ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
of said appraisement in favor of the said

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owner or owners; and if the owner or owners of
such animals or buildings, or other property,
shall not be satisfied with the amount of the said
appraisement, he or they may, within sixty
days, appeal to the circuit court of the county,
or to the Baltimore city courts, if such animals
or buildings are within the city of Baltimore,
by filing in said court a copy of such appraise-
ment, with a petition for writ of subpoena against
the said veterinary inspector, which appeals
shall be acted on by said court in the same man-
ner as appeals from justices of the peace.
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That the said board

May appeal.

is hereby authorized and empowered to agree
with the Bureau of Animal Industry of the de-
partment of agriculture of the United States, or
other properly constituted authority of the
United States, for co-operation in the work of
eradicating any contagious or infectious disease
among live stock in the State of Maryland, but
such agreement shall provide that such work
shall be under the control of the state authorities.
SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That in event of

Who may co-
operate.

an epidemic of contagious or infectious disease
among the live stock of this state, it shall be the
duty of the said board to appoint such assistants
to said inspector as may be necessary to promptly
suppress the same, and to fix their pay.
SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That all diseased

Assistants.

animals that, under the provisions of this act,
shall be slaughtered at any slaughter-house
where meat is prepared for market, shall be
slaughtered under the supervision of the chief
veterinary inspector or his assistant; and it shall
be the duty of said inspector to see that the car-
casses and offal of such diseased animals, whether
such disease is contagious or otherwise, are de-
stroyed and not sold for food ; and any inspec-
tor who shall corruptly pass as healthy a diseased
animal shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not
exceeding five hundred dollars and forfeit his
commission.

Carcasses to
be destroyed.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That all acts or
parts of acts, inconsistent with this act be and
they are hereby repealed ; provided, nothing
herein shall effect the commissions or term of

Repealed with
proviso.