﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicultuiie. 
  1035 
  

  

  sire 
  jurisdiction 
  to 
  hear, 
  audit 
  and 
  determine 
  all 
  claims 
  which 
  

   shall 
  arise 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  article 
  for 
  compensation 
  for 
  

   animals 
  slaughtered, 
  and 
  to 
  allow 
  thereon 
  such 
  sums 
  as 
  should 
  

   be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  state. 
  No 
  compensation 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  who 
  has 
  willfully 
  concealed 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  disease 
  among 
  

   his 
  animals 
  or 
  upon 
  his 
  premises, 
  or 
  who 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  by 
  act 
  or 
  by 
  

   willful 
  neglect, 
  has 
  contributed 
  to 
  spread 
  the 
  disease 
  sought 
  to 
  be 
  

   supprcEsed 
  or 
  prevented. 
  

  

  § 
  69. 
  Federal 
  regulations. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  

   may 
  accept, 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  the 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  and 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  or 
  the 
  secre- 
  

   tary 
  or 
  department 
  of 
  agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  under 
  any 
  

   act 
  of 
  congress 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  bureau 
  of 
  animal 
  indus^ 
  

   try 
  or 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  exportation 
  of 
  diseased 
  cattle 
  or 
  to 
  provide 
  

   means 
  for 
  the 
  extirpation 
  and 
  suppression 
  of 
  pleuro-pneumonia 
  

   and 
  other 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  among 
  domestic 
  animals 
  and 
  shall 
  

   co-operate 
  with 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  enforce- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  act. 
  

  

  § 
  70. 
  Rights 
  of 
  federal 
  inspectors. 
  The 
  inspectors 
  of 
  the 
  

   bureau 
  of 
  animal 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  right 
  

   of 
  inspection, 
  quarantine 
  and 
  condemnation 
  of 
  animals 
  affected 
  

   with 
  any 
  contagious, 
  infectious 
  or 
  communicable 
  disease, 
  or 
  sus- 
  

   pected 
  to 
  be 
  80 
  affected 
  or 
  that 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  exposed 
  to 
  any 
  

   such 
  disease, 
  and 
  for 
  such 
  purposes 
  they 
  may 
  enter 
  upon 
  any 
  

   ground 
  or 
  premises; 
  they 
  may 
  call 
  the 
  sheriffs, 
  constables 
  and 
  

   peace 
  officers 
  to 
  assist 
  them 
  in 
  discharge 
  of 
  their 
  duties 
  in 
  carrying 
  

   out 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  act; 
  and 
  all 
  sheriffs, 
  constables 
  and 
  

   peace 
  officers 
  shall 
  assist 
  such 
  inspectors 
  when 
  so 
  requested, 
  and 
  

   such 
  inspectors 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  powers 
  and 
  protection 
  as 
  

   peace 
  officers, 
  while 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  their 
  duties. 
  

   This 
  state 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  liable 
  for 
  any 
  damages 
  or 
  expenses 
  caused 
  

   or 
  made 
  by 
  such 
  inspectors. 
  

  

  {Sections 
  71, 
  72 
  and 
  73 
  added 
  hy 
  chapter 
  491 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898.) 
  

  

  