EIVE STOCK

Contagious Disease Laws
OF MARYLAND

ESTABLISHING THE

|. LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD

511 GARRETT BUILDING,
BALTIMORE.

COMMISSIONERS:

HARRY P. SKIPPER, President,
Chestertown, Kent Co., Md.

HART B. NOLL,
Ellicott City, Howard Co., Md.

CHARLES W. MELVILLE, Secretary,
Sykesville, Carroll County, Md.

= L. HICKMAN, Chief Veterinary Inspector,
Baltimore, Md.

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LAWS OF MARYLAND—1888, Cu. 510.

Name and
Style of
Board.

Duty of the
Board.

“Exotic”?
Contagious
Diseases.

Local
Boards of
Health to in-
vestigate
and report.

1888

CHAPTER s10.

AN ACT to prevent the spread of Contagious or Infectious —

Diseases among the Live Stock of this State.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, ‘That a Commission is hereby established ©

which shall be known under the name and style of the
“State Live Stock Sanitary Board,” to consist of three
commissioners, who are practically engaged in the breed-
ing of live stock, who shall be appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, bien-
nially, at such time as Executive appointments are re-
quired by law to be made, and who shall hold their offices
until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
said Board, as far as possible, to protect the health of the
domestic animals of the State from all exotic, contagious
or infectious diseases, and glanders in horses, and for this

purpose it is authorized and empowered to establish, -

maintain and enforce such quarantine, sanitary or other
regulations as it may deem necessary, and shall maintain
an office in the city of Baltimore; it shall constitute and
prosecute diligent inquiries in the several counties and
ascertain as far as possible the exact condition of the
health of the live stock in said counties, and the local
boards of health of the several counties shall investigate
all reported cases of contagious or infectious diseases of
live stock in their respective counties, and if found to be
contagious or infectious shall report the same at once to

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ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esouire, GovERNOR.

the said Live Stock Sanitary Board, and such Board shall
have the power to prevent the introduction into this State
of animals from other States which they may have reason
to believe are affected with a contagious or infectious
disease, or have been exposed thereto, and to detain the
same at any place for inspection or quarantine in its
discretion.

SEc. 3. And be it enacted, That on presentation to the
Governor by the said “Live Stock Sanitary Board” of the
facts, showing the existence of any contagious or infec-
tious disease among the domestic animals of any other
State, Territory or District, the Governor may, by procla-
mation, declare such State, Territory or District, or any
part thereof, in quarantine, and during the pendency of
such quarantine it shall not be lawful for any person or
persons, company or corporation to bring into the State
of Maryland any animals or animal of the kind so in-
fected from the district so quarantined. And any person
or persons, company or corporation, whether owner,
agent or carrier convicted of a violation of the provisions

of this section, shall be subject to a fine not less than one

hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars for
each offense.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That each member of said
Board shall be paid the sum of five dollars per day and
the necessary expenses for time actually spent in the dis-
charge of his duties. And the sum of three thousand
dollars per year be and the same is hereby appropriated,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to meet the
expenses of said Board, including rent, printing, counsel
fees, &c.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Governor shall
also appoint a Chief Veterinary Inspector, who shall be a
graduate in good standing of some recognized school of
veterinary medicine, who shall hold his office and be paid
a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars and traveling

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To prevent
introduction
of animals
believed to
be affected.

Proclaima-
tion by the
Governor.

Appropria-
tion to meet
expenses.

Chief Vet-
erinary In-
spector, Du-
ties ot.

Quarantine
law.

LAWS OF MARYLAND—1888, CH. 519.

expenses, in the discretion of the Governor, whose duty it
shall be to visit the stables of the city and counties
wherever and whenever he has reason to believe conta-
gious or infectious disease may exist, and he may visit
any such stable at any hour of the day, between sunrise
and sunset, and shall have power with the consent of the
said Live Stock Sanitary Board, to order all animals
which have been exposed to such contagion or infection
to be isolated in such manner as the nature thereof may
in his judgment render necessary to prevent the spread-
ing of such disease; to order that any premises, farm or
farms, stables or railway cars, where such disease exists,
or has existed, be put in quarantine, so that no domestic
animals of the same species shall be removed from or

brought to the premises or place so quarantined until the

Regulations
for destruc-
tion of ani-
mals.

