JAMES LAW. 
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of his loss. If he were to market his suspected animals, nearly 
all of these incidental losses would be avoided. For animals 
that were actually or prospectively remunerative, even the full 
appraised value comes far short of the owner’s actual losses. It 
would be an approximation to justice, therefore, and as contribut¬ 
ing to an early success, a measure of the wisest policy to allow 
four-fifths of the appraised value of the condemned animal. 
Other safeguards could be applied ; any wilful violation of 
the law could be punished by confiscation and fine ; animals not 
more than three months from another State could be taken 
without indemnity, and inspectors, appraisers and owners could 
be made to swear to the truth of their respective certificates. 
In the matter of expropriation for the public good, and in¬ 
demnification, the two cardinal principles of justice must be kept 
inviolate, (i) A man may not do with his own what will hurt 
another's; and (2) No reputable private property may be taken for 
the good of the commonwealth without due compensation. To do 
otherwise is at once to do an injustice and to defeat the object 
of the sanitary work. 
NEED OF UNIFYING THE STATE CONTROL OF ANIMAL 
PLAGUES. 
Economy and Efficiency. —The existing New York legislation 
for the suppression of contagious diseases of domestic animals 
has grown up under cases of urgency of special contagious 
diseases, and successive bills have, unfortunately, vested the 
authority in different officials and departments. I he work can¬ 
not fail to suffer both in economy and efficiency under this 
arrangement. Tuberculosis is in charge of a special com¬ 
mission, glanders in the hands of the State Board of Health, 
and all other animal plagues in those of the Commissioner ol 
Agriculture. A farmer thinks he has cases of tuberculosis and 
applies to the commissioner, who records the application, 
sends an inspector and receives a report that the cases are not 
instances of tuberculosis. This conclusion is entered in the 
