§142-3  Department, duties.  Thedepartment of agriculture shall have charge, direction, and control of allmatters relating to the inspection of animals and the prevention anderadication of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases among animalsand of all matters relating to animal industry within this chapter. [L 1905, c82, pt of §4; am L 1915, c 136, §8; RL 1925, §609; RL 1935, §204; RL 1945,§1053; RL 1955, §20-3; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS§142-3]