Duties of
Sheriffs, Con-
stables, Po-
licemen and
other State
Officers:

same shall have been properly disinfected; to prescribe
such regulations as he may judge necessary or expedient
to prevent infection or contagion being communicated in
any way from the places so quarantined; to call upon all
sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or
other officers of the State, the City of Baltimore, or of
any county, for information and assistance to carry out
and enforce the provisions of such orders and regula-
tions; to prescribe regulations for the destruction of ani-
mals affected with or exposed to an infectious or con-
tagious disease, and for the proper destruction of their
hides and carcasses, and all objects which might carry
infection or contagion; to prescribe regulations for the
disinfection of all buildings, premises, and railway cars,
and of all objects from which, or by which infection or
contagion thight take place, or be conveyed; to alter and
modify from time to time, as he may deem expedient, the
terms of all such orders and regulations, and to cancel or
withdraw the same at any time; and it shall be the duty
of all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen
or other officers of the State, City of Baltimore or coun-
ties, to obey and observe all orders and instructions
which they may receive from said Veterinary Inspector

ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esquire, GovERNOR.

in the enforcement of the provisions of this . within
their respective jurisdiction.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That any person who shall
violate or transgress the terms or requirements of any
order or regulation issued and prescribed by the said

Veterinary Inspector, with the consent of the Live Stock
Sanitary Board, under the authority of this Act, or shall
refuse to said Veterinary Inspector or his assistants, access
to his, her or their premises, farms, stables, cars sheds or
pens, or shall resist said inspector or his assistants in apply-
ing any of the quarantine orders or regulations, or shall
conceal the fact that the contagious or infectious disease
exists on his premises, shall be subject to a fine of not
more than one hundred nor less than fifty dollars, which
fine may be imposed by any Justice of the Peace of the
City of Baltimore or any county where such offense may
be committed.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That is shall be the duty of
all persons practicing veterinary medicine in this State to
report immediately to said Board all cases of contagious
or infectious diseases among the live stock which may
come to their knowledge, and a failure to report for forty-
eight hours after he or they shall come into such knowl-
edge, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof he or they shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars
for each offense.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That is shall be unlawful
for any person to inoculate any animal in this State with
the virus of any infect:ous or contagious disease incident
to animals without the consent of the said Live Stock
Sanitary Board, and that any person convicted of this
offense shall be fined a sum not less than one nor more
than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Court.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That. for the performance
of the duties imposed on them by this Act, all constables,
sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other State officers, shall be

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Penalties
for violating

Duty of all
persons prac-
ticing veteri-
naty medi-
cine.

Unlawful to
inculcate ani-
mals without
a license.

Pay for du-
ties perform-
ed by State
Officers.

LAWS OF MARYLAND—1888, Cu. 519.

vy

' paid as for the performance of similar duties under exist-

State’s At-
torneys.

Misdemean-
or punished
by common
law.

Slaughter
or
quarantine.

Penalty for
selling dis-
eased ani-
mals or ex-
posing.

Wilfully
exposing
heavy
penalty.

ing laws.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of all State’s Attorneys to prosecute all persons accused
of violating the provisions of this Act and to defend in all
cases of appeals from appraisements.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That all rules and regula-
tions formulated and issued by said Board in pursuance
of the powers hereby conferred on it, shall have the force
and effect of laws, and all violations of such rules and
regulations shall be punished as misdemeanors are pun-
ished at common law, and all appraisements of animals to
be slaughtered, or of buildings to be destroyed, shall be
approved by said Board before such animals are slaugh-
tered, or such buildings are destroyed; and said Board |
shall have the discretion to have such animals slaugh-
tered or quarantined.

