SF Cornell University Library SF 923.W81 1905 Live stock sanitary and veterinary laws, 3 1924 000 868 244 no /4^'?Visconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary La^vs. Appointment of state veterinarian; term, duties. Section 1492, statutes of 1898. The governor shall, with, the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a competent veterinary surgeon to the oiSce of state veterinarian; such appointment shall be made for the term of two years and until the qualifica- tion to his successor. The person so appointed shall take an oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. It shall be the duty of such veterinarian to prevent bhe introduction or spread of contagious and infectious dis- eases among domestic animals in this state, to co-operate with 'the state board of health in controlling and suppressing such diseases fis are common to men and animals or any diseased condition of animals likely to have a deleterious effect upon the general health of huma.n beings, to make such scientific study, investigations and experiments as he shall deem neces- sary in relation to the prevention and cure of diseases among animals and extend information concerning the same. THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Practitioners, who may be; record of. Section 1492/', stat- utes of 189S, as amended by ch. 82, laws of 1899. No person shall practice veterinary medicine and surgery or any branch htereof in this state for compensation or shall directly or in- directly ask or receive for his services as a practitioner thereof any fee or reward, nor shall be competent to testify as an ex- pert witness in any court in matters perta-ining to the dis- 4 Wisconsin Live Stack Scmitary and Veterinary Larws. eases of animals unless he be registered as a veterinary pKysir , cian and surgeon by the register of deeds of the county in which he resides. Ko person shall be so regi&tered unless he is graduate of a legally incorporated school or college of veterin- ary medicine a.ud surgery, or shall hold a certificate of qual- ification as a veterinary physician and sur'geon from a legally incorporated veterinary society, or shall .have practiced vet- erinary medicine and surgery in this state for a period of not less than five years continuously before the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. The register of deeds of each county shall provide a book to be knovsfn as the veterinar3^ medical registry in which he shall record the name of the i-egistrant. of the institution which granted h;s diploma, or of the society which granted his cer- tificate,; or if the appjiea.tit for registration does not hold either, then he may be registered upon filing his affidavit stat- ing that he has practiced veterinary medicine and surgery in this state for five years continuously prior to the date -above given. Any person so registered and who shall pay to the register of deeds one dollar shall be entitled to continue the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery. Nothing in. this section contained shall be con,strued to prohibit th'e rendition of services gratuitously in case of emergency or to prevent an authorized practitioner of an adjoining state from prac- ticing in this state when his services are requested^ A\yy per- son who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty nor more than inety days or both. - ■ . Duties of local hoards of health. Section- 1492a of the stat- utes of -1898, as amended by ch. 215, laws of 1905. The various town, village and city boards of health shall take cogniza.nce of the existence of contagious and infectious diseases among animals, report all cases thereof coming under their observa- tionin their respective localities to the state veterinariaii and co-operate with him to prevent their spread ; any such board, or the health officer thereof, may order that any animal af- fected or suspected of being aJiected, with any such disease or which has been exposed thereto, shall be quarantined, and the removal thereof from any premises where it may be ordered to be kept shall be foj-bidden. If any such board shall be unable to determine the nature of any disease prevailing Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary Laws. 5 among animals they may request the state veterinarian to in- vestigate the same. Said veterinarian may quarantine prem- ises upon which is a domestic animal afflicted with a con- tagious or infectious disease or that is suspected to be so af- flicted or that has been exposed to such disease, and forbid the removal of any such animal or any animal susceptible to such disease therefrom by serving a written order upon the oc- cupant or owner of such premises, and by posting a copy of such order at the usual entrance thereto; and if any such dis- ease shall become epidemic in any locality he shall immediately notify the governor, who may thereupon issue a proclamation quarantining such locality, and forbidding the removal there- from of any animal of the kind so diseased or of any kind susceptible to such disease without the written permission ol the state veterinarian, ^'^ny person who shall remove or al- low the removal, .without such permission, of any animal quar- antined under the provisions of this section, shall be punished as provided by law, be liable to all persons injured thereby for the damages sustained, and forfeit all right to the indemn- ity which he might be entitled to under section 1492b. And shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days. "If the local health officer, or local board of health shall fail or refuse to co-operate with the state veterinarian or the live stock sanitary board in matters relating to the control and eradication of any contagious disease' such as is involved in the quarantine or disposition of affected animals, or disinfec- tion -of infected premises, he or they shal be removed from office by the person or persons having power to make this ap- ' • pointment. The place shall be immediately filled by said ap- pointive power." Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved May 9, 1903. Transportation and concealment of diseased animals. Sec- tion 1491, statutes of 1898. No person shall bring into this state any domestic animal afflicted with, or that has been ex- posed to any infectious or contagious disease, or remove from any point within the state to another point therein any animal so afflicted or exposed; and eveiy person who shall violate 6 Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary" LatvS.' any provision of this section shall be punished as provided by law and be liable to. any person injured thereby for the dam- ages by him sustained; and any corporation vs^hich shall bring any such animal into this state or transport any animal so afflicted or exposed from one point within the state to anothei' point within shall also be so liable to any person injured by its acts, and in addition shall forfeit not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. Any person who shall know &r have reason to suspect that there is upon his premises or upon premises under his control as agent or • otherwise any domestic animal afflicted with a contagious or infelStious disease and who shall fail or neglect to immediately report the fact to the local board of health or some -member thereof, or who shall attempt to con- ceal the existence of such disease, or permit any animal af- flicted therewith to run at large or to be kept in any place where othfer animals can become infected thereby, or who shall resist or obstruct the state veterinarian in the performance of his duty, or sell, offer for sale, give away, or in any manner part with the possession of any such animaf, or any animal that has been exposed and is susceptible to any contagious or infectious disease, shall be punished as provided by law, ' be liable to all persons injured thereby for all damages by them sustained and shall forfeit his right to indemnity Jior the slaughter of such animal. Board, how constituted; meetings; organization. Section 1, ch. 440, laws, of 1901. There is hereby constituted a state live stock sanitary board which shall consist of three members of the state board of agriculture, to be chosen by that body from its membership, the ' bacteriologist of the state agricultural college, and the state veterinarian ; . the last two mentionecl members to be ex-officio members of the board, and the state veterinarian to serve without additional compensation. The members selected from the state board of agriculture shall hold office for a term of three years, except that the member,: first chosen shall hold his position for one year, the second lor two years, and the third for ihree years from the first day of June, 1901. They shall serve without salary, but shall be paid three dollars per day, and all members of the board shall bo paid their actual expenses when in the discharge of their duties. Meetings of the board shall be limited to twelve in each year, and the service of no member on said board, foi Wisconsin Live Stack Sanitary and Veterinary Laws. 7 which a per diem is paid, shall exceed thirty days in any oua year. The board may organize by the election of a president and secretary and shall hold its office in such room in the capitol as the governor may designate. CHAPTER 162, LAWS OF 1905. Section 2 of chapter 440 of the laws of 1091 is hereby amended so as to read as follows : Section 2. It shall be the duty of the state live stock sanitary board to protect the health of domestic animals of the , state ; to determiae and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention, sup- pression, control, or eradication, of dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals; and for these pur- poses it is hereby, authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, enforce and regulate such quarantine and other measures relating to the movement and care of animals and their products, the disinfection of suspected localities and articles and the disposition of animals, as it may deem neces- sary, and to adopt from time to time, all such regulations as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this act. Provided, however, in the case of slowly contagious diseases, only suspected or diseased animals shall be quar- antined, and in case of bovine tuberculosis or actinomycosis,' the owner shall be granted the option of retaining the animals in quarantine, under such I'estrictions as the board may pre- scribe or of shipping them under the auspices and direction of the board to som« abattoir designated by it for immediate slaughter under United States government inspection. ' In ease of the slaughter of animals under the provisions of - this'' section the owner shall receive the net proceed^ of the skle thereof and shall- have no further claim against the state on account of such slaughter. CHAPTER 32, IjAWS OP 1905. Section 3 of chapter 440 of the laws of 1901, as'alnended by chapter 22, of the laws of 1903, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : Section 3. Whenever the owner shall not exercise the option mentioned in the preceding section and it shall be deemed necessary by -the board to slaughter diseased 8 Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary Lams. animals, written notice shall be given to the owner, his agent or the'person