2006 Kansas Code - 47-618

      47-618.   Execution of orders of commissioner; fees of officers; arrests; prosecutions. The commissioner shall have power to call upon any sheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff to execute his orders, and such officers shall obey the orders of said commissioner, and for performing such services shall receive mileage and fees as is now provided for service in process in civil actions; and in addition thereto shall receive for killing and disposing of diseased animals, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the livestock commissioner, the following fees: For the first animal, not to exceed five dollars ($5); for each additional animal, not to exceed two dollars ($2); but in no case shall the amount exceed the actual cost of doing such work; and such fees shall be paid by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the services are rendered. Any such officer may arrest on view and take before any judge of a court of competent jurisdiction of the county any person found violating the provisions of this act, and such officer shall immediately notify the county or district attorney of such arrest, and he shall prosecute the person so offending according to law.

      History:   L. 1911, ch. 312, § 9; May 22; L. 1974, ch. 446, § 19; July 1.