166 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



sixty-four, inclusive, milk which, upon analysis, is shown to contain less 

 than twelve per cent of milk solids or less than three and thirty-five hun- 

 dredths per cent of fat, shall not be considered of good standard quality. 

 [Approved April 16, 1917. 



FEES FOR INSPECTIONS PROHIBITED. 



General Acts, Chapter 112. 

 An Act to prohibit the charging of fees for dairy, milk and live 



STOCK inspection. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. No fee for making, under authority of law, any inspection 

 or test of live stock, or any inspection of any dairy, barn or stable, for the 

 purp>ose of protecting the milk supply of any city or town, shall be re- 

 quested or accepted by any offi,cial or other person making or assisting to 

 make' such test or inspection. 



Section 2. Violation of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 

 ing fifty dollars for each offence. [Approved March 22, 1917. 



FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 



General Acts, Chapter 121. 



An Act to provide for the extermination of the foot and mouth 

 disease among domestic animals. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows. • 



Section 1. All neat cattle and other domestic animals, which are 

 affected with, or have been exposed to, foot and mouth disease, shall be 

 destroyed when, in the opinion of the commissioner of animal industry, 

 the public good so requires, and their carcasses shall be buried or otherwise 

 disposed of. An order for killing and for the disposal of carcasses shall 

 be issued in writing by said commissioner, and may be directed to an agent, 

 an inspector of animals, or other person. The said commissioner shall 

 also issue such directions for the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, 

 premises and places in which foot and mouth disease exists or has existed, 

 and of property which may be on or contained therein, as in his opinion 

 may be necessary or expedient. Any property on such premises which 

 may be, in the opinion of the commissioner of animal industry or of his 

 agents, a source of contagion may be destroyed by order of the commis- 

 sioner. The necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions 

 of this section may be paid from the annual appropriation for the extermi- 

 nation of contagious diseases among domestic animals. 



Section 2. The commissioner of animal industry may appoint persons 

 to make appraisals on live stock and other property the destruction of 

 which is ordered under the provisions of section one hereof, and fifty per 

 cent of the full value of such live stock and other property, as determined 



