342 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



" 5. Expropriation of the necessary territory for burying the 

 killed animals, and of such things as may act as infectious vehicles, 

 and burying the same. 



" Remuneration is given by the state for such animals as may 

 be killed by the authorities, and for the land which has been taken, 

 and also for the animals of those owners that have given a timely 

 notice of suspicion of the disease among the cattle to the authorities ; 

 the price to be paid for the same is to be fixed by impartial assessors. 



" This remuneration is, however, not awarded for animals which 

 perish from the pest within ten days from the time of its introduc- 

 tion, or from the time when the animals introducing it have been 

 driven over the frontier. 



" It is the duty of every one who has gained knowledge of the 

 outbreak of the disease among animals, or of the death of a single 

 one, or even of the suspicion of either, to notify the police officials 

 without delay. Any neglect in giving this notice by the owner of 

 animals who may have the disease in his stables, shuts him off com- 

 pletely from all remuneration for animals which have died of the 

 disease or have been killed by the authorities. 



" The residents of pest-infested localities are obliged to support 

 the Government officials in the execution of the laws. 



" The railroad companies are obliged to disinfect all cars which 

 have been used for the transport of cattle, or other animals, imme- 

 diately after using, for such a time as the danger exists of the intro- 

 duction of the pest into the land, or while it is present in any jwt 

 of the empire itself. The companies are empowered to charge a 

 special fee (twenty-five cents) to the shipper for each wagon used 

 for such transport. 



" The government of each state is responsible for the exact 

 execution of the foregoing regulations. It is also bound to send in 

 official reports to the central Government. 



" The government of each state must at once notify the central 

 Government and the other state governments the moment they are 

 obliged to forbid the introduction of animals from other countries, 

 or when they are obliged to change the regulations, or when they 

 declare them ended. 



" The restriction of traffic in animals between the different states 

 of the empire is inaugurated when the pest has broken out in any 

 single state. 



" "When the pest breaks out in a given state, the central Govern- 

 ment is to be at once notified, as well as public notification given 

 that the requisite regulations are in force, in an appropriate man- 