Sec. 12. And be tt enacted, That any person who
shall sell or otherwise dispose of an animal which he
knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected with any
contagious or infectious disease, or has been exposed
thereto within ninety days, or shall permit the same to
pass over or upon any public highway, street, lane or
alley, or to graze any unfenced lot or piece of ground
without the consent of the said Board, shall, on conviction
threof, be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than
one hundred dollars for each animal so driven or exposed:
such fine may be imposed by any Justice of the Peace of
the City of Baltimore or county where the offense was
committed.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to wilfully expose any animal
to others affected with a contagious or infectious disease, ©
or to put or suffer to be put any healthy or unexposed
animals of the same species into any stable, or on any

ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esquire, GovERNoR.

premises which have been declared to be infected, until
the same shall. have been declared to be free from such
infection by the said Veterinary Inspector with the con-
sent of said Board; any person or persons convicted of
violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a fine of not less than one nor more than five
hundred dollars for each. offense; and the animal or

animals so introduced into such infected stables or.

premises, shall be slaughtered by said Veterinary In-
spector without appraisement or compensation from the
State.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That in the event of any

building or buildings, sheds, stables, stable furniture,
hay, straw or fodder, being reported to the said Board
by said inspector as being incapable of proper disinfec-
tion, the said Board may in its discretion, have such
buildings and articles so infected, appraised as_herein-
after provided for the appraisement of animals, and
destroyed.

‘Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That in the event of its
being deemed necessary for the said _ Veterinary In-
spector and said Board to prevent the spread of con-
tagious or infectious disease, to cause any animal or
animals so diseased, or exposed to such disease to be
slaughtered, the value of such animal or animals shall
be appraised in their then condtion by two sworn ap-
praisers, to be sworn before any officer authorized to ad-

minister oaths and affirmations, one of which appraisers |

to be appointed by the owner or custodian of such animals,
the other by the said Veterinary Inspector, or in case the
said owner or custodian of such animals shall neglect or
refuse to name such appraisers, then by two appraisers
to be appointed by said inspector, who in case of disagree-
ment shall call in a third, which said appraisement when
approved by said Board shall be filed with the Comp-
troller; and the Comptroller shall forthwith issue his
warrant to the Treasurer for the amount of said appraise-

Destruction
of buildings.

Slaughter
and apprais-
ing animals.

Appraisers,
how appoint-
ed.

Payment of
appraise-

~ ment by

- warrant
issued by

Comptroller.

8 LAWS OF MARYLAND—1888, Cu. 519.

ment, in favor of the said owner or owners, and if the
owner or owners of such animals or buildings or other
property shall not be satisfied with the amount of said
appraisement, he or they may, within sixty days, appeal
to the Circuit Court of the County, or to the Baltimore
City Court, if such animals or buildings are within the
Disputing City of Baltimore, by filing in said Court a copy of the
arent appraisement with a petition for a writ of subpoena against
the said Veterinary Inspector, which appeals shall be acted
on by said Court in the same manner as appeals from
Justices of the Peace. n

SEc. 16. And be it enacted, That the said Board is
ronuthority,, hereby authorized and empowered to agree with the
Bes: Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agri-

culture of the United States, or other properly consti-
tuted authority of the United States, for co-operation in
the work of eradicating any contagious or infectious
disease among live stock, in the State of Maryland, but
such agreement shall provide that such work shall be under
the control of the State authorities. .

Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That in the event of an
: epidemic of contagious or infectious disease among the
Assistant { ‘ : i :
Inspectors. live stock of this State, it shall be the duty of the said
Board to appoint such assistants to said inspector as may
be necessary to promptly suppress the same and to fix

their pay.

Src. 18. And be it enacted, That all diseased animals,

Penalties that under the provisions of this Act shall be slaughtered
at any slaughter house where meat is prepared for

market, shall be slaughtered under the supervision of

the Chief Veterinary Inspector, or his assistant, and it

shall be the duty of said inspector to see that the car-
eee casses and offal of such diseased animals, whether such

to be scld for disease is contagious or otherwise, are destroyed and not
human food.

sold for food. Any inspector who shall corruptly pass

ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esoutre, GovERNor.

as healthy a diseased animal shall on conviction thereof
be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars and forfeit
his commission. . | |

Article 58, Chapter 321, 1890—Laws oF MARYAND.

