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Dr. L. R. Noyes, page 3 (WW-708)
House Bill 187, Acts of the 56th Legislature, 1959,
Chapter 192, page 430, changes the name of the Livestock Sani-
tary Commission of Texas to the Texas Animal Health Commission
and provides that hereafter all or any references thereto or
laws relating to the Livestock Sanitary Commission shall apply
to the Texas Animal Health Commission, and all appropriations
and benefits should be available to and apply to the Texas Ani-
mal Health Commission.
House Bill 31, Acts of the 56th Legislature, 1959,
Regular Session, Chapter 188, page 418, sets up a Bovine Bru-
cellosis Control Program and authorizes the designation of
brucellosis control areas upon petition of seventy-five per
cent of the cattle owners in the area owning at least fifty-
one per cent of the cattle within that area.
Subdivision 7 authorizes two types of areas stating:
"(7) Two (2) types of brucellosis control
areas may be established. These types are:
"I , An area in which no testing shall be re-
quired but in which all female calves shall be re-
quired to be officially vaccinated within ages fixed
by regulation of the Texas Livestock Sanitary Com-
mission and in compliance with the regulations of
such Commission relating to vaccination.
"II. An area in which such test, vaccinations,
identifying practices, quarantines, disposition of
infected animals and other practices as provided by
regulations of the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commis-
sion shall be followed.
"The petition of the cattle owners constituting
the basis for the proclamation establishing the
brucellosis control area shall state which type,
'I' or 'II,' control area is desired in the af-
fected area and the.proclamation establishing the
control area shall designate which type, 'I' or
'II,' is established. No type control shall be
established unless that type has been properly
requested."
Subdivision 15 authorizes the Texas Animal Health Com-
mission to employ "veterinarans, inspectors, stenographers
and necessary clerical help and such other persons it may deem
necessary for the performance of any duty under this Section."
We are unable to find any provision in House Bill 31
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-708, text, September 25, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth267320/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.