Diseases of Domestic Animals 9f 



obey and observe all such orders and instructions so made or 

 issued, and all expenses incurred by the commissioner of public 

 safety and the police department in enforcing the quarantine as 

 herein provided shall be a city charge. If the commissioner shall 

 quarantine any particular district or territory for the purpose of 



stopping or preventing the spread of the disease 



Dogs in violation known as rabies, and if any dog be found 



of quarantine may within the said quarantine district in violation 



be caught. of said quarantine or regulation, any person 



may catch or cause to be caught such dog and 

 have him impounded or confined. If the said dog is thereafter not 



found to be affected with the disease known as ' 

 Release. rabies, it may be released to the owner upon ' 



payment of a penal sum of ten dollars to the 

 commissioner of agriculture, who shall upon receipt and accept- 

 ance of the same issue to the said owner a release which shall 

 entitle the said owner to the possession of said dog. If such 

 penalty is not paid within three days after said dog is impounded, 

 or if it is found impracticable after reasonable effort to catch 



and impound such dog within the said quar- 



Provisions for antine district in violation of said quarantine 



killing. or regulation, or to find the owner of a dog so 



impounded, then any pe^'son may kill or cause 

 to be killed such dog and shall not be held liable for damages for 



such killing. For the purpose of enforcing the 



Powers of provisions of this article the commissioner of 



peace officers, agriculture, his appointees and employees shall 



be consideped as peace officers and shall have all 

 the rights and powers of peace officers. (As amended by chapter 

 437 of the Laws of 1910.) 



§ 99. Appraisal of diseased animals. — An appraiser shall de- 

 termine the value of each animal directed to be slaughtered. Such 



value shall be the market value of such animal 

 Value appraised, at the time of making the appraisement, but 



the appraisal value of each bovine animal shall 

 not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, pro- 

 vided however that the appraised value shall not exceed" the sum 

 of seventy-five dollars, except for registered thoroughbred animals, 

 and the appraisal of each e<iuiiic animal shall not exceed the sum 

 of one hundred and twenty dollars. If the value of the con- 



