Public health laws.

  • New Jersey. Board of Health.
Date:
1907
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    May prohibil bringing of cattle with- out inspec- tion, and running at large, etc. Unlawful for owners to add any aui- mals to herd in quaran- tine. Penalty. IVnalty fn, rcfusiiu;' ni- nogliM't in:;- In notify buaLd of contagious diseases. Penalty for buying or selling ant- D als aifecled with conta- gious dis- eases. When im- possible to bury dead animals, board may autlipnze disposal. Penalty foi- disposing of dead ani- mals for food. tions, the State Board of Health shall notify the local board of health, and, with the advice and consent of the local board of health, may for a time prohibit the bringing of any cattle into such city, township or district without inspection and a written permission, and may prohibit the running at large of animals in any township, if not already prohibited by law, for such time as the township board of health shall advise; and the State Board of Health may call upon local boards of health to dis- cover and report cases of contagious disease and aid in measures for its abatement and prevention. 6. That when any animal or herd of animals is held in quar- antine under authority given by the laws of this State to the State Board of Health, it -shall not be lawful for the owner or keeper thereof to add any animals to such herd by purchase or otherwise, without the written consent of said board, under penalty of being adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined therefor to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars. 7. That any person or persons refusing or neglecting to notify said board of health, or any one of them, of the existence of pleuro pneumonia, rinderpest, or any other contagious or in- fectious disease among animals, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court; and that if any person or persons shall knowingly buy or sell, or cause to be bought or sold, any animal or animals affected with 'the pleuro pneumonia, rinderpest, or any other contagious or infectious disease, or that has been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, or is a part of any herd or stock held in quarantine, all such person or persons shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.(a) 8. That when, by reason of the locality of an infected animal or herd within a city, or by reason of frozen ground or extreme heat, it is. in the judgment of the State Board of Health, or those acting under its authority, inexpedient or impossible to l)ury any such dead or slaughtered animals on the premises, the board may authorize any veterinarian acting for said board to slash the skin and cut the flesh of the same, and, either under his direct oversight, or that of a city board of health, or con- tractor for the disposal of dead carcasses, to give over the same to the use of a bone-boiling or glue or other establishment for the disposal of dead animals, but in no case shall the same, or any part thereof, be disposed of for food, and any such disposal of the same shall make the party or parties concerned guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months. (a) See 7/ess v. filvlc, 10 Vr. 44'j.