§142-1 Information and statistics. The department of agriculture shall gather, compile, and tabulate, from time to time information and statistics concerning domestic animals in the State, their protection and use, inquire into and report upon the causes of contagious, infectious and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention, suppression, and cure of the same. [L 1905, c 82, pt of §4; RL 1925, §607; RL 1935, §202; am L 1941, c 228, §2; RL 1945, §1051; RL 1955, §20-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §142-1]