Mississippi Code
Chapter 27 - Crimes Affecting Public Health
§ 97-27-3. Animals and fowl; diseased animals and fowl to be confined and segregated; burial

Owners of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, jacks and jennets dying of charbon or glanders or anything of the fowl species dying of cholera, or hogs dying of any disease on their premises, and which fact may be known to them, are hereby required to quick lime and bury such two feet from surface of ground, or burn the same within twenty-four hours from the death thereof. Any person or persons having herds or flocks, infected with any of the diseases enumerated in this section shall be required to confine same, upon his or her premises, in a manner that will seclude them from contact with other non-infected herds or flocks. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than five dollars or more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.

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