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and 9, any neat cattle which are not branded as provided in 
section f. 
Thirteenth .—It is further ordered that a copy of this order 
shall be sent to each city and town throughout the common¬ 
wealth, and that every town shall cause a copy thereof to be 
posted in two or more conspicuous places within its limits, and 
shall cause a copy of the same to be published once a week for 
three successive weeks in a newspaper published therein, or if 
no newspaper be published within the limits of said town, then 
in a newspaper published within said county; and that each such 
city shall cause a copy of the same to be published twice a week 
for three successive weeks in a newspaper published within its 
limits. 
Fourteenth .—This order shall take effect upon November 15, 
1894. 
VETERINARY LEGISLATION. 
L. W. Dinkelspiel, LL.D. 
CHAP. 674. 
An ACT to amend the public health law, and making an ap¬ 
propriation to carry out the provisions thereof, became a 
law May 12, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. 
Passed, three-fifths being present. 
The People of the State of New York , represented in Senate and Assembly, do 
enact as follows : 
Section i.— Section sixty-two of the public health law is hereby amended to read 
as follows : 
Sec. 62.—Destruction of domestic animals affected with tuberculosis or glanders 
_Whenever the State Board of Health may deem it necessary for the prevention of 
the spread of tuberculosis in cattle, such Board may cause to be killed, any animal 
affected thereby, or which, by contact with diseased animals or by exposure or in¬ 
fection or contagion therefrom, such board may determine is liable to contract or com¬ 
municate such disease; but no such diseased animal shall be so killed on account of 
tuberculosis unless first examined by a veterinary practitioner in the employ of the 
State Board of Health, and if desired by the owner, appraised as hereinafter pro¬ 
vided. A local board of health shall, pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed By 
