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the Commissioners to approve it. They doubt not, however, 

 that the legislature, whenever the subject shall be brought before 

 them, will provide for its payment. It may be proper to add, 

 that Mr. Chenery has presented a claim for damages he thinks 

 he has suffered from proceedings held under the law. The 

 Commissioners not having authority to adjust such a claim, the 

 matter will probably be brought before your honorable body 

 by petition. 



From the foregoing statements it will appear, that the expen- 

 ditures of this Board have been much less than it was at one 

 time feared they would be. 



Animals pronounced sound and killed, under Act of April 4 : — 



Cows, 197 



Heifers, 103 



Oxen, 89 



Steers, 78 



Yearlings and calves, .... 161 



Aninmls not described, . . . . 48 



079 



Animals pronounced diseased and killed, under 



Act of April 4, 160 



Animals killed, paid for under Act of June 12 : — 



Cows, 10 



Heifers, ....... 7 



Oxen, 2 



Steers, ....... 2 



Yearlings and calves, .... 5 



Animals not described, .... 5 



— 31 

 Total of animals to be paid for . . . 710 



Total of animals killed by the Commission, . . 870 



In addition to which, five have been killed by the medical 

 examiners. 



While the Commissioners are well satisfied that the law of 

 April 4, 1860, under which by far the greater part of the 

 operations of this Board were conducted, was just and liberal 

 in its provisions, they could not but observe with regret, that 

 some cases of great hardship necessarily resulted from the 



