MUNICIPAL VS. STATE CONTROL OF 'TUBERCULOSIS. 
831 
shall be appraised at more than sixty dollars. Each appraisal 
shall be in writing, signed by the appraiser or appraisers agree¬ 
ing, and shall be delivered by them, if the animal be suspected 
of tuberculosis, to the veterinary practitioner in charge of such 
animal, and if the animal be a horse affected with glanders, to 
the Secretary of the local Board of Health having jurisdiction 
thereof. Upon the delivery of such appraisal, such animal 
shall be killed, as hereinbefore provided ; and if it be killed on 
account of tuberculosis, the veterinary practitioner in charge 
thereof shall forthwith make a post-mortem examination of the 
animal, and if it shall be discovered upon such post-mortem ex¬ 
amination that the animal was affected by tuberculosis, the 
owner of the animal shall be entitled to receive one-half of the 
appraised value ; provided, however, that not more than sixty 
dollars shall be paid for a diseased registered animal and not 
more than twenty-five dollars shall be paid for a diseased un¬ 
registered animal, but if such examination of the animal killed 
on account of tuberculosis discloses that the animal was not 
affected with tuberculosis, the owner shall be entitled to receive 
the full appraised value. The written appraisal of the value 
of an animal killed on account of tuberculosis, and a written 
statement of the result of the post-mortem examination thereof, 
signed by the veterinary practitioner in charge thereof, shall 
forthwith be transmitted by such veterinary practitioner to the 
Secretary of the State Board of Health, who shall file the same 
in his office. The Secretary of the local Board of Health hav¬ 
ing jurisdiction in the case of a horse affected with glanders 
shall, in case such horse is killed, upon receipt of the written 
appraisal, signed by the appraiser or appraisers, as hereinbefore 
provided, forthwith make and sign a certificate of such fact, 
and transmit such appraisal and certificate to the Secretary of 
the State Board of Health, who shall file the same in his office. 
Upon receipt from the veterinary practitioner, in the case of an 
animal killed on account of tuberculosis, or from the Secretary 
of the local Board of Health having jurisdiction in the case of 
a horse killed on account of glanders, such Secretary of the 
State Board of Health shall forthwith make a written certifi¬ 
cate, signed by him, setting forth the name and post-office ad¬ 
dress of the owner of the animal killed, and the amount which 
such owner is entitled to be paid on account of the killing of 
such animal, and shall forthwith transmit such certificate to the 
Comptroller, who shall issue his warrant upon the Treasurer for 
the payment to such person of the amount so certified, and shall 
