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Section 1Definitions
Section 2Powers and duties of director; orders
Section 3Records of inspectors; forms
Section 4Certification of documents by clerk
Section 5Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication
Section 6Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers
Section 7Entry on premises
Section 8Hospitals and quarantine stations
Section 8ARepealed, 1966, 397
Section 9Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties
Section 10Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
Section 11Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination
Section 12Repealed, 1922, 353, Sec. 4
Section 12ARepealed, 1966, 398
Section 13Repealed, 1966, 399
Section 13ADestruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation
Section 14Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings
Section 14AQuarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
Section 14BFeeding garbage to swine
Section 14CHog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
Section 14DHogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing
Section 14EBreeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth
Section 15Inspector of animals; appointment
Section 16Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director
Section 17Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns
Section 18Duties of inspectors
Section 19Inspections of domestic animals
Section 20Certificate of healthy condition
Section 21Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records
Section 22Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
Section 22ADogs owned by police departments or agencies
Section 23Examination of buildings; report
Section 24Notice of quarantine
Section 25Records of inspectors of animals; returns
Section 26Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston
Section 26AShipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health
Section 26BHatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
Section 27Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals
Section 28Notice of contagious disease to director
Section 29Expense of quarantine
Section 30Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty
Section 31Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages
Section 31AShipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers
Section 32Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests
Section 33Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals
Section 33AIdentification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals
Section 33BDeclaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine
Section 33CDeclaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine
Section 33DTests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction
Section 34Compensation to violators of regulations
Section 35Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
Section 36Notice of contagious diseases
Section 36ARepealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
Section 36BVaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals
Section 36CRepealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
Section 36DImportation of vaccinated animals; conditions
Section 36EImportation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
Section 36FBrucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing
Section 36GReimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal
Section 36HWaiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
Section 37Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts
Section 38Annual report
Section 39Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee
Section 39APet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections
Section 39BGuard dog businesses; licenses
Section 39CHearing dog business; licenses
Section 39DHearing dog business; access to public facilities
Section 39ELivestock auction business; licenses
Section 39FService dogs; trainer rights
Section 40License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation
Section 40AHog cholera vaccine; prohibited use
Section 41Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
Section 42Tagging bovine animal with identification tag
Section 43Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42
Section 44Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
Section 44ADestruction or quarantine of infected equine animals
Section 45License to deal in or auction equine animals
Section 46License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
Section 47Bill of sale or memorandum
Section 48Violations, penalties