134 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Scpt.^ 



The board of health of any city, the selectmen of any town, any officer 

 or ag'ent of The Connecticut Humane Society, any veterinary surgeon 

 or any other person having- knowledge of or reason to suspect the 

 existence of glanders or farcy in this state, whether such knowledge be 

 obtained by personal examination or otherwise, shall immediately give 

 notice thereof to the commissioner on domestic animals, and to the 

 health ofRcer of the town, city or borough in which such suspected 

 case exists and said health offlcer may immediately quarantine such 

 animal or animals until examined by the said commissioner, for a 

 period not exceeding ten days. Any person having knowledge of the 

 existence of glanders or farcy who fails to give such notice to the 

 commissioner or to such health ofRcer shall be fined not more than 

 fifty dollars. Upon receipt of such notice the commissioner or his as- 

 sistant shall examine, or cause to be examined, the diseased or sus- 

 pected animal or animals. When any animal so examined is found by 

 said commissioner or his assistant to exhibit symptoms of glanders or 

 farcy it shall be destroyed and the carcass disposed of as said com- 

 missioner shall direct at the expense of the owner. An order for such 

 destruction shall be issued in writing by the commissioner, and said 

 order shall also contain such directions as to quarantine and disinfec- 

 tion of the premises where such animal or animals were stabled as 

 may be required for public safety, but no such quarantine shall exceed 

 a period of ten days. 



Sec. 2. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the governor, 

 make such rules and regulations for the inspection and examination of 

 animals and premises that have been exposed to infection by glanders 

 or farcy as he may deem to be necessary for the purposes of this act. 

 When said commissioner shall suspect any animal to be infected with 

 glanders or farcy he may issue to the owner or person in charge- 

 thereof an order to quarantine the same, which order shall be in force 

 until such time as the commissioner shall be satisfied whether such 

 disease exists, but such quarantine at the discretion of the commis- 

 sioner need not prohibit or restrict the free use of said animal other 

 than the disposal thereof. Inspection of said animal shall be made 

 from time to time under the direction of the commissioner, until suc'u 

 quarantine is terminated or such animal is destroyed. Any person who 

 shall violate any provision of this section or any order of said commis- 

 sioner authorized hereby, or who shall interfere with or obstruct the 

 commissioner or any assistant employed by him in the discharge of 

 his duties as herein provided shall be fined not more than one hundred 

 dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both. The com- 

 missioner is authorized to employ assistants to enforce the provisions- 

 of this act, and such assistants shall have the same powers as the com- 

 missioner while so employed. 



Sec. 3. The commissioner on domestic animals may cause any 

 equine animal quarantined in accordance with the provisions of section 

 one of this act to be killed, but no equine so quarantined shall be 

 killed until the value thereof shall have been determined. In case the 

 owner and the commissioner cannot agree upon such value each shall 

 appoint an appraiser, and if such owner fails for twenty-four hours to 

 select an appraiser, the appraiser chosen by the commissioner shall 

 select such second appraiser. In case the two so chosen fail to agree 

 they shall select a third appraiser and the three so chosen shall deter- 

 mine, the value of such animal. The value so determined shall, when 

 approved bv the commissioner, and when a. sworn certificate shall 

 have been filed with the commissioner that such animal has been 

 killed and buried and the premises disinfected as ordered by the com- 

 missioner, be paid to the owner by the state, upon the order of the 



