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any county where such disease exists, a statement of the methods approved by 

 the New York State Agricultural Society for the treatment of cattle affected 

 therewith, for the isolation of the same, for the disinfection of the premises or 

 buildings in which said cattle are found affected as aforesaid, and for the preven- 

 tion of the spread of the same through any agencies of whatever kind. 



§ 7. The commissioners aforesaid and all such assistants as they may appoint, 

 whenever in their judgment or discretion it shall appear in any case that the dis 

 ease is not likely to yeld to any remedial treatment, or whenever it shall seem that 

 the cost or worth of any such remedial treatment shall be greater than the value 

 of any animal or animals so affected, or whenever in any case such disease shall 

 assume such form of malignity as shall threaten its spread by processes either con- 

 tagious or infectious, or otherwise, are hereby empowered to cause the said animals 

 to be slaughtered forthwith and buried, as above provided, and to do all such 

 things as are mentioned in the fourth section of this act. 



§ 8. The said commissioners or their assistants are hereby empowered to enter 

 upon and take possession of all premises or parts thereof where cattle so affected 

 as aforesaid are found, and to cause the said cattle to be confined in suitable inclos- 

 uresor buildings for any time requisite in the judgment of the said commission- 

 ers or their assistants, and prior to the slaughter and burial of the said animals 

 and the full and complete disinfecting and cleansing of such premises ; and all 

 persons, whether owners of, or interested in such cattle or otherwise, who shall 

 resist, impede or hinder the said commissioners or their assistants in the execu. 

 tion of their duties under this act, shall be deemed guilty, and on conviction of the 

 same, of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable with fine not exceeding one thou- 

 sand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding the term of six months, or of both, 

 in the discretion of the court before which they shall be adjudged guilty as 

 aforesaid. 



§ 9. The commissioners shall have power to establish all such quarantine or 

 other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent the spread of the disease 

 or its transit in railroad cars, by vessels or by driving along the public highways; 

 and it shall be proper for the Governor of the State, by public proclamation as 

 aforesaid, to enjoin all persons concerned or engaged in the traffic or transit of cattle 

 or sheep, not to enter upon any places or take therefrom any such animal or to 

 pass through any such locality, and within such distances from the same as in the 

 said proclamation may be prescribed. 



§ 10. The sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 

 is hereby appropriated to pay to the said commissioners for their services while 

 actually engaged in the duties enjoined upon them in this act, at the rate of five 

 dollars per day to each, and such further sums as may amount to their actual 

 expenditures in traveling to and from the places they may be called upon to 

 inspect or visit, and in the printing or publishing of all regulations or notices 

 mentioned in this act. And the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so 

 much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in 

 the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay for animals slaughtered by the 

 provisions of this act, and the Comptroller is hereby directed to pay for the same 

 on the warrant of the said commissioners. 



