414 Ninth Annual Retort of the 



such examination, as though the animal were not diseased, but 

 the appraisal value of each head of cattle shall not exceed the 

 sum of sixty dollars if a thoroughbred, and forty dollars if a 

 grade. If the value of the condemned animals determined by 

 the appraiser is not satisfactory to the owner of such animals, 

 the value shall be determined by arbitrators, one to be ap- 

 pointed by the state appraiser, and one by the owner of the 

 animals. If such arbitrators are not able to agree as to the 

 value of the animals, a third arbitrator shall be appointed by 

 them. The value determined by such arbitrator shall be final. 

 The costs and expenses of the proceedings before the arbitrators 

 shall be paid by the owner of the animals. No cattle claimed to 

 be thoroughbred shall be appraised as such unless the owner 

 thereof shall furnish to the state appraiser a duly executed 

 certificate of registry. Such appraiser of condemned animals 

 and the arbitrators appointed under this section may administer 

 oaths to and examine witnesses. 



§ 69. Certificate of appraisal. — The appraiser shall execute and 

 deliver to the owner of the condemned animals a certificate veri- 

 fied by him stating the appraised value of such animals; if such 

 value was determined by arbitrators, there shall be attached to 

 such certificate a statement of the value so determined signed 

 and verified by at leas,t two of the arbitrators. , The form and 

 contents of such certificate shall be prescribed by the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture. 



§ *70. Post-mortem examination of slaughtered animals. — All 

 animals suspected of being tuberculous and slaughtered there- 

 for, shall be examined by a medical or veterinary practitioner 

 designated Dy the commissioner for the purpose of determining 

 whether or not such disease existed in such animals. There 

 shall be attached to the certificate of appraisal, a statement 

 of the result of such examination, describing the animals found 

 to be tuberculous and those which were found not to be tuber- 



* Subsection 2 of section 70 repealed; also Article 4 (Public Health Law) of Chapter 

 €61 of the Laws of 1893, as amended by Chapter 674 of the Laws of 1894, and Chapter 

 1013 of the Laws of 3895. 