Sec. 19. And be tt enacted, That all hogs and other
domestic animals dying of any contagious or infectious
diseasé shall be buried at a depth of at least three feet
or be burned at the discretion of the owner, and any person
or persons permitting any dead hogs or any other domestic
animals having died of any contagious or infectious disease
to remain unburied upon his or their premises for the
space of three hours prior to sunset of said day after he
has discovered the same shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace,
shall be fined not less than ten dollars for each offense
or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten days, ©
or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
Justice. )

_ Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved this 5th day of April, 1888.

fe) LAWS OF MARYLAND—1898, Cu. 306.

1898

FANGARY SESSION.

CHAPTER 306.

VAIN AVON RS if add certain new Sections to Article 58 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title “Live Stock,’ under the new sub-titles
“Dairies,” to follow Section 18 m proper numerical order.

SEC TIONS:

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That cer-
tain new Sections be and the same are hereby added to Article 58 of
the Code of Public General Laws, title Live Stock, under the new
sub-title “Dairies,” to follow Section 18 of said Article in proper
numerical order, and to read as follows:

19. It shall be the duty of all dairymen or herdsmen or private
individuals supplying milk to cities, towns or villages, to register
their herds or cattle with the Live Stock Sanitary Board; in violation
of which the parties offending shall be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than twenty for each offense. |

20. It shall be the duty of the Live Stock Sanitary Board to
have inspected at least annually, without notice to the owner or
those in charge of any dairy or the parties supplying milk as named
in Section 19 of this Article, the premises wherein cows are kept,
and if such premises are found in an unsanitary condition, the said
Board may prohibit the sale and shipment of milk from such prem-
ises until such time as such premises shall conform to the following
sanitary rules: |

LLOYD LOWNDES, Esquire, GovERNOoR. II

-. Rule t. No building or shed shall be used for stabling cows
for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated and
which is not provided with sufficient feed troughs or boxes, and
suitable floor, laid with proper grades and channels to immediately
carry off all drainage; and if a public sewer abuts the premises upon
which such building is situated, they shall be connected therewith
whenever the Inspector considers such sewer connection necessary.

Rule 2. ' No water closet, privy, cesspool or urinal shall be
located within any building or shed used for stabling cows for dairy
purpose or for the storage of milk or cream; nor shall any fowl,
hog, sheep or goat be kept in any room used for such purposes.

3. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for
keeping cows for dairy purposes to keep such premises thoroughly
clean and in good repairs and well partes or whitewashed at all
times.

4. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for
keeping cows for dairy purposes to cause the buildings in which
cows are kept to be thoroughly cleaned, and remove all dung from
the premises so as to prevent its accumulation in great quantities.

5. Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy
purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles,
made of non-absorbent materials for the reception, storage and de-
livery of milk, and shall cause them at all times to be cleaned and
purified, and shall cause all milk to be removed without delay from
the rooms in which cows are kept.

6. Every person tans cows for the production of milk for
sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every day and to be
properly fed and watered with an abundance of pure clean water.

7. Any enclosure where cows are kept shall be graded and
drained, so as to keep the surface reasonably dry; no garbage, fecal
matter or similar matter shall be placed or allowed to remain in
such enclosure unless sufficient straw or similar good absorbent
material be used to keep the enclosure clean at all times and no
open drain shall be allowed to run through it. And any person

12 LAWS OF MARYLAND—1808, Cu. 306.

who shall ship or sell milk contrary to the aforesaid order of said
Board shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty
dollars for each day during which shipments shall be made after
notice of such order.

21. The Live Stock Sanitary Board shall, at the request of the
owner of owners of dairy herds, furnish them with a certificate of
health whenever: the provisions of this Article are complied with
and there is no visible sign of disease amongst such.herds; such
certificates shall be revocable in the discretion of the Board. ©

22. For the purpose of paying the expenses required in carry-
ing out the provisions of this sub-title, the sum of three thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated annually or so much thereof as is
necessaty. out of the moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and the Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer for such sums as the said Board shall
produce vouchers for not exceeding the amount appropriated, pay-
able monthly. :

SECTION. EH.

