1882.] DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 33 



(No. 5.) 



LETTER OF EX-GOV. C. R. INGERSOLL. 



New Haven, Oct. 25, 1881. 

 Hon. E. H. Hyde, Stafford Springs, Conn. : 



Dear Sir, — I have at your request read the opinion of E. H. Hyde, 

 Esq., under date of Jan. 17, 1881, accompanying the report of the Com- 

 missioners on Diseases of Domestic Animals, and I concur in its conclu- 

 sions. Very resjiectfully. 



C. R. Ingersoll. 



(No. 6.) 



[House Bill No. 74.] 



CHAPTER LXXm. 



An Act conferring upon the State Board of Agriculture Power to Kill 



Diseased Animals. 



Be it enacted Tyy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assem- 

 ■hly convened : 



Section 1. The State Board of Agriculture, or in case said board 

 have or shall appoint commissioners on diseases of domestic animals, 

 under the provisions of section seven of the act to whicli this is an 

 addition, then said commissioners may, when, in their judgment, the 

 public good shall require it, cause to be killed and to be disposed of 

 afterwards as, in their judgment, may be expedient, any animal or 

 animals which, in their judgment, are infected with or have been 

 exposed to and are liable to communicate to other animals any conta- 

 gious disease. 



Sec. 2. The said board of commissioners, after notice to the owners 

 of such animals, or, if the owner does not reside in the town where such 

 animals are, to either the owner or keeper of such animals, shall cause 

 all animals before being killed under the provisions of the preceding 

 section, to be appraised at the assessed value in their respective towns 

 by the assessors, or a majority of them, of the town where such animals 

 are kept : and it shall be the duty of the assessors of the several towns 

 to make such appraisal upon the request of said board of commissioners, 

 and two-thirds of such appraised value of such animals, if killed, shall 

 be paid to the owner thereof by the State, upon the approval of the 

 governor. 



Approved, March 25, 1880. 

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