50 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTUKE. 



and that the value of animals so slaughtered as being so exposed to 

 infection but not infected may be ascertained by the agreement of tlie 

 Secretary of Agriculture and owners thereof, if practicable; other- 

 wise, by the appraisal by two persons familiar with the character 

 and value of such property, to be appointed by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, whose decision, if they agree, shall be final; otherwise, the 

 Secretary of Agriculture shall decide between them, and his decision 

 shall be final; and the amount of the value thus ascertained shall be 

 paid to the owner thereof out of m.oney in the Treasury appropriated 

 for the use of the Bureau of Animal Industry; but no payment shall 

 be made for any animal imported in violation of the provisions of 

 this act. If any animal [s] subject to quarantine according to the 

 provisions of this act are brought into any port of tlie United States 

 where no quarantine station is established the collector of such port 

 shall require the same to be conveyed by the vessel on which they are 

 imported or are found to the nearest quarantine station, at the expense 

 of the owner. 



Act August 30, 1890, c. S39. s. 8, 26 Stat. 416. 

 See notes under section 6 of this act. 



Suspension of importation of all animals. 



Sec. 9. That whenever, in the opinion of the President, it shall be 

 necessary for the protection of animals in the United States against 

 infectious or contagious diseases, he may, by proclamation, suspend 

 the importation of all or any class of animals for a limited time, and _ 

 may change, modify, revoke, or renew such proclamation, as the pub- 

 lic good may require; and during the time of such suspension the 

 importation of any such animals shall be unlawful. 



Act August 30, 1890, c. 889, s. 9, 26 Stat. 416. 

 See notes under section 6 of this act. 



Inspection of imported animals; inspection of animals for exportation. 



Sec. 10. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause careful 

 inspection to be made by a suitable officer of all imported animals 

 described in this act, to ascertain whether such animals are infected 

 with contagious diseases or have been exposed to infection so as to be 

 dangerous to other animals, which shall then either be placed in 

 quarantine or dealt with according to the regulations of the Secretaiy 

 of Agriculture; and all food, litter, manure^ clothing, utensils, and 

 other appliances that have been so related to such animals on board 

 ship as to be judged liable to convey infection shall be dealt with 

 according to the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture; and the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may cause inspection to be made of all ani- 

 mals described in this act intended for exportation, and provide for 

 the disinfection of all vessels engaged in the transportation thereof, 

 and of all barges or other vessels used in the conveyance of such 

 animals intended for export to the ocean steamer or other vessels, 

 and of all attendants and their clothing, and of all head-ropes and 

 other appliances used in such exportation, by such orders and regu- 

 lations as he may pre.scribe ; and if, upon such inspection, any such 

 animals shall be adjudged, under the regulations or the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, to be infected or to have been exposed to infection so as 

 to be dangerous to other animals, they shall not be allowed to be 

 placed upon any vessel for exportation; the expense of all the inspec- 



