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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Kepokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Said 
  board 
  may 
  make 
  necessary 
  regulations 
  for 
  the 
  prevention, 
  

   treatment, 
  cure 
  and 
  extirpation 
  of 
  diseases 
  among 
  animals. 
  (Clen. 
  

   Laws 
  1896, 
  chap. 
  98.) 
  

  

  The 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  look 
  after 
  

   the 
  agricultural 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  promotion 
  of 
  agricultural 
  

   education, 
  etc., 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  may 
  appoint 
  commissioners 
  in 
  each 
  county 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  whose 
  duty 
  shall 
  be 
  to 
  inquire 
  into 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  do- 
  

   mestic 
  animals 
  in 
  their 
  counties, 
  and 
  if 
  they 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  sus- 
  

   pect 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  tuberculosis 
  or 
  other 
  infectious 
  or 
  communi- 
  

   cable 
  disease, 
  to 
  quarantine 
  all 
  animals 
  affected 
  or 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  be 
  affected. 
  

  

  Any 
  horse 
  or 
  other 
  animal 
  having 
  glanders, 
  farcy 
  or 
  other 
  

   communicable 
  disease, 
  shall 
  be 
  killed 
  and 
  disposed 
  of 
  on 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   vice 
  of 
  the 
  veterinarian. 
  ]Srot 
  more 
  than 
  $50 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  

   the 
  State 
  for 
  any 
  native 
  animal, 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  $75 
  for 
  any 
  grade 
  

   animal, 
  or 
  $100 
  for 
  any 
  single 
  registered 
  animal. 
  

  

  Animals 
  may 
  be 
  quarantined 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  affected 
  

   with 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  one-third 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  

   paid 
  by 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  case 
  animals 
  are 
  killed 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  board, 
  the 
  State 
  

   shall 
  pay 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  appraised 
  value, 
  but 
  if, 
  upon 
  post-mor- 
  

   tem 
  examination, 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  prove 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  disease, 
  the 
  

   State 
  shall 
  pay 
  full 
  appraised 
  value. 
  Provided, 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  not 
  

   pay 
  for 
  any 
  animal 
  not 
  owned 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  three 
  months 
  prior 
  

   to 
  slaughter. 
  

  

  'No 
  person 
  shall 
  receive 
  compensation 
  for 
  any 
  slaughtered 
  ani- 
  

   mal 
  if 
  he 
  brought 
  it 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  knowing 
  it 
  to 
  have 
  tubercu- 
  

   losis. 
  

  

  No 
  diseased 
  animals 
  shall 
  be 
  sold. 
  

  

  All 
  cattle 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  must 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  of 
  health, 
  Avhich 
  certificate 
  shall 
  give 
  a 
  description 
  

   of 
  each 
  animal 
  for 
  identification, 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  examination, 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  tuberculin 
  used, 
  the 
  quantity 
  injected, 
  the 
  tem- 
  

  

  