P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 667
If any animal infected with or laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, or suspected of being so affected, is sold or disposed of, or is exposed or offered for sale, or is brought or attempted to be brought, for the purpose of being exposed or offered for sale in any market, fair or other open or public place where other animals are commonly exposed for sale, it shall be legal for any inspector or officer of the fair or market, or any policeman, or any local or Commonwealth health officer or inspector, to seize the animal and to report the seizure to the Secretary of Health or to any Commonwealth veterinary inspector and the Secretary of Health shall have authority, if he finds such animal to be laboring under any infectious or contagious disease, to order the destruction and disposal of said animal in accordance with the procedure provided by §§ 661—694 of this title, and also to order the thorough disinfection of the premises and destruction of any pens, troughs, hay, straw or other articles which in his opinion present a danger of spreading the disease to other animals.
History —Mar. 14, 1907, p. 85, § 7, eff. July 1, 1907.