404 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Animals reacting to the tuberculin test but not exhibiting any physical evi- 

 dence of tuberculosis shall be appraised without considering the presence of a 

 diseased condition, but animals exhibiting any physical evidence of tuberculosis 

 shall be appraised as diseased animals. The amount of appraisal shall not in 

 any case exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars for a purebred and registered 

 animal, or the sum of fifty dollars for a grade or nonregistered animal. If the 

 amount of appraisal of any animal, as determined by the appraiser designated, 

 is not satisfactory to the owner or owners of such animal, a written notice of 

 such fact, setting forth the reasons for complaint, shall be forwarded upon the 

 day of appraisal to the health officer of the District of Columbia. The amount 

 of the appraisal shall then be determined by arbitrators, one to be appointed by 

 the health officer of the District of Columbia or the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry and one by the owner or owners of the animal or animals. 

 If the said arbitrators are not able to agree as to the amount of appraisal, a 

 third arbitrator shall be appointed by them, whose decision shall be final. 

 Arbitrators shall be paid at a rate of compensation not to exceed five dollars 

 per diem and necessary expenses. Compensation for the arbitrator appointed 

 by the owner, and the third arbitrator, if appointed, shall be paid from the 

 fund of the United States Department of Agriculture if the decision made is 

 against the arbitrator appointed by the health officer or the Chief of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, but if the decision is in favor of such arbitrator 

 the owner shall pay the compensation of the arbitrator appointed by him, and 

 the third arbitrator, if appointed. 



(6) Following the appraisal of animals, in accordance with paragraph (a) 

 of this section, the amount of reimbursement shall be determined by the results 

 of post-mortem inspection according to the following rules: 



Rule 1. If any animal is found, upon post-mortem inspection, not to be 

 affected with tuberculosis, the carcass and other edible portions shall be passed 

 for food, and the owner shall sell the same, including all accompanying parts, 

 for a reasonable price, which price shall be deducted from the amount of 

 appraisal, and the balance, if any, thus remaining, shall be paid from any 

 fund available for that purpose. 



Rule 2. If any animal is found, upon post-mortem inspection, to be affected 

 with tuberculosis, and the lesions are such that the carcass and parts of the 

 carcass are passed for food, the owner shall sell the same, including all ac- 

 companying parts, for a reasonable price, which price shall be deducted from 

 eighty per centum of the amount of the appraisal, and the balance, if any, 

 thus remaining shall be paid from any fund available for that purpose. 



Rule 3. If any animal, upon post-mortem inspection, is condemned for offal, 

 the owner shall sell the hide for a reasonable price, which price shall be de- 

 ducted from forty per centum of the amount of the appraisal, and the balance, 

 if any, thus remaining shall be paid from any fund available for that purpose. 



SEC. 7. Any premises upon which there have been kept animals affected with 

 tuberculosis shall be disinfected promptly after the removal of such animals, 

 and in a manner satisfactory to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 or the health officer of the District of Columbia, said disinfection to be at the 

 expense of the owner or owners of the premises or of the owner of the animals. 



SEC. 8. Any owner, shipper, or common carrier bringing any cattle into the 

 District of Columbia in violation of these regulations will be liable to prosecu- 

 ton, and the cattle shall be immediately removed, at the owner's expense, from 

 the District of Columbia. Such cattle, however, may remain in the District of 

 Columbia if inspected and tuberculin tested under the following conditions: 

 The owner or owners shall first sign an agreement providing for the inspection 

 and tuberculin test by a veterinary inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 or of the health department of the District of Columbia, and if any one or 

 more of the said animals should then be deemed tuberculous, that he or they 

 will cause such animals to be slaughtered in accordance with the specifications 

 of section five of these regulations; and further, that no claim for reimburse- 

 ment for any loss which might be thus sustained will ever be made against the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, or any other branch of the United 

 States Government, or the District of. Columbia, or any ofi^cer or department 

 thereof. 



SEC. 9. Any person violating any of these regulations, or entering cattle by 

 fraudulent means, or using false or fraudulent tags, or interfering in any 

 way with the work of any official, or using any false or fraudulent means to 

 enable any cattle to pass the tuberculin test, shall be punished by a fine of not 

 more than forty dollars nor less than five dollars. 



