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sation wa8 left as Ijeforc, except that it recommended the making 

 of some adequate provision whereby the OAvner should have hy 

 a simple method the power, if he so desired, to appeal from the 

 decision of this Board to some disinterested tril)unal, which 

 might determine whether or not in each particular case the 

 animal condemned was in fact aftected with the disease. 



In addition to the bill submitted by this Board three other 

 bills were submitted, bearing on the matter of the compensation 

 to be paid to the owner. One of these bills provided : — 



Sect. 11. A reasonable sum may be paid out of the treasury of 

 the Commonwealth for the expense of such killing and burial 

 and one-half of the actual value of the animal for food or milk 

 pu7'j)oses, if in health. ... If the cattle commissioners or their 

 agents or owners of such animal or animals cannot asrree on the fair 

 cash value, it shall be determined by appraisal of three disinterested 

 persons to be mutually agreed upon ; but no iKiymeyit shall he made 

 on any animal not owned ivithin the state six months prior to its being 

 killed, or to any person who has wilfully concealed the existence of 

 tuberculosis, or icho, by act or wilful neglect, has contributed to the 

 spread of the disease. 



The second act provided in section 2 that it shall be the duty 

 of the commission, — 



. . . also to cause a disinterested appraisal of the animal or auimals 

 affected with the said disease in accordance with such rules and 

 regulations by them as hereinafter authorized and provided, and also 

 to cause the said animals to be destroyed, and to pay the oioner or 

 owners thereof one-half of their value, as determined vjwn the basis of 

 health before infection, out of any moneys in the treasury not other- 

 wise appropriated : provided, hoivever, that no appraised value shall be 

 more than one hundred dollars for any animal killed ; and provided, 

 further, that in no case shall compensation be allowed for an animal 

 destroyed under the provisions of this act which may have contracted 

 or been exposed to such diseases in a foreign country or on the liigh 

 seas, or that may have been brought into this state within one year 

 previous to such animal shoicing evidence of such disease; nor shall 

 compensation be allowed to any owner who in person or by agent 

 knowingly or wilfully conceals the existence of such disease or 

 the fact of exposure thereto in animals of which the person mak- 

 ing such concealment by himself or agent is in whole or in part 

 owner. 



