                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PREVENT CONTAGIOUS OR
INFECTIOUS DISEASES (§ 3.2-6015)

The Governor is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, the rules and
regulations prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under and in
pursuance of section three of an act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled
&#8220;An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to prevent
the exportation of diseased cattle and to provide means for the suppression and
extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic
animals,&#8221; and to cooperate with the authorities of the United States in
the enforcement of the provisions of the act.
		The inspectors of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shall have the right of
inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of animals affected with any contagious
or infectious diseases, or suspected to be so affected, or that have been
exposed to any such disease, and for these purposes are authorized and empowered
to enter upon any ground or premises. Such inspectors shall have the power to
call on sheriffs and peace officers to assist them in the discharge of their
duties in carrying out the provisions of the act of Congress aforesaid, and it
is made the duty of sheriffs and peace officers to assist such inspectors when
so requested, and such inspectors shall have the same powers and protection as
peace officers while engaged in the discharge of their duties.
		All expenses of quarantine, condemnation of animals exposed to disease, and
the expenses of any and all measures that may be used to suppress and extirpate
pleuropneumonia shall be paid by the United States, and in no case shall the
Commonwealth be liable for any damages or expenses of any kind under the
provisions of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-16; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-739.1; 2008, c. 860.