Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1860-06-28
CHAPTER XIII.
An Act to prevent the spread of Disease among

CHAPTER XIII.
An Act to prevent the spread of Disease among
Cattle.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened
SEQ. l. That three Commissioners be appointed
by His Excellency, the Governor, (who shall have
the power to remove either or all of said Com
missioners and appoint Others in their stead, or to
suspend the action of said Commissioners or any
of them at his discretion whose duty it shall be
to visit, without delay the several places in this
State where the disease called Pulmonary MUIR
rain or Pleuro Pneumonia may be known or
suspected to exist among neat cattle, and who
shall have full power to cause all neat cattle be-
longing to the herds in which the said disease
has appeared or may appear, or which have be-
longed to such herds since the disease may be
known to have existed therein, or such herds as
in the opinion of the Commissioners may be ex-
posed to the same, to be forthwith isolated and
removed by their owners to such safe distance
from all surrounding cattle and to within such
fixed bounds and limits to be named by said
Commissioners as will prevent the spread of said
disease.
SEC. 2 The introduction of all neat cattle into
this State, except neat cattle from countries be-
yopd the limits of the United States, may be pro-
hibited by said Commissioners, public notice be-
ing given by posting copy of such prohibition
on all the travelled roads at near the line men,
toned in such prohibition, and in such other
manner as they shall deem necessary. And any
person or persons who shall introduce. or aid, or
assist in introducing any neat cattle into this
State where said prohibition may be made, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall on
conviction thereof be punished by q fine not ex-
ceeiing five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in
tho common Jail not excce''ing six months, or by
such fine and imprisonment both, at the discre.
ton of the Court.
lied, whenever in their judgment it shall be nec-
essary, to prevent thespread of said disease within
this State, to fix and establish certain bounds and
limits, and to prohibit the removal of any neat
cattle from within said bounds and limits to any
other place and to prohibit the driving of any
neat cattle on the public highways within said
limits and bounds beyonds the premises or farm,
of the owner of such neat cattle, and on which
they may be at the time Of said prohibition. Said
Commissioners shall cause notice of such prohi-
biton to be given to all persons interested there
in by publishing such prohibition in all the news
papers published in such county where the pro.
hibition is made, and in such further manner as
they shall deem necessary, and any person who
SHALL after such notice thereof, neglect or refuse
to comply with such prohibition, shall be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and shall, on convict
ion thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the
common Jail not exceeding six MONTHS Or by
such fine and imprisonment both, at the discre-
ton of the Court.
Sec f. Said Commissioners shall cause to be
appraised all damages which the owner or owners
of any neat cattle removed, as hereinbefore pro-
vided from one locality to another, shall reason
ably suffer in consequence of such removal, Or
isolation, which appraisal shall he made by three
disinterested men who shall be duly sworn, one
of whom shall be appointed by said Commission.
ers, one by the owner or owners of said cattle,
and the third by said appraisers and in case said
owner or owners will not appoint an appraiser,
said Commissioners shall appoint two, and the
two thus appointed shall choose q third And
the owner or owners of said cattle 70 removed Y
said Commissioners shall receive the amount SO
appraised for such damages from the Treasury If
the State, as hereinafter provided, and said an
praisal shall be binding, and from the same there
shall be no appeal.
SIc. 8. Said Commissioners shall duly certify
all damages which may be appraised to any per-
SON or persons for the removal or isolation Of neat
cattle, under this act, to the Comptroller of this
State ; and the Comptroller is hereby directed to
draw orders upon the Treasurer in favor of the
person or persons who may be entitled to such
damages, for the respective amounts thereof; and
said Commissioners shall duly certify all other
expenses incurred by them, or under their direc-
ton, in the execution of their service. to the
Governor, together with the vouchers therefor,
and, upon the approval of the GOVERNOR endors-
ed thereon, the Comptroller is hereby directed to
draw orders on the Treasurer for the amount
thereof, in favor of said Commissioners, provided
the amount expended under this act shall not ex
ceea tne sum Of twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. .. Said Commissioners shall make full
report Of their proceedings and of the result o.
snelr observations and Inquiries relative to tn.
nature ana character Of the disease, and of the
expenses incurred. once every month, to the Gov
ernor. and shall also make o full report to tht
next General Assembly. A'po'' " 'AA'
Sec .. Said Commissioners shall receive. a,
compensation Cor their services, the sum Of tire.
dollars each, per day, while actually employed
and their expenses, and may employ such assist
ance as tney may deem necessary, at REASONABLE,
compensation.
SDc 8. 1t shall be the duty of every owne
or keeper ofneat cattle, II be shall know or beliey