(1) Whenever a quarantine of any kind or nature is declared pursuant to any law with the administration of which law the State Department of Agriculture is charged, such quarantine shall be declared by written order signed by the Director of Agriculture and containing the approval of the Governor over the Governor’s signature. The order shall be filed in the department.
(2) If the quarantine is on area or areas within this state, two copies thereof certified by the director, together with two copies of the rules and regulations governing such quarantine, shall be delivered to the county clerk of each county included in or within which any quarantined area or part thereof is situated.
(3) It shall be the duty of the county clerk immediately to post one each of such copies in a conspicuous place in the county courthouse and to file one each of such copies in the county records. Any such order of quarantine shall give notice of the date that such quarantine takes effect, which shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the date of the first publication thereof.
(4) The order of quarantine, together with any rules and regulations governing the same, shall be published at least once in some publication of general circulation throughout the state.
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