stallion Registration Board License Certificate of Grade Stallion No............. The pedigree of stallion (mame) ........--!.cc-2---+--i-0r-0-<