in charge of such animals, and to a justice of the peace in the county in which the animals may be, of the- pur- pose to order the, slaughter thereof, giviiig the number and description of the animals, and the name of the owner if known. Such notice shall be entered on the docket of such -justice, who shall immediately thereafter summon such owner, agent or possessor, and also three disinterested citizens of the couiity," not residents of the immediatei nighborhood in which such animals d,re owned or kept, to appraise the value thereof. Such appraisers shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, be sworn by such justice to make a true appraise- anent without prejudice or favor, of the value of such animals, and if such -slaughter is made on the premises where said animals are kept, they shall certify in their return that- they have seen the appraised animals slaughtered. In making the ajppraisement of diseased animals the appraisers shall determ-, ine their value in the condition in which they are found at the tinie of the appraiseinent ; but the appraised value of no single animal shall exceed fifty dollars. ' In case of bovine tiiberculosis if it shall be deemed advisable by the Live Stock Sanitary Board, such appraised animals shall be shipped at - the expense of the state and under the direction and control of the board to some abattoir to be designated by the board for immediate slaughter under United States government in- spection. A report must be submitted by a member of the Ijive Stock, Sanitary Board stating that said animals have been slaughtered. The proceeds of such sale together with an ^ateoount thereof and all disbursements rdade in connection with such shipment shall be returned to the secretary of the board and sucli net proceeds be by the secretary immediately transferred to th6 secretary of state who in turn shall pay the same t0 the state treasurer. If slich appraised animals are slaughtered on the premises, said slaughter shall be made, under the direction of local health officer or the chairman of the town board, or the state veterinarian, or his assistant, or any member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. The owner of slaughtered animals shall receive no compensation for the same, until said sanitary board is satisfied ' that the infected premises have been disinfected in such manner as to prevent the further spread of the disease. i Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after it^ passage and publication. Wisconsin Live Stock Sanit'ory and Veterinary Laws. 9 Importations, powers of board to prohibit; suspected stock. Section' 4. Whenever the state live stock sanitary board shall have reason to believe that there is danger of the introduction into this state of any contagious or infectious disease prevail- ing among domestic animals, in any district, outside this state, or its dissemination from one district in this state to another, it shall investigate the existing conditions, and if it conclude that danger exists to the live stock interests of this state there- from, it may, with the advice and consent of the governor, prohibit the importation of animals of the kind diseased from the infected district, into this state, or the moving of them froni one part of the state to another, except under such reg- ulations as the board may establish. It shall be the duty of every person who shall have reason to suspect that there is upon his premises, or upon the premises occupied by him, or under his control, any domestic animal having a contagious or infectious disease,, to immediately report the fact to the local board of health, or some member of the same, who shall immediately report such case to the state veterinarian, or the secretary of the board. The board or state veterinarian may require the owner of suspected stock to employ at his own ex- pense, a qualified veteriuary surgeon, to examine such stock, and determine whether, in his opinion, the disease exist. This board or any member thereof may enter upon any premises or go into any building or place, where he has reason to sus- pect there may be diseased animals, and examine the same and may call to his aid, if necessary, the sheriff or any con- stable of the county, in which such animals may be located, and all such officers when so called upon, shall assist such board or member thereof in the enforcement of the provisions of this act. Animals in transit in the state, are hereby de- clared to be under the provisions of this act. CHAPTER 272, LAWS OF 1905. Relating to the importation of cattle. Section 1. The im- portation of cattle into the state for breeding or dairy pur- poses is hereby prohibited, excepting when such cattle are ac- companied by a certificate of -inspection made by a duly qual- ified veterinary surgeon who is a graduate of a recognized veterinary college in the United States, Canada or Europe. Such certificate shall show, that at the time of said inspection to Wisconsin Live StO'ck Scmitary and Veterinary Lows. and within six months prior to shipment, said cattle had been subjected to tuberculin test and were Jiree from tuberculosis or any other contagious disease of. a malignant character, or in lieu of siich an- inspection certificate as above required, cat- tle may be shipped in quarantine to their first destination within the state, there to reipain in quarantine imder the di- rection of the local health officer until properly examined, at the expense of the owner, by an inspector duly appointed by the state live 'stock sanitary board. Section 2. In case animals are inspected outside the state, duly certified certificates of inspection, giving in full the tem- perature .records of the tuberculin test, must be prepared in triplicate, one of which is furnished the shipper, one furnished the transportation company hauling the cattle, and one for- M^arded immediately to the state live stock sanitary board at Madison, Wisconsin. The expense of such inspection and certificate shall be paid by the owner of such cattle. Section 3. In case any cattle (including dairy cows, neat cattle for breeding, feeding or for temporai'y show purposes) are not accompanied with a duly certified certificate of in- spection, the railroad company accepting such animals for ship- ment must immediately notify the secretary of the live stock sanitary board at Madison, "Wisconsin, giving the name of the consignee, the number of animals shipped and the destina- tion of the sanie, and the time of shipment from the starting place. The owner or shipper of such stock shall also notify the secretary of the live stock sanitary board at Madison, Wisconsin, of such shipment, stating that said animals have not been examined prior to their delivery to the transporta- tion company transporting the same. Such statement shall be certified to before a notary and shall include a statement of the number of animals shipped and full description of the same, and the use for which they are immediately intended. Section 4. The live stock sanitary board shall upon the receipt of such notification, notify the local health officer of such quarantine. In case the owner certifies that such animals are immedia,tely and only intended for feeding or temporary show purposes, the sanitary board will order their release from quarantine, but, in the case of animals intended for breeding or dairy purposes which are not furnished with a properly cer- tified certificate of inspection, the same shall be duly examined by an inspector appointed by the board. If after such exam- ination said animals shall be found to be free from disease,' Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary Laws, it he same shall be released upon the payment by the owner. i the expenses oJ: such quarantine and examination. ~If upon ueh examination said animals, or any of them, shall be found o be affected with tuberculosis, or any other contagious or nfeetious diseases, then and in such an event, the Wisconsin tate live stock sanitary board shall (luarantine such animals md the same shall be disposed of in the manner provided in ihapter-440 of the- laws of Wisconsin of 1901, and the laws upplementary thereto -and amendatory thereof, except that n no event shall the owner or shipper of such animals receive ny indemnity from the state in case such animals are slaught- sred, or the owner may re-ship affected animals to party or )arties from whom the same were purchased. The expense if such, quarantine, of the examination of such animals and lubsequent disinfection of quarantined yards where disease is 'ound to exist shall be paid by the owner or shipper of said iattle, the cost of such examination not to exceed seven dol- ars. ($7.00) per day and expenses. Section' 5. The provisions of this act shall not apply to )ersons transferring cattle through the state on cars to points )eyond the state, or to persons living near the state line and )Avning land in adjoining states, and who may drive said cat- le to and from said land for pasturage. Section 6. Animals brought into the state for purposes of ' ;xhibition at county, state or other fairs, if sold within the itate, must be subjected to the same test as breeding or dairj* inimals. Transportation companies unloading cattle in this state, which are not accompanied by a certificate of inspec- ion as above designated, except as provided in section 3 of this act, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than fifty doi- ars nor more than two hundred dollars fox each car so un- oaded in this state, such penalty to be recovered at the suit )f the state, brought by the attorney general. Section 7. Any person or persons bringing into this state ■attle that are not accompanied by a certificate of inspection is hereinbefore provided for, or failing to comply with the srovisions of section 3, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- neaffor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a Ine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred loUars. Section 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from md after its passage and publication. Approved May 31st, 1905. 12 Wisconsin Live Stotk Sanitary- and Veterinary Laws, r Claims, how paid. Section 5 of chapter 440 of the laws of 1901 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. All claims against the state arising from the slaughter of an- imals as above provided shall be made by filing with the sec- retary of sta,te a copy of the state veterinarian's notice to the justice of the peace, and the return of the appraisers to the justice, which notice and return shall be certified 'by hitu. The secretary of state shall examine these, and if satisfied that the amount awarded is jiist and that the owner of the animals- slaughtered, is entitled to indemnity shall issue his. warrant . for two-thirds of the sum named in such return; but if he shall have reason to believe that the appraised value is greater than the real value of such animals, he shall pay such owner such less sum as he may deem just, provided, that the right to indemnity shall not exist, nor shall payment be made in either of the foUovdng cases:, First. For animals owned by the United States, this state or any county, city, town or vil- lage in this state. Second. For animals brought into this stato, contrary to. the provisions of this act, or where the owner of the animal or the person claiming compensation has feiied to comply with the provisions of the same. Third. , When the owner or claimant, at the time of coming into possession of the animal, knew or had good reason to believe it to be afflicted with a contagious or infectious diseased Fourth.. "When the animal slaughtered was diseased at the time of its arrival in this state. S^ifth.