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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII (2 54) OHDINANCE NO..YJIl=- WHEREAS, that certain disease af cattle knawn as Brucella abartus is present amang cattle in Jefferson Caunty, Washingtan, and, \'lliEREAS, the statutes af the state af Washingtan relating to' discovery and cantral af said disease and the cattle sa infected shauld in the best interests of the citizens of Jefferson County and in the interests of the welfare and protection of lives and praperty of said citizens be supplemented and a degree of lacal inspectian and cantral provided, NOW', THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMHISSIONERS OF JEFFEROON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, in meeting duly assembled as fallows: I. Unless the cantext indicates atherwise wards and phrases used in this ardinance shall hav~ the fallOb~ng me.ning~ 'OJ (l) BANG'S TEST shall be that certain blaod serum test for agglutinins against Brucella abartus made in a labaratory approved by the Washingtan state Department of Agriculture ar United states Bureau af Animal Husbandry. (2) HERD shall mean ane ar mare bavine animals kept under such separate cantrol within marked baundaries~ (3) HARDSHIP CASE shall mean any case in which the impasitian of cantrols generally specified herein will cause an undue or extreme lass by way af praperty ar incane to' any herd owner ar persan having cantrol af said herd, Provided that public welfare, health and safety is nat endangered by such relaxatian af cantral. (4) REACTCR shall be any animal which shall be faund pasitive to' the Bangs Test. II.. After ~l, 1955, any animal in a herd faund to' react to' the Bangs' Test shall be remaved fram the premises of the awner ar persan having cantral within FIFTEEN (l5) DAYS after receipt of notice to' such person fram the District Health Officer or the state Department af Agriculture, giving natice in writing to' such persan that the said animal, describing said animal, has reacted pasitive to' the Bangs' Test. The remaining animals in such herd shall be retested nat less than thirty (J) days nar mare than sixty (60) days within the date of the first test given s aid animal ar said herd. A series af retests, with remaval and slaughter af reacting animals, shall be cantinued until the herd shall have passed three successive negative tests, each test being given within the above mentianed intervals,. until nO' re&ctars are further faund. If upan a final test, not less than S1X (6) manths nar mare than seven (7) manths fram the date af the last negative test of the s aid three tests nO' reactars are faund in the herd, the herd shall be deemed to' be Bangs-free. M ~. '" 'I .\,~{ ~( III.. If any herd owner or person in control of any herd has any animals which are found to be positive said person may make application to the Wash- ington state Department of Agriculture, Division of Dairy and Livestock, for an extension of time to dispose of his reactor cattle and make replace- ments as he shall deem necessary.. If the said person makes proper showing that his circumstances be classified as a hardship case he may be granted an extension of time, during which extension his entire herd shall be quarantined as prescribed b:r the statutes of the State of Washington; PROVIDED, that the provision of this particular paragraph relating to hardship cases and quarantine shall become null and void after April 11, 1956, and no extension for hardship shall be thereafter granted. IV. ~~~~~~~. Any violation of the provisions of tt'ds ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $lOO.OO or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed Thirty (30) days or both", Failure to comply with the provision of this ordinance for each day and for each separate ap.imal so infected shall be deemed separate and independent offences. ~ PASSED and ADOPTED this .Q t2 -It, day of, a I'.- e >>;t,bCV1954, after due and proper publication and ~a/~. ~~;~7~./ /~)'/ V7. \ ('~~ \~~ "- Board of County Commissioners. D.~.mb...1' 14. 19.54. 3ett..,..on CouIlt7 OOf1Flss1oaere ~. the UD4.....1&De4 1\1"8 oPvoee4 '0 'he oOllpUl_OI7 .&DC- Dh..... h.' by 111. OOW'l''', 1\1 we do not thlftlt 1t _h~u4 b. 8. COUll'" pt"oJt'o' ~,':. think 1 t ,ho'114 'bo l'J\tttev1de l!d\4 the Stqte f!hould In ~I\..,t _ere th87 find l!l. J~e't". 'he $t'\te should ";1'1>7 the ow.. III rAll' comneru,,,Ucm t,..r tho M!M1 ~nd kill "l1I4 ~t'9ft the ~O'P~1"\7 ~~r~ round. :37 "'1(\ dn1~ 1Ih,.