And be tt enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date
of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1808.

BAbTIMORESCITY. HERAT H “DEPART MENT. 13

HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S RULES AND
REGULATIONS.

1. Milk or cream shall not be kept for sale nor stored in any
stable or room used for sleeping or domestic purposes, or in any
room having any communication with such stable or rooms or with
water-closet apartments.

2. Milk or cream must not be sold or stored in any room
which is dark, poorly ventilated or dirty, or in which rubbish or

unless material is allowed to accumulate, or where there are offensive
odors.

3. Cans or other receptacles containing milk or cream for sale
shall not be allowed to stand on the sidewalk or outside the store
door.

4. Cans in which milk or cream is kept for sale shall be kept
_ either in a milk tub, properly cooled, or in a clean ice box or refrig-
erator, in which only those or similar articles of food are stored,
and the said milk or cream shall be kept at a femperaeite not more
than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. he vessels which contain milk or cream while on sale must.
be so protected by suitable covers and must be so placed in the store
or dairy that the milk or cream will not become contaminated by
street dust and dirt.

6. All cans, bottles and other ‘receptacles in which milk or
cream is handled, transported or sold must be thoroughly cleaned
and sterilized by steam or hot water before filling. Such cleansing
must be done in accordance with Section 1 of these Rules and
Regulations.

14 BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

7. All dippers, measures or other utensils used in handling milk
or cream must be kept clean and sanitary while in use, and shall be
thoroughly washed and sterilized directly after each day’s use.

8. The ice box, or ice tub or refrigerator in which milk or
cream is kept must be thoroughly cleaned by scrubbing at least
twice a week.

9g. The overflow pipe from the ice box or refrigerator in which
the milk or cream is kept must not be connected directly with the
drain pipe or sewer, but must discharge into an open sink, which
is supplied with water, sewer connected and properly trapped, or
which discharges upon the surface of the ground; or else it must
discharge into a movable receptacle, which shall be kept clean and
free from odors.

to. Any person having a contagious disease, or caring for or
coming in contact with any person having. a contagious disease,
shall not handle milk.

11. All cases of infectious or contagious diseases within the
premises where milk or cream is sold or stored must be reported to
the Health Office at once.

12. In selling milk, the contents of the can or other receptacle
should be thoroughly mixed before measuring out the amount
des:red.

13. Ice must not be placed in the milk or cream to cool it.

14. In testing milk by dealers samples must be removed from
the receptacles containing the milk, and if the samples are tasted
or if fingers are put into the milk, or in any other way be sub-
jected to the possibility of being contaminated, the samples must be
thrown away and not put back into the milk containers or sold.

AUSTIN L.2CROTHERS, -Esouire, Governor. 5

1908
JANUARY SESSION.

CHAPTER 36s.

Entitled an Act to protect the health of the domestic animals of the
State of Maryland.

SEcTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding
purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, excepting
when such cows and neat cattle are accompanied by a certificate from
an inspector, whose competency and reliability are certified to by the
authorities charged with the control of the diseases of domestic animals
in the State from whence the cattle came, certifying that they have
been examined and subjected to the tuberculin test, and are free from
disease.

SEcTION 2. That in lieu of an inspection certificate, as above re-
quired, the cattle may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to
the State line on the railroad over which they are shipped, and then
examined at the expense of the owner; or cattle as above specified
from points outside the State may under such restrictions as may be
provided by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, be shipped in quar-
antine to their destination in Maryland, there to remain in quarantine
until properly examined at the expense of the owner, and released by
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board.

SECTION 3. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby
authorized and empowered to prohibit the importation of domestic
animals into the State of Maryland whenever in their judgment such
measures may be necessary for the proper protection of the health
of the domestic animals of the State and to make and enforce rules
and regulations governing such traffic, as may from time to time be
required. ;

16 LAWS OF MARYLAND—1968, Cu. 365.

SECTION 4. That any person, firm or corporate body violating
the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall in the proper Court of the County in which
such cattle are sold, offered for sale, delivered to a purchaser, or in
which such a cattle may be detained in transit, for each offence forfeit
and pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or be punished
by imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days, either or both, at
the discretion of the Court. ‘Such person, firm, or corporate body
shall be liable for the full amount of the damages that may result
from the violation of this Act.

