Rayburn v. State

MORROW, Judge.

This prosecution is for violation of the live stock sanitary laws of the State. See Acts of the Thirty-third Legislature, regular session, chapter 169: Vernon’s P. C., vol. 1, arts. 1284a to 1284h.

There are several counts in the indictment, all charging failure on the part of appellant to vaccinate his hogs for hog cholera. The Act does not in terms command him to do so but attempts to authorize the Live Stock Sanitary Commission “To prescribe methods for dipping and otherwise treating or disinfecting the premises or live stock, article 1284c.” A penalty is provided in article…