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SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
In auditing any claim under this act it shall he the duty of 
the Auditor to satisfy himself that it does not come under any 
class for which indemnity is refused by this act, and he shall re¬ 
quire the affidavit of the claimant to this fact, or if the claimant 
be not cognizant thereof, then of some reputable person who is 
so cognizant thereof, and also the certificate of the Veterinarian 
(whose duty it shall be to inform himself fully of the facts) that 
in his opinion the claim is legal and just, and the Auditor may, at 
his discretion, require further proof. The indemnity to be granted 
shall be two-thirds of the ordinary value of the animal as deter¬ 
mined by the appraisers, without reference to its diminished value 
because of being diseased. It shall be paid to the owner upon 
his application and the presentation of the proofs prescribed 
herein ; and it shall be the duty of said owner to make such 
application within six months of the slaughter of the animal for 
which payment is claimed, failing which such claim shall be 
barred by limitation. 
These payments shall be made by the Territorial Treasurer as 
before provided, and for the fund provided for the purpose by 
this act. 
The right of indemnity under this act is limited to animals de¬ 
stroyed by reason of the existence or suspected existence of some 
epizootic disease generally fatal and incurable, such as rinderpest, 
hoof and mouth disease, pleuro pneumonia, anthrax or Texas 
fever among bovines, glanders among horses, and anthrax among 
sheep. For the ordinary contagious diseases not in their nature 
fatal, such as scab and hoofrot in sheep, and epizootic influenza 
in horses, no indemnity shall be paid. 
The right of indemnity shall not exist, and payment of such 
shall not be made in the following cases: First, For animals be¬ 
longing to the United States. Second, For animals that are brought 
into the Territory contrary to the provisions of this act. Third, 
For animals that are found to be diseased or that are destroyed 
because they have been exposed to disease before or at the 
time of their arrival in the territory. Fourth, When an animal 
was previously affected by any other disease, which, from its na¬ 
ture and development, was incurable and necessarily fatal. Fifth, 
