VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



regulations they deem necessary for the detection, prevention, 

 treatment, cure and extirpation of such disease, but shall not 

 apply the tuberculin test without the consent of the owner of 

 the cattle, but in quarantine regulations against cattle im- 

 ported from without the State the tuberculin test may be ap- 

 plied, and they may condemn and order killed any cattle or 

 other domestic animals believed by said Board to be infected 

 with bovine tuberculosis or any contagious disease, and may 

 order the bodies of the same buried or burned, as in their 

 judgment the case may require; may forbid the sale or re- 

 moval from the premises of any dairy product from cows that 

 are believed to have bovine tuberculosis. Any person who 

 shall knowingly violate or refuse to comply with any order or 

 regulation of such Board, made under the authority of this 

 section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or be 

 imprisoned not more then two years or both. 



Sec. 4814. If any person shall sell or offer to sell any cat- 

 tle or other domestic animals known to him to be infected with 

 bovine tuberculosis or any contagious disease, or any disease 

 dangerous to the public health, or shall sell or offer to sell 

 any part or parts of such cattle or other domestic animals, 

 he shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be im- 

 prisoned not more than two years, or both. 



Sec. 4815. The value of cattle or other domestic ani- 

 mals killed by the written order of the Board of Agriculture 

 shall be appraised by one of said Board and a disinterested per- 

 son selected by the owner of the condemned animals, if these 

 two cannot agree upon the amount of the appraised value of 

 the animals, they shall select a third disinterested person, 

 who together with them shall appraise the animals, such ap- 

 praisal to be made just before killing, and on a basis of 

 health. The limit of the appraisal of cattle shall be forty 

 dollars. A post mortem examination shall be made, and if 

 the animal be found affected with bovine tuberculosis, or any 

 disease dangerous to the public health, the owner of the ani- 

 mal shall receive one-half the appraised value; but if no bo- 

 vine tuberculosis or disease dangerous to the public health be 

 found, the owner of the animal shall receive the full amount 

 of the appraisal, and in addition shall receive the slaughter- 

 ed animal. The amount which the owner is entitled to re- 

 ceive shall be paid by the State to the owner of such animal 

 or animals upon a written order, signed by the member of the 

 Board in charge, and countersigned by the secretary of said 

 Board. No indemnity shall be paid to the owner of condemn- 

 ed cattle or other domestic animals that have not been owned 

 or kept in the State for at least six months previous to the 

 discovery of the disease. Any person who shall knowingly 