SECTION 5. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby
charged with the enforcement of this Act, and is authorized to see
that its provisions are obeyed and to make from time to time such
rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for its enforce-
ment.

1910, Chapter 466, Sections 4, 5, 6 (p. 167).

32. No person shall treat any animal with any material or sub-
stance nor in any manner for the purpose of preventing normal reaction
on ihe part of such animal to the tuberculin, mallein or other test. No
person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any animal that has reacted
to the tuberculin, mallein or other test, without giving information of
such reaction to the purchaser. No animal that has reacted to the
tuberculin, mallein or other test shall be sold or removed from the
premises where the test was made without permission in writing from
the state veterinarian.

SECTION 6. And be tt enacted, That this Act shall go into effect
July 1st, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight (July 1, 1908).

AustTIN L. CRoTHERS,

Governor.

April 6, 1908.- JosepH B. SETH,
President of the Senate.

The Great Seal 1 ARUNOSURAY: “IRs:
of , Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Maryland.

Sloe ine tel \ee STOCK SANITARY BOARD. ey

RULES.

Rules for the enforcement of the Act of 1908. Chapter 265.

Dairy Cows and Cattle for breeding purposes may be brought
into Maryland from other states only in accordance with one of the
three following provisions :

1. The cattle may be examined and tested with Tuberculin in
the state whence they came by an inspector whose competency and
reliability are certified to by the authorities charged with the control
of the diseases of animals in that state. Special blanks for report-
ing upon. such examinations will be furnished by the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board upon application. Cattle thus examined, found
to be free from disease and brought into Maryland, shall remain in
the possession of the person or persons who own them when brought |
into Maryland, until the inspection reports have been approved by a
member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or by an agent author-
ized to approve such reports. After such approval the cattle may be
disposed of without restriction.

2. In place of an inspection outside of Maryland as provided
above, dairy cows and cattle for breeding purposes may be examined
and tested with Tuberculin at suitable stock yards nearest to the State
line on the railroad over which they are shipped. Such examinations
are to be made by inspectors approved by this board and at the expense
of the owner of the cattle.

Cattle so inspected shall be marked with a suitable metal tag
or shall be accurately described so that they can be reliably identified,
and a report on the examination and test with directions for identifica-
tions, shall be submitted without delay to this Board.

3. Dairy cows and cattle for breeding purposes may be brought
into Maryland without previous examination only under the follow-
ing conditions.

18 STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD.

A. Notification to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, that it
is proposed to bring certain dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes
into the State. Such notice must be accompanied by the number and
a full and accurate description of the cattle, the names and addresses
of the owner and consignee, the date upon which they are to be brought
into the State, the route over which they are to be driven or shipped
and the destination.

When such complete report cannot be made in advance, a
special permit must be applied for and held, and this must accom-
pany the cattle.

B. Such cattle shall remain in strict quarantine during transit
and after they have arrived at their destination until they have been
examined and tested with Tuberculin, and found to be free from evi-
dence of infectious disease, by an inspector approved by this Board.
Under this quarantine it is required that the cattle shall be kept apart
from other cattle, that they shall remain in the possession of the person
or persons, who bring them into this State and that their milk shall
not be sold or used without previous sterilization by boiling.

Dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes brought into Mary-
land under this provision that are found upon examination or test
to be tuberculous, shall be strictly isolated and quarantined, their milk
cannot be used for any purpose whatever without previous sterilization
by boiling, and they shall not be moved to other premises excepting for —
slaughter, or, upon special permit for return to the State and place
whence they came. No compensation shall be allowed for such cattle.

STATE LIivE STtocK SANITARY BOARD.

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Richardson & Co.
CEBD COB C45

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Syracuse, N. Y.
PAT. JAN, 21, 1905