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ent Tuesdays and Wednesdays ; this precaution is still con- 

 tinued. I)urin<>- the cattle show season an a^^ent of the Cattle 

 Bureau attended all the exhibitions of the agricultural socie- 

 ties in or near the localities where the disease existed last 

 winter, but there has been no indication of any rea})pearance 

 of the trouble. 



C'ha})ter 83, Acts and Resolves of 1903, provides as fol- 

 lows : — 



Kksotyk to provide for compensating Owners of Animals 



KILLED IN exterminating THE FoOT AND MoUTH DISEASE. 



Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of 

 the Commonwealth, under the direction of the chief of the cattle 

 bureau of the state board of agriculture, to the owners of animals 

 in this Commonwealth that were slaughtered previous to April 

 eleven in the current year, by order of the state authority, for the 

 purpose of exterminating the disease known as the foot and mouth 

 disease, in addition to the amount paid by the United States, a 

 sum equal to the difference between the amount already paid and 

 the value of such cattle, as appraised by the agents of the United 

 States. For this purpose there may be expended from the treas- 

 ury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding forty thousand 

 dollars. \_Approved May 26, 1903. 



Under the provisions of the above resolve, $38,244.98 

 has been expended. Five owners whose cattle were killed 

 received nothing from the State because they signed an 

 agreement stating that they accepted .a certain lump sum 

 from the United States government as the full value of their 

 animals ; and the Concord Reformatory made no claim, as 

 the Legislature appropriated a sum of money with which to 

 purchase a new herd for the institution. 



The following statement shows the appraisals made upon 

 animals killed, with the names of persons who have no 

 claims either on all or part of their animals, the names of 

 those who had cattle killed since April 11, 1902, and the 

 valuation placed upon them ; also the total appraisal upon 

 animals paid for by the LTnited States government on a basis 

 of 70 per cent, upon which the State of Massachusetts has 

 paid the other 30 per cent. 



