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W. Va. Code § 19-7-10 Appropriations specifically made available for designated exhibitions
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For the purpose of encouraging agriculture, forestry and industries related thereto and the development and progress of the state, and when appropriations are specifically set out in the budget bill by the Legislature for any state, county or local exhibition or community develop…
W. Va. Code § 19-7-11 Determination of eligibility; legislative rules
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(a) The commissioner shall administer the provisions of this article and shall determine the eligibility of an association, organization or individual to receive state aid described in this article in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. (b) The commi…
W. Va. Code § 19-7-2 State aid where more than one fair, festival or event in county
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When more than one association, organization or individual holding a fair, festival or event in a county is eligible to receive the benefits pursuant to this article, the county associations, organizations or individuals are eligible to receive from the state a sum not exceeding …
W. Va. Code § 19-7-4 When fairs, festivals and events are entitled to state aid
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(a) Associations, organizations or individuals purchasing or leasing the grounds and buildings of an agricultural or industrial association, organization or individual entitled to the benefits of this article are also entitled to the benefits set forth in this article. (b) Other …
W. Va. Code § 19-7-8 Gambling devices and immoral shows prohibited; forfeiture of right to state aid; horse racing exempted
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No association, organization or individual which is the recipient of state aid under this article may operate or permit to be operated in conjunction with the fair, festival or event any gambling device or any indecent or immoral show. Any association, organization or individual …
W. Va. Code § 19-7-9 State fair of West Virginia; ex officio members of board of directors; appropriations; authority to propose rules
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(a) The corporation formerly known as "Greenbrier Valley fair" is designated "the state fair of West Virginia"; with the exclusive right to the use of that designation. (b) The Governor and commissioner of agriculture are ex officio members of the board of directors of the fair a…
W. Va. Code § 19-8-1 County extension service committee; composition; organization; duties and responsibilities; employment and compensation of extension workers
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The county extension service committee shall be composed of (a) the president of the county farm bureau, (b) the president of the county extension homemakers council, (c) the president of the county Four-H leaders' association, (d) a county commissioner designated by the presiden…
W. Va. Code § 19-8-2 Expenditure of appropriations; compliance with "Smith-Lever Act."
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All moneys levied or appropriated by the county court or the county board of education under this article shall be expended upon orders of the county court or Board of Education as other such county funds are expended, and a duplicate of all salary vouchers and expense accounts s…
W. Va. Code § 19-8-3 Duties of county extension workers; extension service to cooperate with county court and Board of Education
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Under the supervision of the cooperative extension service of West Virginia University, it shall be the duty of each county extension worker to promote, through various educational programs, the improvement and advancement of agriculture, forestry and home economics, and the gene…
W. Va. Code § 19-9A-1 Definitions
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The following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed. (a) "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-1 Definitions
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The following words, as used in this article, or in any rule or regulation authorized thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meanings: (a) "Commissioner," the state commissioner of agriculture;…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-10 Commissioner may prescribe tests for diseases
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The commissioner may prescribe methods of making tests with tuberculin, mallein or other recognized tests for the diagnosis of animal diseases.
W. Va. Code § 19-9-11 Reports of sales of and tests with diagnostic materials
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Every sale in this state of a biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals, and each injection or test made therewith, shall be reported in writing to the commissioner within one week after such sale or test. Each such report shall be signed by …
W. Va. Code § 19-9-12 Unlawful sale of diagnostic materials
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It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, or sell or offer for sale, any biological product intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes with animals unless such product is officially approved by the bureau of animal industry of the United States.
