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MUNICIPAL LAW ii;i
to the sale or (liajK)sal of the stuno, givinfj tlie price oi' prices received and
the names and addresses of the purchasers.
544- Malignant Diseases among Horses. The Minister of Agri-
culture may appoint a veterinary inspector, wlio may, in tlie district for
which he has been appointed, enter upon any i)remises in the performance
of his duty, and, if necessary, call upon any constable or other officer to
aid him in carrying out the regulations of the Act
L Whei-e it appears to any person that any horse is atiected vvitli a
malignant disease, it is his duty to notify the Minister of Agi'iculture by
sending a statutory declaration made before a justice of the peace, a com-
missioner or a notary public, and also to notify any other person known to
have jurisdiction in the matter.
A person who maliciously and without reasonable cause gives such
notice is liabh; to a p(;nalty, not less than .S2o nor more tlian S5().
2. The owner of a horse he suspects to be .so atiected is rccjuired to
take all reasonabl(! precautions to prevent the spread of the disease until
it has been determined by the veterinary inspector that the horse is free
from disease.
3. Where it appears to the in.spectoi" that a liorse is so affected, he
shall notify the owner at once, and also the Department of Agi-iculture.
He shall also cause it to be safely kept where it will not transmit the
disease to others.
4. The councils of counties, cities and separated towns may pass by-
laws for the inspection of all horses within the respective municipalities,
or may limit it simply to stallions intended for breeding purposes, and
prescribe such regulations as to the Council seems expedient.
5. Where a county does not pa,ss such by-laws townships may. If the
County Council shall subse<iuently pass such by-law then the township
by-law becomes inoperative.
6. Any person who refuses to admit an inspector to any field, stable
or other premises where such inspector has ground to believe that any
horse affected with disease is to be found, incurs a penalty not exceeding
$50.
And any person M'ho obstructs or impedes an inspector or other
officer appointed by the department, while in the performance of his duty,
is liable to a penalty not exceeding $100.
7. Any ])erson who exposes for sale or sells any horse which he has
reasonable grounds for suspecting is affected with disease, or has been
pronounced by a veterinary inspector to be disea.sed and unfit for breeding
purposes, is liable to a penalty not less than $100, nor more than S500, for
the first offence, and to the same fine and impi'isonment for not less than
two months for any suKsecjuent offence.
An offence against any of the provisions of this Act for which no
other penalty is affixed, is liable to a fine not exceeding $100 for each
offence.
54.'», Fraudulent Entry of Horses. The penalty for entering for
competition for any purse, prize, premium, stake or sweepstake offered by
any agricultural or other association where the contest is to be decided by