Massachusetts Chapter 129 — Livestock Disease Control

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 1— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 2— Powers and duties of director; orders
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 3— Records of inspectors; forms
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 4— Certification of documents by clerk
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 5— Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 6— Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 7— Entry on premises
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 8— Hospitals and quarantine stations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 8A— Repealed, 1966, 397
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 9— Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 10— Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 11— Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 12— Repealed, 1922, 353, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 12A— Repealed, 1966, 398
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 13— Repealed, 1966, 399
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 13A— Destruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14— Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14A— Quarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14B— Feeding garbage to swine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14C— Hog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14D— Hogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 14E— Breeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 15— Inspector of animals; appointment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 16— Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 17— Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 18— Duties of inspectors; training; enforcement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 19— Inspections of domestic animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 20— Certificate of healthy condition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 21— Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 22— Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 22A— Dogs owned by police departments or agencies
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 23— Examination of buildings; report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 24— Notice of quarantine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 25— Records of inspectors of animals; returns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 26— Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 26A— Shipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 26B— Hatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 27— Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 28— Notice of contagious disease to director
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 29— Expense of quarantine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 30— Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 31— Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 31A— Shipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 32— Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 33— Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 33A— Identification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 33B— Declaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 33C— Declaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 33D— Tests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 34— Compensation to violators of regulations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 35— Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36— Notice of contagious diseases
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36A— Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36B— Vaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36C— Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36D— Importation of vaccinated animals; conditions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36E— Importation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36F— Brucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36G— Reimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 36H— Waiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 37— Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 38— Annual report
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39— Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39A— Pet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39B— Guard dog businesses; licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39C— Hearing dog business; licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39D— Hearing dog business; access to public facilities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39E— Livestock auction business; licenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39F— Service dogs; trainer rights
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 39G— Official health certificate requirement for dog or cat brought or shipped into commonwealth; purchase of animal for resale; vaccination record; devocalization prohibited
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 40— License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 40A— Hog cholera vaccine; prohibited use
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 41— Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 42— Tagging bovine animal with identification tag
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 43— Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 44— Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 44A— Destruction or quarantine of infected equine animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 45— License to deal in or auction equine animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 46— License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 47— Bill of sale or memorandum
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, § 48— Violations, penalties