W. Va. Code § 19-9-12A Sale, distribution or administration of unattenuated hog cholera virus
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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or offer for sale, distribute, administer, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of unattenuated hog cholera virus except upon a special written permit issued by the commissioner of agricultu…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-13 Quarantine of premises or animals; general and special quarantine defined
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Whenever any communicable disease shall exist anywhere in the state a quarantine of any locality or premises, or of any infected or exposed animals, may be established. Quarantine shall be of two kinds: (a) "Special quarantine," which shall mean a quarantine of a single animal; o…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-14 Establishment of special quarantine
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The commissioner or his authorized agent shall have the power to establish and maintain a special quarantine, whenever any domestic animal shall be affected with or exposed to any communicable disease, or whenever he deems it necessary to have any animal examined or tested. When …
W. Va. Code § 19-9-15 Establishment of general quarantine
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A general quarantine may be established and maintained whenever any communicable disease of domestic animals shall exist in any locality in the state larger in extent than that which may be included in a special quarantine. A general quarantine shall be established and maintained…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-16 Unlawful to remove, deface or destroy quarantine notice
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It shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of any quarantine, to tear down, deface or destroy any notice of quarantine posted by any officer, agent, or employee of the commissioner, or to remove or destroy any portion of a building or tree or fence whereon the sa…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-17 Care of quarantined animals; expense
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The owner of animals placed in quarantine by the commissioner or his agents shall provide suitable quarters for them and feed and water them. If he fails or refuses to do so, the commissioner or his agents shall provide such quarters and feed and water such animals at the expense…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-18 Removal of animals, etc., from quarantined area; running at large of dogs in such area
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After the establishment of any quarantine authorized by this article, and the posting of the notices required by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, during the continuance of such quarantine, without a special permit in writing from the commissioner, to remove any animal fr…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-19 Domestic animal within quarantined area running at large
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When any quarantine shall be established under this article, it shall be unlawful for the owner of any domestic animal within the limits of the quarantined area to allow such domestic animal to run at large during the continuance of the quarantine. Any animal so found running at …
W. Va. Code § 19-9A-2 Permit required for feeding garbage to swine; renewal; exception
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(a) No person shall feed garbage to swine without first securing a permit to do so from the commissioner. Such permits shall be renewed annually. (b) This article shall not apply to any person who feeds only his own household garbage to swine which are raised for such person’s ow…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-2 Duties and powers of commissioner
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It shall be the duty of the commissioner, and he shall have authority: (a) To prevent, suppress, control and eradicate any communicable diseases of animals or poultry; (b) To make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this arti…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-20 Bringing animals into state; health certificate
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It shall be unlawful for any person or his agents or employees knowingly to drive, cause to be driven, bring or cause to be brought into this state any domestic animal infected with any communicable disease. Every domestic animal being brought into the state for any purpose, by a…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-21 Animals entering state without health certificate
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It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of any domestic animal, which is to enter this state without a certificate of health, to notify the commissioner in writing stating when, where and how the animal is to be brought into this state. Such notice must reach the commissioner…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-22 Unlawful possession of animal brought into state
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When notified by the commissioner, or any of his agents or employees, not to do so, it shall be unlawful for any person to receive, keep or have in his possession any domestic animal imported or brought into this state in violation of any of the provisions of this article, or to …
W. Va. Code § 19-9-23 Regulation of imported dairy or breeding animals
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No domestic animal that has been, or is to be, used for dairy or breeding purposes shall be imported or brought into this state except under the following regulations: There shall be provided for each bovine animal a health certificate and a tuberculin test chart, each in triplic…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-24 Importation of dairy or breeding animal unaccompanied by health certificate and test chart
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Any bovine animal, not accompanied by the health certificate and tuberculin test chart required by section twenty-three of this article, may be brought into this state only under the direct supervision of an officer, or agent of the commissioner, subject to the provisions of sect…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-25 Commissioner may decline to accept health certificate or test chart
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If the commissioner shall suspect the genuineness of any health certificate or tuberculin test chart relating to imported animals or shall question the competency of the person of the state of export who shall have issued such chart or certificate, he may decline to accept the sa…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-26 Animals brought into state for slaughter or for exhibition purposes
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Sections twenty to twenty-five, both inclusive, of this article, shall not apply to animals brought into the state for immediate slaughter, or for temporary exhibition purposes only, if a permit, conditioned as the commissioner may prescribe, for each animal intended for exhibiti…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-27 Unlawful sale of animals for breeding or dairy purposes
