1928 



Agkicultural Law 



[Ajit. 5, 



Conreal- 

 ment of 

 disease. 



Confi- 

 dential 

 agents. 



State ap- 

 praiser. 



Adilitional 

 appraisers. 



fectious or communicable disease coming to their knowledge. The 

 report shall be made in writing and shall inchide a description 

 of the diseased animal or animals, the name and address of the 

 owner or person in charge of the animal, if known, and a state- 

 ment as to the location of the animal. jSTo person shall conceal or 

 attempt to conceal any animal suffering from an infectious or 

 communicable disease so that the same shall not come to the knowl- 

 edge of the commissioner of agriculture. The commissioner of 

 agriculture may appoint and at pleasure remove two confidential 

 agents at salaries not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars, to be 

 fixed by the commissioner, to assist in carrying out the provisions 

 of this article. He may appoint and at pleasure remove one state 

 appraiser of condemned animals, who shall be a person of experi- 

 ence and well acquainted with the value of farm animals; and 

 shall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and all 

 necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance 

 of his duties. The commissioner of agriculture may employ from 

 time to time such additional appraisers of condemned animals as 

 the work of his department may necessitate, who shall receive 

 compensation at the rate of five dollars per diem and all traveling 

 and other expenses necessarily incurred while engaged in the 

 performance of their duties. 



Appraised 

 value. 



Arbitra- 

 tion of 

 value. 



§ 99. Appraisal of diseased animals. An appraiser shall de- 

 termine the value of each animal directed to be slaughtered. 

 Such value shall be the market value of such animal at the time 

 of making the appraisement, but the appraisal value of each bovine 

 animal shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five 

 dollars, provided however that the appraised value shall not exceed 

 the sum of seventy-five dollars, except for registered thoroughbred 

 animals, and the appraisal of each equine animal shall not exceed 

 the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars. If the value of the 

 condemned animals determined by the appraiser is not satis- 

 factory to the owner of such animals, the value shall be deter- 

 mined by arbitrators, one to be appointed by the state ajipraiser 

 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 



