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said, shall be fixed by the municipal officers, and recorded 

 on the town books by the town clerk, and be binding until 

 altered by said officers. 



COXTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG CATTLE. 

 Kevised Statutes of 1871. Cliapter 14. 



Sec. 37. The municipal officers of towns, in case of the 

 existence of the disease called lung murrain or pleuro pneu- 

 monia, or any other contagious disease, shall cause the cattle 

 in their towns infected, or which have been exposed to infec- 

 tion, to be secured or collected in some suitable place or 

 places therein, and kept isolated ; and when taken from the 

 possession of their owners, one-fifth of the expense thereof is 

 to be paid by the town, and four-fifths at the expense of the 

 state, such isolation to continue so long as the existence 

 of such disease or other circumstances render it necessary ; 

 or they may direct the owners thereof to isolate such cattle 

 upon their own premises, and any damages or loss sustained 

 thereby shall be paid as aforesaid. 



Sec. 38. The municipal officers, shall wathin twenty-four 

 hours after they have notice of the existence of such disease, 

 or have reason to believe that it exists, cause the suspected 

 animals to be examined by a veterinary surgeon or physician, 

 by them selected, and if they are adjudged diseased, they 

 may order them to be forthwith killed and buried at the 

 expense of such town. 



Sec. 39. When so killed they shall cause them to be 

 appraised by three competent and disinterested men, under 

 oath, at the value thereof at the time of the appraisal, and 

 the amount thereof shall be paid as provided in section thirty- 

 seven. 



Sec. 40. They may prohibit the departure of cattle from 

 any enclosure, and exclude cattle therefrom. 



Sec. 41. They may make regulations in w^riting to regulate 

 or prohibit the passage from, to or through their towMis, or 

 from place to place therein, of any neat cattle, and may arrest 

 and detain, at the cost of the owners thereof, all cattle found 



