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or by means of which infection or contagion may take place or 

 be conveyed. He may alter or modify, from time to time, as he 

 may deem expedient, the terms of all notices, orders and regula- 

 tions issued or made by him, and may at any time cancel or 

 withdraw the same. He may call upon the sheriff or deputy 

 sheriff, to carry out and enforce the provisions of any notice, 

 order or regulation which he may make, and all such sheriffs 

 and deputy sheriffs shall obey and observe all orders and in- 

 structions which they may receive from him in the premises. 

 If the commissioner shall quarantine any particular district or 

 territory for the purpose of stopping or preventing the spread 

 of the disease known as rabies, and if any dog be found loose 

 within the said quarantine district in violation of said quaran- 

 tine or regulation, any person may kill or cause to be killed such 

 dog and shall not be held liable for damages for such killing.. 



§ 6Q. Penalties. — Any person violating, disobeying or disregard- 

 ing the terms of any notice, order or regulation, issued or pre- 

 scribed by the commissioner under this article, shall forfeit to- 

 the people of the state the sum of one hundred dollars for every 

 such violation. 



§ 67. Appraiser of condemned animals. — The commissioner of" 

 agriculture may appoint and at pleasure remove not more than 

 three state appraisers of condemned animals. The persons so 

 appointed shall be persons of experience and well acquainted 

 with the value of farm animals. They shall receive five dollars 

 per day for the time actually employed by order of the commis- 

 sioner, and all necessary traveling and other expenses incurred 

 in the performance of their duties. 



§ 68. Appraisal of diseased animals. — One of the state apprais- 

 ers of condemned animals shall be present at the examination of 

 all diseased animals when such examination is conducted under 

 this act, for the purpose of determining whether such animals- 

 should be slaughtered. Such appraiser shall determine the 

 value of each animal directed to be slaughtered. Such value 

 shall be the market value of such animals at the time of making 



