136 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept., 



and certificates shall be entitled and issued as follows: (1) When 

 such herd has been officially tuberculin tested and all reactors removed 

 it shall be placed on a list entitled "Official Tuberculin Tested Herd" 

 and said commissioner shall issue to the owner thereof a certificate 

 setting forth said facts. (2) When such herd has been subjecte'd to 

 one official tuberculin tect and found free from any reactors it shall be 

 placed on a list entitled "First Tested Herd" and said commissioner 

 shall issue to the owner thereof a certificate settins" forth said facts. 

 (3) When such herd has been subjected to two consecutive annual or 

 three semi-annual official tuberculin tests and found free from any 

 reactors in each of said tests it shall be placed on a list entitled "Ac- 

 credited Herd Free from Tuberculosis" and said commissioner shall 

 issue to the owner thereof a certificate setting forth said facts. 



Sec. 2. The commissioner on domestic animals shall have au- 

 thority to co-operate with the bureau of animal industry, United States 

 department of agriculture, in any general national system which may 

 be adopted by such department or bureau for the eradication of bovine 

 tuberculosis or any contagious or infectious disease. He may regularly 

 employ one or more veterinary surgeons at the expense of the state to 

 carry on the work of the eradication of tuberculosis in herds of bovine 

 animals with an equal number of inspectors employed by the United 

 States department of agriculture. Such co-operative work shall be 

 Tindertaken only on written application of the owner of such animals. 

 The commissioner on domestic animals may accept from the United 

 States such assistance, financially or otherwise, for the condemnation 

 of diseased animals and remunerating the owners thereof and for 

 •carrying out the provisions of this act as may be available from time 

 to time. 



Sec. 3. No tuberculin test shall be made by the commissioner on 

 -domestic animals, his deputy or agent, or by a veterinarian employed 

 by the commissioner for this purpose or in co-operation with the United 

 States department of agriculture as provided in this act which shall 

 incur expense to the state, unless such application for test by the 

 owuer shall be approved and accepted by the commissioner on domestic 

 animals. 



Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. 



CHAPTER 119. 



An Act Concerning the Suppression of Hog Cholera and 



Hemorrhagic Septicaemia. 



Section 2098 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: 

 The commissioner on domestic animals shall make, subject to the ap- 

 proval of the g'overnor, regulations for the examination, quarantine, 

 disinfection, preventive treatment and disposition of animals affected 

 with hog cholera, hemorrhagic septicaemia and kindred diseases. The 

 commissioner on domestic animals shall, at once, cause an investigation 

 of all cases of such diseases coming to his knowledge, and shall use 

 all proper means to exterminate and prevent the spread of the same. 

 The commissioner or his assistant may direct the manner in which any 

 animal exhibiting symptoms of such diseases shall be disposed of. In- 

 structions shall be issued in writing by the commissioner or his as- 

 sistant which shall contain directions for quarantine and disinfection 

 of the premises where either of such diseases shall exist, and the cost 

 of disinfectants, chemicals and expert supervision shall be paid by 

 the state. The commissioner shall procure a sufficient supply of serum 

 ■and virus for the vaccination and inoculation of animals, to carry out 



