It shall be the duty of the sheriff in any county in which the work of tick eradication is in progress, to render all livestock inspectors any assistance in the enforcement of this article and the regulations of the board of animal health. If the sheriff of any county shall neglect, fail or refuse to render this assistance when so required, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punishable as in other cases of malfeasance or misfeasance in office.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 15 - Board of Animal Health; Livestock and Animal Diseases
Article 7 - Eradication of Cattle Ticks and Other Animal Parasites
§ 69-15-305. Appointment, dismissal and compensation of local state inspectors and range riders
§ 69-15-307. Board of supervisors to assist in eradicating tick fever
§ 69-15-309. When board of supervisors to act
§ 69-15-311. Infected cattle to be dipped
§ 69-15-313. Board of supervisors to provide dipping vats when necessary
§ 69-15-315. Violation by supervisors
§ 69-15-317. Cattle and other livestock to be dipped
§ 69-15-319. Notice to be posted in certain cases
§ 69-15-321. Procedure when owner fails to dip
§ 69-15-323. Expenses incurred in enforcement to be lien on animal
§ 69-15-325. Driving and drifting from quarantined to free county