\ ,,'n~}ld 1'\1 h'ltnl'\t~ the ~~ro\Cf!ln (}t" 'O"'l.t\er- tnc t'f~ d~~o"l~o in tr'c.f\f!m"t!"<,t1on. "'" "#!"I';1 (1 ""!"It! M.or: .'1 {)'Jr'~r~1 r;!j"'f~ tn th!'!\ !..nc1 cl~- tttl!."e -t:int: thot) t,/' t:'}1~ ~~'l,n,d .f'f ~~ 1'l,.~,.~. It 1~ wzml11::nl;r- tfvr~t "1117 01\0 .." ~(1 ~...,1"~ tf' rvt the nM.t ft"("l1'1 1\ :BMg8P ot" ~lr1:nl<: the:;l1k, tt the;t tcnl'l"11t. 'l'b"\t 1,,:,,' ':.H'....nlU!nc the"1 to be n~v.,d to the ~1.~:tehtor hO'J't'IO tor '.'l'l!t;t 1~ onn1't~er'l.t.1on v1tho,j- e,..,,,,;o'>en1\!\t1tm l'\litth01 ',):"';7 v~rr 11 t t1~. f'f'J'l" thon I.\!ld 1 t ~\l!U~' the 'PrJoYlle to ~<\, Inl"!!ltt th~t theS" do not w'~nt to ~q". SIGmtD I / . /' '/~ ~ .. : t /> ~. , / 10\ aA~..d: ' ~ / 'y /~ f' ~n t' /1 ~ /'_ . ,.:[/ /"'~ . " ..A--1 r - . ~. ./ ,,( b; 7;' . ,I A--'C(..\,,- ....L,.( ';j/ . - (f;t:~o/ , ~/ a.'- ~. l;j.. ~ 1 - _~ ,J'~ _ -~-'!"7' 1- -' " ".T,- '"ij"Y., " ',,Ilj.... (' ~ ~ ,./ .~/ ',- , /., / " '/il,/v .(j-"L. . , ~... . J . .,.., .... . .~ . \ it ;:l9.L J,'" .J.. .n, '~ p"._ ... J.. I2i ~ . ..tl ~l ~ .4 December 14, 1954. lett.non OOlUl'7 OOff1"t.ulOftel'l w. the _4.releneel are oP'POte4, to 'he cOllp~l'ol7 Due. D1oea..e t.., \7 !be Coun '7, q,! w. do not thlnl~ 1" ,houlA be !l COUA\7 pl'oJeO\ w. think 1 t .ho'lld be Sh.t. wide !lU\d the Stl\te ~ho"ld 1n el!\~e' ,~el". th~7 find fl :BM€~r. t.he St....te ehonld P"'-7 th~ oWller a t!lir compenution ter the M1tM.l ~.nd kill ~nd ~~n the n"'(')p~rt7 .mere :round. :Bir lI!!O doing th....t. ~U'ml~. ",,} tn'n",te thf> ehmu';I;~ ot se"ltter- lnr; tl'i1lj (H (\\e~.",e 1n t:.!"V'.l'l.~'hOl"'t.~t1on. -'Ie '7"0'11<1 ~1r.n ., '~f:'tt t:b,n ~1. th O'"t'!' clf'J.l'irmen 1;0 t.ho IJe.r:l"11a- ttlre "<<1nr: thnm t,., :'n,,;'" t,",h ~~:i.nd !"if ""t h,,;. It h rmH.Jcoly th'\t 'll\ny onl'\ ,,'''''ld ~"'.r"" t/;'. n"t the !'H~f1.t t!"O!'1 !\ Def,'cr or drink th", dlk, if' thezr l~ew 1t. '!b"t l~"" y>pr"llttine: the"'l t~ be "0'l1!'!d. to the ~l~t~ht~r hl"m"'e f('Jf' me""t 1~ cnnt1.~el!l,U(\n 0,'1 thonre,..,"'",ent;1\t1on M they 1:J't\if v~'l7 11 t tle for that ~.nd 1. t e!\u.~e" the '.)(lo)le t(;\ ~'t' 1If!\l!!t tn!'!t t.hey do !lot '''''''lnt to ~a'. IIGDD ~~ k# .r-;; ~ (0 ~/J L.4 ~ c-.~ '~y~~~.."~ (' , ./ ,/~'Au;: -~-- /x........_. " K /~~- , . December 14, 1954. Jefferson County Commissioners ,....~, ,)',1" - " ' We the undersiDled are opposed to the compulsorT Ban~s Disease !es1; < b7 T.he County, as we do not think it should be a countT project We think it should be state wide and the State should in cases . t Where they find a Banger, the State should paT the owner a fair ~ cr:-v compensation for the animal and kill and ~4ton the roperty where found. By so doing that would eliminate the chances of scatter- ing the disease in transportation. We would sign a petition ~nth our dairymen to the Legisla- ture urging them to pa.ss this kind of a la'-T. It is unlikely that 8ny one ,'ronld. care to e!'l.t the meat from a Banger or drink the milk, if they lcnew it. T.hat law permitting them to be moved to the slaughter house for meat is confiscation witho~compensation as they pay very little for them and it causes the people to eat meat that they do not SIGDD IV 0 If /:)L..A IVb , f (, \ I / ~-t,~~~~ ~/ ~~. ,I ~..ec.-, ..20 / ;J'S-fC; /~ '. ~~~! p~~/?J~ . V~~; D.-<<L- ,Cd P zL-yJ a:-.-..- ~ Z ~~~~:eL~Pa-r 2)~{J~J~Z; ~~J~ ~~~f/tZ~;tJ~zL ~-1~~~d~f~ ~-~h ~d.c-rr-~~ An-~ ' ' ~ ~~, I ....:-::':}~ 4. .., . '/,,". v . - -".--.- .-~4E -., _. -. -(/P7:'( r ~ G'?rd.incr, Wcosh., April 23, 1954. Honoraole Board. of C011.nty Comnissionors, Jei':erson COUJlt:r, P01't Tovmsend., W<l.shinct on. Gen tlp,.ien: In re:erence to m~:ing it cOlli?u1sory for a B_QTGS Dise?se Test for Jefferson CountJr on :BEEF C".ttle '.'e hereo;T protest <t{;ainst saGe 'lS the tec't ,,'o"lld. reno_er a costly '?Jlc1. unreps::ms.ole }18Toship on onell'wing RANGE CAT'rLE in Jefferson Oounty. Yours truly, JOm~SON & GUNS'lDNE To: THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMViISSIONEHS, JEFFERSON COUNTY. Gentlemen: WE, the undersigned, owners of Beef Herds in Jefferson County believe that passing a Bang's Ordinance as published in the Leader weuld be a great injustice to us. Our type of cattle are not used to barns and stanchions an:! many of us do not have the necessary facilities for Bangs Testing. It vlOuld almost be impossible for us to have them Bang's tested at this time(l t. ~ ;(~. -~ .Y;~ ,. h ...; . . - I. ~ ~~J)r~'-U1~,f37 /jA) (DMr... , AAA-t. A.=::!. $,J M~StY 4-'21 / / c. -/ i - / /~J -' - - '-:2-f. ~~.. "-. IJ~l /' ., \ ' _.' _, ,. 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