﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  887 
  

  

  In 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  any 
  animal 
  the 
  compensation 
  to 
  be 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  computed 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  actual 
  value, 
  

   if 
  any, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  slaughter; 
  for 
  any 
  animal 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  

   kept 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  building 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  such 
  value, 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  

   of 
  all 
  others 
  the 
  full 
  value. 
  ISTo 
  person 
  shall 
  receive 
  compensa- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  animals 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  a 
  diseased 
  condition, 
  or 
  

   one 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  contagion 
  in 
  districts 
  where 
  danger- 
  

   ous 
  diseases 
  existed. 
  Ko 
  allowance 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   said 
  slaughtered 
  animals 
  being 
  thoroughbred 
  or 
  pedigreed 
  stock. 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  all 
  cattle 
  wintered 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Florida, 
  South 
  

   Carolina, 
  ISTorth 
  Carolina, 
  Georgia, 
  Alabama, 
  Mississippi, 
  Louisi- 
  

   ana, 
  Tennessee, 
  Arkansas, 
  Texas 
  and 
  Indian 
  Territory, 
  are 
  infected 
  

   "udth 
  a 
  germ 
  which 
  renders 
  them 
  capable, 
  except 
  during 
  the 
  frost 
  

   of 
  winter, 
  of 
  infecting 
  northern 
  cattle 
  with 
  a 
  malady 
  known 
  as 
  

   " 
  Texas 
  fever 
  ", 
  while 
  they 
  show 
  no 
  manifestation 
  of 
  disease 
  ; 
  

   therefore, 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  March, 
  April, 
  May, 
  June, 
  July, 
  

   August, 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  no 
  cattle 
  shall 
  be 
  driven 
  into 
  this 
  

   State 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  named 
  or 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  wintered 
  

   therein. 
  Any 
  transportation 
  company 
  conveying 
  into 
  or 
  through 
  

   the 
  State, 
  or 
  any 
  stock 
  yard 
  company 
  receiving 
  such 
  cattle 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  months 
  aforesaid 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  unload 
  the 
  same 
  

   for 
  any 
  other 
  purpose 
  than 
  to 
  be 
  fed 
  and 
  watered 
  or 
  for 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  slaughter, 
  and 
  only 
  in 
  yards 
  specially 
  provided 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose, 
  into 
  which 
  northern 
  cattle 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  enter, 
  

   and 
  all 
  arrangements 
  shall 
  be 
  under 
  rules 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  live 
  

   stock 
  commissioners. 
  

  

  Animals 
  suffering 
  from 
  glanders 
  or 
  farcy 
  shall 
  be 
  isolated 
  and 
  

   not 
  sold. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  commissioners 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  anv 
  animal 
  affected 
  

   with 
  glanders 
  or 
  farcy 
  the 
  owner 
  shall 
  receive 
  the 
  actual 
  value, 
  

   provided 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  not 
  diseased 
  when 
  purchased. 
  

  

  Owners 
  of 
  sheep 
  affected 
  with 
  foot-rot 
  or 
  scab 
  shall 
  not 
  allow 
  

   them 
  to 
  run 
  upon 
  any 
  highway 
  or 
  on 
  any 
  uninclosed 
  grounds, 
  or 
  

   sell 
  such 
  sheep, 
  without 
  notifying 
  the 
  purchaser. 
  

  

  