The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-14
MORE WORK FOR OHAGE
LOCAL DAIRYMEN INSIST THAT HE
RECORD ALL CATTLE
KILLED
so THEY MAY SUE THEREFOR
John L. TOvnley, Counsel for the
DHirymen, Made Formal Re-
quest of Commissioners
Yesterday.

Attorney !ohn G. Townley, representing
the st. Paul Dairymen's cooperative as
ISOLATION, called upon DR.. Ohage yester-
day regarding the method to be followed
in killing the condemned animals in dairy
herds that are supposed to be infected
with tuberculosis. The dairymen desire
that some slaughterhouse be designated
where the animals can be killed, that
they may, if the test disapproves the
presence of the disease, realize from the
sale of the carcass and hide. Otherwise
the animals will be killed in their barns
and none of the dairymen have proper
facilities for preparing the animals for
the block.
Mr.. Townley presented Health Commits
sioner Ohage with copy of his opinion
given the association upon matters of
mutual interest to all the dairymen af-
f1liated with the association. Mr.. Town
ley, with the interest of his clients at
heart, called upon DR.. Ohage yesterday
with an olive branch of peace in his hand,
thinking that any. prejudices that might
have existed in the past between the
health department and the dairymen
could be obllterated, but gossip has it
around the court house that the barrister
and medic had somewhat stormy in
terview in which the doctor very gener-
ally paid his respects to the dairymen,
but promised to decide the case in a few
days.
Mr.. Townley presented a copy of his
opinion upon the subject as well as that
having to do with the pay that dairymen
should receive for animals killed after
being condemned, as follows:
Your committee submitted to me the
very perplexirg question or proposition
of the disposition to be made of the cat
tie now quarantined by the boards OF
health-the st. Paul board of health the
township boards OF health and the state
board of health
The law upon the subject seems to have
been many times changed during the past
hfteen years, and to such an extent has
the law been enacted from time to time
in favor of the several boards of health
that they, the boards of health. have now
the complete control of the field
Ihe inferior boards of health, that is
the city and township boards are in
spirit and in letter subordinate to the
For your convenience I attach hereto a
printed copy of chapter 233 of the General
Laws of the State of Minnesota for 1897,
only omitting section 10 of said act which
IN my opinion is entirely immaterial to
the present inquiry
Under this act and law no compensa-
ton shall be paid for any animal killed
except where such animal is killed under
written protest, and post-mortem shows
such animal TO have been entirety free
from any infectious disease.
This examination is to be made by ex-
perts, and the value of the animal de-
termined under section of said act
FINDING the statutory law so strong
against us, l at once entered upon the
consideration of how these quarantined
cattle could be disposed of under the
law and the supervision of the boards of
vantage, and to that end 1 spent yester-
day afternoon in consultation with Will
lam NJ Liggett, the dean, and Prof. S. H