246 coirrAGious lung fever of cattle. 



APPENDIX 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



LUNG FE-VTLR OR PLEITRO-PNEUMONIA OF CATTLE. 



The following act, for the suppression and extirpation of the disease 

 called plenro-pneiimonia among cattle^ T;vasi)assedl)y the Massachusetts 

 legislature April 4, 18G0 : 



AIT ACT to provide for the extirpation of tlio disease called pleuro-pncumonia among cattle. 



Be it evaded, ifr., as follows : 



Section L The governor is hereby authorized to appoint three commissioners, who 

 shall visit without delay the several places in this commonwealth where the disease 

 amonp; cattle called pleuro-pneumonia may be known or suspected to exist, and shall 

 have lull power to cause all cattle belonging to the herds in which the disease has ap- 

 peared, or may appear, or which have belonged to such herds since the disease may 

 be known to have existed therein, to l>e forthwith killed and buried, and the premises 

 where such cattle have been kept cleansed and purified ; and to make such order in 

 relation to the further use and occupation of such premises as may seem to them to be 

 necessary to prevent the extension of the disease. 



Sec. 2. The commissioners shall cause all cattle in the aforesaid herds not appear- 

 ing to be affected by the disease to be appraised before being killed at what would 

 have been their fair market value if the disease had not existed ; and the value of the 

 cattle thus appraised shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the common- 

 wealth to the owner or owners thereof. 



Sec. 3. Any person who shall knowingly disregard any lawful order or direction of 

 said commissioners, or who shall sell or otherwise'dispose of an animal which he knows, 

 or has good reason to suspect, has been exposed to the aforesaid disease, shall forfeit 

 a sum not excediug five hundred dollars. 



Sec. 4. The commissioners shall make a fiill report to the secretary of the hoard of 

 agriculture of their proceedings and of the result of their observations and iuquii-ies 

 relative to the nature and character of the disease. 



Sec. 5. The commissioners shall duly certify all allowances made under the second 

 section of this act, and other expenses incuiTed by them, or under their direction, in 

 the execiition of their service, to the governor and council ; and the governor is here- 

 by authorized to draw his warrant therefor upon the treasury. 



Sec. C. This act shall take effect from its passage, and continue in force for the term 

 of one year thereafter, and no longer. 



[Approved Ajiril 4, 18G0.] 



On the 12th of June, 1860, the following additional acts were passed: 



AN ACT concerning contagious disease among cattle. 



Section 1. The selectmen of towns, and the mayor and aldermen of cities, in case 

 of the existence in this commonwealth of the disease called pleuro-pneumonia, or auy 

 other contagious disease among cattle, shall cause the cattle in their respective towns 

 and cities which are infected, or which have been exposed to infection, to be secured 

 or collected in some suitable place or places within such city or town, and kept iso- 

 lated ; and, when taken from the possession of their owners, to be maintained, one- 

 fifth of the expense thereof to be paid by the town or city wherein the animal is kept, 

 and four-fifths at the expense of the commonwealth, such isolation to continue so long 

 as the exist(;nco of such disease or other circumstances renders the same necessary. 



Sec. 2. Said selectmen and mayor and aldermen, when any such animal is adjudged 

 by veterinary surgeon, or physician by them selected, to be infected with the disease 

 called pleuro-pneumonia, or any other contagions disease, may, in their discretion, 

 order such diseased animal to be forthwith killed and buried at the expense of such 

 town or city. 



Sec. :5. Such selectmen and mayor and aldermen shall cause all cattle which they 

 shall so order to bo killed to bo ajipraised by three competent and disinterested men, 

 under oath, at the value thereof at the time of the appraisal, and the amount of the 

 appraisal shall bo paid as provided in the first section. 



