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Sec. 3. Section 5 of act No. 85 of the acts of 1902, is here- 

 by amended so as to read as follows: 



Sec. 5. The value of all cattle or other domestic animals 

 killed by order of the board of cattle commissioners shall be the 

 actual selling value of the condemned animal at the time the ex- 

 amination is made. No reference being had to the result of such 

 examination. The owner of the condemned animal and the com- 

 missioner in charge may agree upon such valuation. When un- 

 able to agree the owner and commissioner shall each appoint a 

 disinterested person to appraise said animal. If these two per- 

 sons cannot agree they shall select a third person to act with 

 them and the appraisal of these three persons shall be final. In 

 no case shall the value of a diseased animal be appraised at more 

 than fifty dollars. The owner of the condemned animal shall re- 

 ceive eighty percent, of the appraisal. The condemned animal 

 shall be disposed of as directed by the commissioner in charge. 

 Within sixty days of date of disposal of animal the amount which 

 the owner is entitled to receive shall be paid by the state to the 

 owner of such animal upon the written order signed by the com- 

 missioner in charge and countersigned by the secretary of said 

 board. No' indemnity shall be paid tO' the owner of condemned 

 cattle or other domestic animals that have not been kept or 

 owned in the state six months previous to the discovery of such 

 disease,, nor shall indemnity be paid to persons who neglect or 

 refuse to comply with the directions and orders of the com- 

 missioners in disinfecting their premises. 



Sec. 4. Section 7 of No. 85 of the acts of 1902, is hereby 

 amended to read as follows : 



Sec. 7. Each member of the board of cattle commissioners 

 shall receive four dollars per day for his services for each day 

 actually spent in the performance of his duties and shall receive 

 his actual expenses. The cattle commission shall have authority 

 to employ such assistance as is necessary to perform the duties 

 required in this act. All accounts of said board shall be audited 

 by the state auditor and paid by the state. 



Sec. 5. Section 9, of No. 85, of the acts of 1902, is hereby 

 amended to read as follows : 



The board shall keep a record of its doings and report the 

 same to the governor annually, prior to the 15th day of Septem- 

 ber of the year in which the legislature convenes and sooner if 

 required by him. Three thousand copies of the report shall be 

 printed by the commissioners on state printing and distributed 

 imder the direction of the cattle commission. 



Sec. 6. Sec. 2, Sec. 3, Sec. 5, Sec. 7 and Sec. 9 of No. 85, 

 of the acts of 1902 and acts or parts of acts inconsistent with 

 this act are hereby repealed. 



