1918.] 



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fomptrollcr, but no animal, tho physical condition of which is such 

 that it is of no real value, and no animal which has been in the state 

 lor a period of less than six months next prct.-eding its quarantine shall 

 be paid for by the state. When the value of any .such animal shall be 

 appraised as i)rovidcd in this section, the state shall ijay for any full- 

 bred equine animal a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five 

 dollars, and for any such graded animal a sum not exceeding one hun- 

 dred dollars. No compensation shall be paid to the owner of any such 

 domestic animal by the state unless such animal is destroyed to prevent 

 the spread of infectious disease. 



Sec. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to animals con- 

 demned to prevent the spread of the foot and mouth disease. 



Sec. 5. Sections 2088, 2089 and 2090 of the general statutes are re- 

 pealed. The provisions of section 2095 of the general statutes shall not 

 apply to cases of glanders or farcy. 



Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



CHAPTER 01. 



An Act Concerning the Control of Anthrax or Charbon. 



Section 1. The commissioner on domestic animals shall have plenary 

 power to deal with all outbreaks of the contagious disease in domestic 

 animals known as anthrax or charbon, and he may provide for the 

 vaccination or immunization of cattle or horses kept on lands known 

 or suspected to be infected with germs or spores of anthrax, or kept 

 on lands adjacent to such infected lands, and he may provide for the 

 vaccination and immunization of animals which may have been ex- 

 posed to said disease, at the expense of the state. ■ The commissioner 

 may make and enforce such rules, orders and quarantines as in his. 

 judgment may be necessary for the control of said disease. Any 

 person who violates any rule or order of said commissioner authorized 

 hereby or who interferes with or obstructs 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 im- 

 prisoned not more than thirty days or both. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



CHAPTER 111. 



An Act Concerning the' Eradication of Tuberculosis in Herds 

 of Bovine Animals and the Establishment of the "Ac- 

 credited State Herd Tests." 



Section 1. Upon written application for the "Accredited State 

 Herd Test" of a herd of neat cattle and a signed statement by the 

 owner thereof to place the same under state supervision for the eradi- 

 cation of tuberculosis, the commissioner on domestic animals or his 

 deputy, or any authorized agent, may make physical examination and 

 tuberculin test at the expense of the state of all animals in said herd. 

 Vv^hen the commissioner on domestic animals shall have established the 

 condition of the herd by a physical examination and tuberculin test 

 and when all reactors have been removed as provided by section 2095 

 of the general statutes, he shall issue to the owner thereof a certificate 

 in accordance w^ith the finding of the test or tests and place the same 

 on lists for public distribution to be issued semi-annually. Such lists 



