Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:5-71. Removal of cattle from stockyard or auction market All cattle removed from any public stockyard or regularly established auction market within this State, except cattle that qualify for dairy purposes as provided in section twenty-four of this act, shall be subject to the…

4:5-72. Carriers to require certificates No common carrier shall transport cattle from any point outside of this State to any point within this State except for slaughter as prescribed in section 4:5-69 or unless they have a certificate of tuberculin test or a health certificate …

4:5-73. Recognition and employment of veterinarians The department may recognize and employ as many official veterinarians as may be necessary to make all the tuberculin tests under its jurisdiction. All inspectors, in the performance of their duties, shall have the rights and pr…

4:5-74. Rules, regulations and orders; quarantine orders preventing entrance of diseased cattle For the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article the state board of agriculture may make and enforce orders, rules and regulations for the control and eradication and to pr…

4:5-75. Penalty for violating article or regulations A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or any order, rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under this article shall for a first offense be liable to a penalty of not less than one h…

4:5-75.1. Notice to Department of disease Veterinarians, herd-owners, or other persons who gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of foot-and-mouth disease in the State shall immediately notify the Department of Agriculture of such fact. L.1948, c. 436, p. 1686, s…

4:5-75.10. Disposal of animals killed Animals killed pursuant to this act shall be buried at least four feet beneath the surface of the ground, or shall be otherwise disposed of in accordance with instructions issued by the department, at the expense of the department or at the j…

4:5-75.11. Stockyards, cars and vessels, disinfection of; farms and privately owned premises Stockyards, pens, cars, vessels, and other public premises and conveyances shall be cleaned and disinfected, whenever necessary for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, b…

4:5-75.12. Indemnification of owner for slaughtered animals or destroyed materials When an animal is killed or materials destroyed to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease or any other exotic or foreign disease, the State shall pay to the owner an indemnity as provided in …

4:5-75.13. Funds from which payments are to be made The department is authorized to make payment for all necessary expenditures incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act from any funds appropriated therefore and from any funds appropriated for indemnities for condemned …

4:5-75.14. Compliance by owner with laws and regulations as prerequisite to payment of claims by State The department shall not pay any claims arising out of the slaughter of animals affected by or exposed to the disease or the destruction of materials contaminated by or exposed …

4:5-75.15. Penalty for violations A person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this act or with an order or regulation of the Department of Agriculture, or its constituted agent, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) no…

4:5-75.2. Concealing or transporting diseased animals The owner or manager of any animal or animals having, or suspected of having, or which have been exposed to, the disease called foot-and-mouth disease shall not conceal or move or transport such animals or any materials from t…

4:5-75.3. Rules and regulations The Department of Agriculture is authorized to make and enforce rules and regulations for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, establish quarantines, and order the immediate slaughter of infected animals and animals which have been…

4:5-75.4. Materials exposed to disease; disinfection or disposal To prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, materials contaminated by or exposed to the disease shall be cleaned and disinfected, if practicable. In all cases where the cost of disinfection would exceed the val…

4:5-75.5. Appraisal of animals to be slaughtered; indemnification of owner Animals affected by or exposed to foot-and-month disease or any other exotic or foreign disease, shall be appraised in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 4:5-10, and the owner shall be indemnified in a…

4:5-75.6. Appraisal of value of materials destroyed The value of materials ordered destroyed by the department because of contamination by or exposure to the disease shall be determined by agreement between the owner or his agent and an authorized agent or representative of the d…

4:5-75.7. Appraisement where agreement cannot be reached In all cases where an immediate agreement cannot be reached as to the value of animals or materials, the appraisement of such animals or materials shall be made by an authorized agent or representative of the New Jersey Dep…

4:5-75.8. Reports of appraisals (a) Appraisals of animals shall be reported on forms furnished by the department. Reports of appraisals shall show the number of animals and either the value per head or the weight and value per pound. (b) Appraisals of materials shall be reported …

4:5-75.9. Supervision of slaughtering and disinfection The killing and the disposal of all animals slaughtered under this act, and the disinfection or destruction of materials as herein prescribed, shall be carried out under the supervision of an authorized agent or representativ…

4:5-8. Buying or selling affected or exposed animals a misdemeanor A person who without a permit from the department shall knowingly buy or sell, or cause to be bought or sold, an animal which is a part of a herd or stock held in quarantine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and …

4:5-9. Slaughter and burial of infected animals in certain cases Whenever in the judgment of the department it shall appear that the disease is not likely to yield to remedial treatment, or that the expense of such treatment will be greater than the value of the animals infected;…

4:5-93.21. Definitions As used in this act: "Brucellosis," commonly called Bang's disease of live stock, is a disease that causes an economic loss in dairy herds and is a menace to public health. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture. "Department" means the Department of A…