- When the owner shall have been guilty of negligence, or has wilfully exposed such animals- to the influence of a contagious or infectious disease. Sixth. When th& animal slaughtered shall have been brought into the state within one year prior to such slaughter', unless the owner or person in charge shall produce the. certificate of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon who is a graduate of' a re- putable yeterinary college, issued within ten days of the date of importation, showing such animal to be free from tuber- culosis at the time of its arrival in the state. Allowance for experimental purposes; report of board; aiiditing of accounts. Section 6 of chapter 440 of the laws of 1901 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 6. The state live stock sanitary board shall be allowed for experimental and such other purposes as shall be deemed neces- sary by said board, with the consent and approval of the 'gov- ^ ernor, a sum tiot to exceed five hundred dollars annually which, bill of expenditures shall be audited and approved by the Wisconsin Live Stock Smitcvry and Veterinary Laws. 13 governor. It shall from time to time issue such bulletins of information as it may deem advisaljle, which with the biennial report of the board to be made to the governor shall be printed by the commissioners of public printing, the bulletins in such .number as the governor may approve, and one thousand copies of the report of this board, live hundred of which shall be bound. The state veterinarian i.s hereby authorized to call tp his assistance, as may be iiecfssary in the performance of ,his work, duly qualified veteniiary surgeons, who shall be paid for th-eir services at the I'ate of seven dollars per day and their actual expenses for the time they are actually employed as assistants. Their accounts shall be audited upon itemized vouchers, certified to by the state veterinarian and approved .by the governor, bui no person shall be considered a veterin- ary surgeon, within a meaning of this act who is not a regular graduate in good standing of some recognized veterinary col- lege in the U-uited States, Canada or Europe. The appraisers herein provided for, shall receive two dollars for each day actually employed as such, which amount shall be paid out of the eoimty treasury, upon the certificate of the .justice' by whom they were summoned. The .justice of the peace and other officers who may perform any duty hereunder shall have the same fees as are allowed by law in criminal proceedings -in justice courts, and shall be paid by the county in which 'their services are performed." Stationery and postage. Sj^ction 7. ■ The superintendent of public property is hereby instructed to funiish the state live stock sanitary board with the nef-essary stationery and post- age stamps for its work. Conflicting laws repealed. Sixtion 8. All acts and parts of ■ acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Infected sheep; proceedings on taking up. Section 14S9. If the owner of any sheep int'ected with foot rot, or any con- tagious disease shall i'-ermit them to be in any public highway or off his preftiises in any place at any time he shall forfeit ten dollars for each such sheep foi- each time the same shall be on such highway or off his premises, one-half of which shall be paid to the prosecutor; and if such owner shall, after re- quest to do so, neglect to keep any such sheep within his en- closure any person may take up the same, when so found, and Dut them iu a secure enclosure, other than the public pound. 14 Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary Lams. * Such person shall then ngtify the owner thereof within three Jays thereafter, and of the i)lace where such sheep are con- fined; and such owner may obtain posses-sion of 'the saine within six days thereafter, and of the place where such. sheep are confined ; and such owner may obtain possession of the same within six days after being so notified by giving a bond with surety to be approved by a justice of the peace of the county, conditioned that such oWner will restrain such, sheep from going at large and will pay all damages sustained by any person by reason of their going at .large while so infected and by paying the cost of taking up and keeping such sheep. Such bond shall be executed and delivered to the elerk of the circuit court, as obligee therein ; and an action may be maintaind thereon in his name for the benefit of any person injured by reason of a breach thereof. If any owner shall neglect to "so obtain possession of said sheep in the time and manner aforesaid the same may be sold by any sheriff or con- stable of the county uyion like notice and in the same manner and with the same fees as in cases of sales upon justices 's execution, and tlie proceeds of sale, after deducting the costs thereof and the expense of keeping such sheep,, shall be paid to the owner thereof; but the purchaser at such sale shall, as a condition thereof, in like inanner give the bond herein- before provided for. The finder may bid at such sale. CHAPTER 168, LAWS OF 1903. Governing the importation of branded or range western horses. Certificate of inspection. Section' 1. No person shall ship or bring into the state of Wisconsin branded or range western horses, unless the same are accompanied by a certificate of inspection made by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon who is a graduate of a recognized veterinary college in the United States, Canada or Europe. Which' certificate shall show that at the time of said inspection the horses so inspected were free from glanders or 'farcy, infectious mange, or any other disease of a contagious malignant character. This inspection shall be made at the last loading place before entering the state, except in the case where animals are driven into the state, ■(vhen the examination shall be made at the first stopping place within the state. Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary and Veterinary Laws. 15 Certificates, number and contents of. Section 2. The in- spector shall prepare certificates in triplicate, one to be. given to the shipper, one to the transportation company hauling said horses, and one to be forwarded immediately to the state vet- erinarian at Madison, Wisccmsin. Said certificate shall state that said inspector has carefully examined all such, animals for glanders or farcy, infectious ma,nge^ or any other disease of a contagious malignant character, and has found the same to be entirely free from all such diseases. The certificate shall further state the number of the car or cars containing such animals, the initial letters of the railway owning the car or cars, the number of liorses in each car, the name of the ship- per, and the destination of the ear or cars, and the name of the railroad hauling such car or cars, and shall be duly signed by and sworn to before a notaiy public or justice of the peace by the person making such inspection. The expenses- of siich inspection and certificate shall be paid by the owner or ship- per of said horses. Quarantine, when. Section- 3. Iii case any such horses shall be brought into this state without the shipper or person in charge of the same having in his possession a certificate as .provided in section one of this act, showing all such horses to be free from S;Uch diseases, the local health officer shall imme- diately quarantine the yards containing such animals, and at once notify the state veterinarian .who shall immediatelj'' au- thorize an examination of said animals by a competent and ...duly qualified veterinary surgeon. If after such examination the said animals shall be found to be +ree from disease, the same shall be released upon |.)ayment of the expenses of such quarantine and examination as herein provided. If upon such examination said animals or any of them shall be found dis- eased with glanders or farcy, infectious mange or any other disease of a contagious malignant character, then and in such event the Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary Board shall quaran- tine such animals, or cause the same to be slaughtered as is ■provided in chapter 440 of the laws of Wisconsin of 1901, ex- cept that in no event shall the oAvner or shipper of such animals receive any indemnity in case such animals are killed under the direction of said board. The expenses of such quarantine, examination of said animals and subsequent disinfection of ■> quarantined yards where disease is found present, shall be paid by the owner or shipper- of said horses. i6 Wisconsin Live "Stock Sctnitary and Veterinary Lams. Duty of Live Stock Sanitary Board. Section 4. In ease any such horses shall be brought into this state after an inspec- tion thereof as provided in section one of this act, and the owner or shipper thereof shall have a certificate of inspection as therein provided for, showing the said horses to be free from any such disease, and it sha]l come to the knowledge of the Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary Board that said horses are sus- pected of being affected by diseases as specified in this act, then it shall be the .duty of the Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary Board to fully and carefully examine said horses, and- if, it shall be found and determined by the said board that the said horses were diseased at the time they were brought into this state, Ihen the said board shall proceed to dispose of said horses as provided in chapter 440 of the general laws of 1901. But if the same are killed as therein provided no indemnity shall be paid to the owner of said horses, if the said disease existed at the time the horses were brought into this state; and the deter- mination of the said Wisconsin Live Stock -Sanitary Board shall be prima facie evidence upon that question. ■ ■ Inspection unnecessary, when. Section' 5. In case horses billed for points beyond the state are unloaded in the state for feeding purposes for a period not exceeding forty-eight- hours, it shall not be necessary to make such inspection as above stated. Penalty imposed on transportation companies. Section 6. Transportation companies unloading branded. or western range __ horses in this state, which are not accompanied by a certificTate _ of inspection as above designated, except as provided in section 5, shall be subject tO a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than tv\^o hundred dollars for each car so un- loaded in this state, such penalty to be recovered at the suit of the state, brought by the attorney general. Penalty imposed on shippers or owners. Section 7. Any person or persons bringing into this state, branded or western range horses that are not accompanied by a certificate of in-^ spection as hereinbefore provided, shall- be deemed guilty of :i misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than t-wo hundred dollars. Section 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication, .