ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person who

shall transgress the terms or requirements of any order

or regulation issued and prescribed by the said veter-

inary inspector, with the consent of the governor,

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under the authority of this act, or shall refuse to said

fusing access.

veterinary inspector, or his assistants, access to his or

their premises, farms or stables, or shall conceal the

fact that contagious or infectious diseases exists on his

premises, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person who

shall sell or otherwise dispose of an animal which he

knows, or has reason to believe, is affected by any

contagious or infectious disease, or has been exposed

to the same within ninety days, or shall permit the

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lation.

same to pass over, or upon any public highway, street,

lane or alley of this state, without the consent of said

veterinary inspector, or assistant, shall, on conviction

thereof, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one

hundred dollars for each animal.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That in the event of any

building or buildings, sheds or stables, being reported

to the governor by said inspector as being incapable

Destruction of
buildings, &c

of proper disinfection, it shall be his duty to have

such premises appraised, in a similar manner as pre-

scribed in the succeeding section for appraisement of

diseased animals, and destroyed, and the owner there-

of paid by the comptroller as herein provided for pay-

How paid for.

ment for animals slaughtered.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in the event of its

being deemed necessary by the said veterinary in-

spector to prevent the spread of contagious infection,

to cause any animal or animals diseased to be slaugh-

tered, the value of such animal or animals shall be

appraised, in their then condition, by two sworn

appraisers, to be sworn before any officer authorized

to administer oaths and affirmations, one of which to

be appointed by the owner of such animal or animals,

Appraisers —

the other by said veterinary inspector; or in case the

how appointed

said owner shall neglect or refuse to name such ap-

praiser, then by two appraisers, to be appointed by

said veterinary inspector, who, in case of disagree-

ment, shall call in a third; which said appraisement

shall be returned to the comptroller by said veterinary

inspector, and the comptroller shall forthwith issue

his warrant to the treasurer for the amount of the