§ 4-4-1 Appointment of commissioners to inspect diseased animals – Quarantine – Veterinarians. – The director of environmental management may appoint one or more commissioners in each county of the state, whose duty it is to visit and inquire into the condition of any domestic animal in their respective counties whenever there is reason to suspect that any domestic animal, or the carcass of any domestic animal, is affected with tuberculosis, or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; and the commissioners in their counties are authorized to quarantine any diseased domestic animal, or the carcass of any diseased domestic animal, until inspected by the veterinarian employed by the director. The director may also employ from time to time any number of veterinary surgeons that he or she may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.