4:5-93.22. Rules and regulations The board shall make rules and regulations respecting the testing, vaccination or other methods of control and eradication of brucellosis of live stock, the prevention of the spread thereof to the live stock of this State, the retention or disposa…

4:5-93.23. Program and agreements for control and eradication of disease The board shall establish a program for the control and eradication of brucellosis and may enter into agreements with owners of live stock within the State under plans and methods adopted by the board for th…

4:5-93.24. Expense of inspection and test If the owner complies with the provisions of the agreement and rules and regulations made by the board under sections two and three of this act, the expense of any such test, vaccination or other treatment may be borne by the department, …

4:5-93.25. Certificate showing freedom from disease Whenever official tests of any herd of live stock are made and such live stock is found to be free from brucellosis, a certificate setting forth such fact may be issued by the director of the division when authorized by the boar…

4:5-93.26. Failure of owner to comply with regulations or agreement Whenever the director of the division is satisfied that any owner has failed to comply with any of the provisions of any agreement, rule or regulation made by the board under the provisions of this act, the owner…

4:5-93.27. Tests; standards All tests, either official or private, shall be made according to the standards established and methods prescribed and by laboratories or individuals approved by the board. Tests shall be accepted only where the technic employed in conducting them has …

4:5-93.28. Report of tests A report of any test for brucellosis shall be made in writing to the director of the division within seven days immediately following the completion of the test, upon blank forms furnished by the department and signed by the person drawing the blood sam…

4:5-93.29. Marking tested or treated stock All live stock subjected to an official or private test for brucellosis and all animals vaccinated or otherwise treated under a program under the supervision of the department shall be marked as prescribed by the board. Such markings sha…

4:5-93.30. Interference with test or treatment or mark No person shall treat any live stock with a material or substance for the purpose of interfering with a test for brucellosis or causing or preventing a reaction to such test, or shall interfere in any way with a representativ…

4:5-93.32. Agreement as to value of condemned animal; appraisement; compensation The veterinarian making an official test, or any authorized agent of the department, may make an agreement with the owner as to the valuation of the animal condemned, based on its market value for da…

4:5-93.33. Report of sale; false statement; salvage; charges deductible A report of the sale of any animal shall be made on blank forms furnished for that purpose by the department, signed by the purchaser or his agent, and in no case shall the owner receive compensation from the…

4:5-93.34. Appraisement before test Immediately before commencing any test, if it be deemed advisable by the department, an appraisement may be made by the owner and an authorized agent or representative of the department, of the market value of the animal as of the day of apprai…

4:5-93.35. Appraisers; appointment; duties In any case where no agreement shall be reached, there shall be appointed three competent and disinterested freeholders, one by the department, one by the owner, and the third by the first two, at the expense of the owner, who shall asce…

4:5-93.36. Slaughter of reactors When a written order has been issued by the director of the division for the removal to slaughter of live stock giving a positive or suspicious reaction to a test, under a plan of the division calling for payment of indemnities, it shall be slaugh…

4:5-93.37. Imported animals; conditions; indemnity No indemnity shall be paid on animals which have been imported into the State unless the following conditions shall have been met: (a) the animal shall have been imported into the State in accordance with the rules and regulation…

4:5-93.38. Appraisement certificate; payment of indemnity Upon presentation of the appraisement certificate to the State Comptroller, with the approval of the department endorsed thereon, the owner shall be entitled to receive from the State treasury the sum fixed by this act. L.…

4:5-93.39. Insufficiency of funds; order of payment Should funds be insufficient for the payment of indemnities for all reacting animals in any fiscal year the department or such board, bureau or other agency as may be charged with such duty shall pay indemnities in the order in …

4:5-93.41. Co-operation with local and federal authorities The department may co-operate with any township or county for the control and eradication of brucellosis within the State and with the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture in any system…

4:5-93.42. Penalty for violation A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, except as set forth in section eleven, shall, for a first offense, be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and shall for each su…

4:5-93.43. Recovery of penalty; enforcement of imprisonment Any penalty imposed for a violation of any provision of this act shall be sued for and recovered, and the imprisonment, if any, imposed, in any action brought by and in the name of the Secretary of Agriculture in the man…

4:5-93.44. Appropriation For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, there is hereby appropriated to the department the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), when included in any annual appropriation act. L.1946, c. 257, s. 24, eff. July 1, 1946.

4:5-93.45. Repeal Sections 4:5-76 to 4:5-93, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1946, c. 257, s. 25, eff. July 1, 1946.

4:5-93.46. Repeal The act entitled "An act concerning the spread of Bang's disease in live stock (which causes undulant fever in the human race), and amending sections 4:5-76, 4:5-77, 4:5-78, 4:5-79, 4:5-80, 4:5-81, 4:5-83, 4:5-84, 4:5-85, 4:5-87, 4:5-88, 4:5-91 and 4:5-92 of the…