EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 705

14. In the event of any building or buildings, sheds, sta-
bles, stable furniture, hay, straw or fodder or feed being re-
ported to the said Board by its officers as being incapable of
proper disinfection, the said Board may, in its discretion,
have such buildings or articles so infected appraised, as here-
inafter provided for the appraisement of animals, and de-
stroyed.

15. In the event of its being deemed necessary for the said
Board to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease,
to cause any animal or animals so diseased, or exposed to such
disease to be slaughtered, the value of such animal or animals
shall be appraised under such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, by two sworn
appraisers, to be sworn before any officer authorized to admin-
ister oaths and affirmations, one of which appraisers to be ap-
pointed by the owner or custodian of such animals, the other
by the said Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized repre-
sentative, or in case the said owner or custodian of such ani-
mals shall neglect or refuse to name such appraiser, then by
two appraisers to be appointed by said Board of Agriculture
or its duly authorized representative, who in case of disagree-
ment shall call in a third; but in no event shall the appraise-
ment, together with the estimated value of the carcass, hide
and offal exceed ninety per centum of the fair market value of
the animal or animals, or a total of five hundred dollars for any
one animal; and which said appraisement when approved by
said Board of Agriculture shall be filed with the Comptroller;
and the Comptroller shall forthwith issue his warrant to the
Treasurer for the amount of said appraisement, in favor of the
said owner or owners; and if the owner or owners of such ani-
mals or buildings or other property shall not be satisfied with
the amount of said appraisement, he may, within sixty days,
appeal to the Circuit Court of the County, or to the Baltimore
City Court, if such animals or buildings are within the City of
Baltimore, by filing in said Court a copy of the appraisement
with a petition for a writ of subpoena against the officer repre-
senting the said State Board of Agriculture, and said appeals
shall be acted on by said Court in the same manner as appeals
from Justices of the Peace.

16. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized
and empowered to agree with the Bureau of Animal Industry
of the Department 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
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