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It shall be unlawful for any person to sell for dairy or breeding purposes any domestic animals brought into the state for immediate slaughter, or to use or permit to be used any such animal for dairy or breeding purposes, unless and until such animals are first subjected to the …
W. Va. Code § 19-9-28 Indemnity for euthanizing infected or exposed animals; agreement
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Whenever, to prevent the spread of any communicable disease which cannot be cured or controlled by isolation and adequate or proper veterinary treatment, the commissioner or any of the commissioner's agents find it necessary to euthanize any animal infected with or directly expos…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-29 When right of indemnity does not exist
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The right of indemnity shall not exist nor shall payment be made in any of the following cases: (a) For animals owned by the United States, this state, or any county, city, town or village in this state; (b) For animals brought into this state contrary to the provisions of this a…
W. Va. Code § 19-9A-3 Application for permit
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Any person desiring to obtain a permit to feed garbage to swine or to renew the same shall make written application therefor to the commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner. The commissioner shall take final action upon all completed permit applications within thirty da…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-3 Consulting veterinarians to assist commissioner
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The commissioner shall have authority to appoint, subject to dismissal by him at any time, such consulting veterinarians as may be necessary from time to time to assist him in discharging the duties imposed upon him by this article. Each consulting veterinarian shall be registere…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-30 Appraisal of infected or exposed animals; amount; arbitration; fees of arbitrators
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The commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall act as appraiser and shall appraise each infected or directly exposed animal within five days before euthanizing the animal, basing the amount upon the class and market value of the animal at the time of the appraisal, whether fo…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-31 Certificate of appraisal
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When the animal is to be euthanized, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall deliver to the owner a certificate of appraisal which may cover any number of animals belonging to the same owner, showing the age and description of each animal found to be infected or direct…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-32 Euthanasia of diseased animals; supervision; certificate of euthanasia
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After the agreement described in section twenty-eight of this article has been executed, the appraisal has been made and the certificate of appraisal issued, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall have the animal euthanized and the carcass disposed of in accordance wi…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-33 Payment of indemnity
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All claims for indemnity for animals euthanized as having tuberculosis shall be paid in the manner prescribed in section thirty-seven of this article. In all other cases when animals are euthanized as provided in this article the veterinarian shall forthwith forward to the commis…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-34 Disposal of carcass of diseased animal
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(a) Whenever it is necessary to destroy or dispose of the carcass of any animal to prevent the spread of disease, the destruction or disposal shall be made by one of the following methods designed to be protective of human health and the environment: (1) Complete cremation of the…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-34A Authority of commissioner to promulgate rules regulating disposal of dead animals
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate rules to regulate the disposal of dead animals.
W. Va. Code § 19-9-35 Tests for bovine tuberculosis; disposition of infected bovine animals
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The commissioner or the commissioner's agent is authorized to test with tuberculin any bovine animal kept within the state, subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner. The tuberculin test shall be applied to bovine animals at times designated by the commissioner for the cont…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-36 Rules for determining amount of indemnity
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The owners of animals euthanized as having tuberculosis shall be indemnified in an amount determined by the results of post-mortem inspection by the officer supervising the euthanasia, and the certificate of appraisal shall be credited according to the following rules: (a) If an …
W. Va. Code § 19-9-37 Payment of indemnity for animals slaughtered as tuberculous
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After an animal shall have been slaughtered as tuberculous, the veterinarian shall forthwith forward to the commissioner the certificates of appraisal and slaughter, together with the owner's claim for indemnity, and his affidavit that he has, in all respects, complied with the a…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-38 Transportation of diseased animals
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It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to drive, move or transport on, across or along any public highway, or in wagons or railroad cars or other vehicles, any animal infected with any communicable disease, except upon express permission in writing from the commissioner or…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-39 Selling or giving away diseased animal; permitting it to stray
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Without express permission in writing from the commissioner, or his agent, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or give away, or allow to stray, any animal infected with any communicable disease or any animal that has reacted to any tuberculin or mallein…
W. Va. Code § 19-9A-4 Refusal or revocation of permit
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Upon determination by the commissioner that any person holding such permit, or who has applied for a permit hereunder, has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this article, or any of the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, the commissioner may revo…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-4 Inspectors of animals
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The commissioner may appoint, at different points in the state, inspectors to examine and inspect any of the animals enumerated in this article which are to be moved to states where the sanitary laws require such examination and inspection, with authority to issue certificates of…
W. Va. Code § 19-9-40 Penalties
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Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or who shall obstruct or hinder the commissioner, or any officer or employee, in the performance of his duties under this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for the fi…
