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one. chapter one hundred ;nnl seventy-six, laws of 1879, or acts ;iliirn<l;lt<>ry 



thereof. 



BBC, I'- 1 - Article nine of chapter one lininln-l :in<l live of I In- general statutes of 

 is;*, .-mil all amendments thereto, entitled " An act for the protect ion of stock t'roni 

 disease." is hereby repealed. 



SKC. \:\. This act to take effect and i>e iii force from and after its publication in the 



official State paper. 



Appro\ ed March t. 1 -H . 



M \ i \ i . 



Conttnjinux dim-awn (iinomj c(ttt!<. 

 (Revised Statutes. Chapter 14.) 



^1 .:'>?. Tin- municipal officers of towns, in ease of t he existence of 1 lie disease called 

 lung murrain or plenro-pneumonia, or :my other contagions disease, shall cause the 

 caltle in their towns infected, or which ha've been exposed to infection, to be secured 

 or collected in some snitaltle place or places therein, and kept isolated; and when 

 taken from the possession of tlieir owners, one-fifth of the expense thereof is to be paid 

 ly the town, and four-fifths at the expense of the State, such isolation to continue so 

 long as the existence of such disease or other c ire u instances render it necessary ; or they 

 may direct the owners thereof to isolate such cattle upon their own premises, and any 

 damage or loss sustained thereby shall be paid as aforesaid. 



SEC. :K The municipal officers shall, within twenty-four hours after they have 

 notice of the existence of such disease, or have reason to believe that it exists, cause 

 the suspected animals to be examined by a veterinary surgeon or physician, by them 

 selected, and if they are adjudged diseased, they may order them to be forthwith 

 killed and buried at the expense of such town. 



SKC. :>'.). 'When so killed they shall cause them to be appraised by three competent 

 and disinterested men, under oath, at the value thereof at the time of appraisal, and 

 the amount thereof shall be paid as provided in section thirty-seven. 



SEC. 40. They may prohibit the departure of cattle from any enclosure, and exclude 

 cattle therefrom. 



SKC. 41. They may make regulations in writing to regulate or prohibit the passage 

 from, to or through their towns, or from place to place therein, of any neat cattle, 

 and may arrest and detain, at the cost of the owners thereof, all cattle found passing 

 in violation of such regulations, and may take all other necessary measures for the 

 enforcement of such prohibition, and for preventing the spread of any such disease 

 among the cattle in their towns and the immediate vicinity thereof. 



SEC. 42. Such regulations shall be recorded in the records of their towns, and shall 

 be published in such towns in such manner as such regulations provide. 



SKC. 43. Any person who sells or disposes of any animal infected or known to have 

 been exposed to infection within one year after such exposure, without the knowledge 

 or consent of the municipal officers, shall be punished by hue not exceeding five hun- 

 dred dollars, or l>y imprisonment not exceeding one year. 



SEC. 44. Any person disobeying the orders of said municipal officers, made in con- 

 formity with the fortieth section, or driving or transporting any neat cattle contrary 

 TO the regulations made, so recorded and published, shall be punished as provided in 

 section forty-three. 



SEC. 45. Whoever knows or has reason to suspect the existence of any fatal conta- 

 gious disease among the cattle in his possession or under his care shall forthwith give 

 notice thereof to the municipal officers, and for failure to do so shall be punished as 

 provided in section forty-three. 



SEC. 46. Any town whose officers shall neglect or refuse to carry into effect the pro- 

 visions of section thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two, 

 and forty-three shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each day's 

 neglect. 



SEC. 47. All appraisals made under the provisions of section thirty-nine shall be in 

 writing, and signed by the appraisers, and shall be certified by the municipal officers 

 to the governor and council, and to the treasurers of their towns. 



SKC. 48. The municipal officers of towns may, when they deem it necessary to carry 

 into effect the purposes of this chapter, take and hold possession, for a term not ex- 

 ceeding one year, of any land within their towns without buildings other than barns 

 thereon, tor enclosing and isolating any cattle, and they shall cause the damages sus- 

 tained by the owners in consequence thereof to be appraised by the assessors thereof; 

 and they shall further cause a description of such land, setting forth the boundaries 

 thereof, and the area as nearly as may be estimated, together with said appraisal, to 

 be entered in the records of the town. The amount of said appraisal shall be paid as 

 provided in the thirty-seventh section iii such sums and at such times as they may 

 order. If such owner is dissatisfied with the appraisal, he may, in an action of the 



