﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  901 
  

  

  The 
  selectmen 
  of 
  tlie 
  towns 
  and 
  the 
  aldermen 
  of 
  cities 
  mav 
  

   enforce 
  such 
  regulations 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  deem 
  proper 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  spread 
  of 
  infections 
  and 
  contagions 
  diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  

   animals, 
  and 
  report 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  Goyernor. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  of 
  agi'icnltnre 
  may 
  prohibit 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  

   horses 
  or 
  other 
  domestic 
  animals 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  vAih. 
  

   r>r 
  exposed 
  to 
  any 
  contagious 
  diseases, 
  or 
  may 
  quarantine 
  all 
  such 
  

   animals 
  as 
  the 
  public 
  good 
  requires. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  shall 
  endeavor 
  to 
  obtain 
  full 
  information 
  in 
  relation 
  

   to 
  any 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  near 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  

   publish 
  such 
  information 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  public. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  bovine 
  tuberculosis 
  or 
  any 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  exist 
  

   in 
  the 
  State, 
  among 
  cattle 
  or 
  other 
  animals, 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  may 
  quarantine 
  all 
  such 
  animals 
  to 
  restrain 
  them, 
  and 
  

   enforce 
  such 
  treatment 
  as 
  may 
  extirpate 
  the 
  diseases, 
  but 
  shall 
  

   not 
  resort 
  to 
  the 
  tuberculin 
  test 
  without 
  the 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  owner, 
  

   and 
  the 
  board 
  may 
  condemn 
  and 
  order 
  killed 
  any 
  cattle 
  or 
  other 
  

   animals 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  infected 
  Tvdth 
  bovine 
  tuberculosis; 
  and 
  may 
  

   forbid 
  the 
  sale 
  or 
  removal 
  from 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  any 
  dairy 
  prod- 
  

   uct 
  from 
  cows 
  that 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  bovine 
  tuberculosis. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  cattle 
  or 
  other 
  animals 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  written 
  

   order 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  be 
  appraised 
  just 
  before 
  

   killing, 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  basis 
  of 
  health. 
  The 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  appraisal 
  of 
  

   cattle 
  shall 
  be 
  forty 
  dollars 
  each. 
  A 
  post-mortem 
  examination 
  

   shall 
  be 
  made, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  animals 
  be 
  found 
  affected 
  w'ith 
  bovine 
  

   tuberculosis, 
  or 
  any 
  disease 
  dangerous 
  to 
  public 
  health, 
  the 
  owner 
  

   shall 
  receive 
  one-half 
  the 
  appraised 
  value, 
  but 
  if 
  no 
  such 
  disease 
  

   shall 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  exist, 
  then 
  the 
  o^^^ler 
  shall 
  receive 
  full 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  appraisal. 
  

  

  Iso 
  indemnity 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  any 
  animal 
  slaughtered 
  if 
  not 
  

   having 
  been 
  o^^^led 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  least 
  six 
  months 
  previous 
  to 
  

   the 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  disease. 
  

  

  