132 THE LUNG PLAGUE OF CATTLE. 



appointed by the commissioners, such appraisal to be made just before the cattle or other 

 domestic animals are killed ; and the amount of such appraisal shall be paid by the 

 State to the owners of such animals ; and every person who shall fail to comply with 

 any regulation by them so made shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars, 

 or be imprisoned not more than one year. 



SECTION 4024. Whenever the commissioners shall make and publish any regulations 

 concerning the extirpation, cure, or treatment of cattle or other domestic animals 

 infected with or which have been exposed to any contagious disease, such regu- 

 lations shall supersede the regulations made by the selectmen of the several towns, 

 or the board of aldermen of the several cities upon the same subject ; and the opera- 

 tion of such regulations made by said authorities shall be suspended during the time 

 those made by the commissioners as aforesaid shall be in force. 



SECTION 4025. The commissioners shall keep a record of their doings, and report 

 the same to the governor in the month of September next after their appointment, 

 unless sooner required by the governor. 



SECTION 4026. All orders, appointments, and notices from the commissioners shall 

 bear the signatures of a majority of said commissioners. 



SCCTION 4026. Any prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of this act 

 sha.ll be commenced within thirty days from the commission thereof. 



