The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-22
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The U desires again to call public
attention to the measure introduced in
the legislature through the efforts of DIR.
Ohage, the commissioner of health OF
this city, providing for the compensa-
ton of those owners of cattle whose
stock IS condemned under the operation
of the cattle inspection law, as suffering
from tuberculosis.
We owe it in the greatest measure
perhaps to the zeal of DR.. Ohage that the
milk supply of the people Of the large
cities of the state is as securely guarded
as it is against infection. Through him
the existence of consumptive cattle in
any of the dairy herds of this city has
become a practical impossibility. In
spection of the sanitary conditions at
fectly effective; and the people of this
city at least are now perfectly assured
that the local dairy herds are healthfuI
in themselves and that in diet and sur
roundings there is little or no possibility
that their milk product can be other than
perfectly wholesome.
In order to reach the present condition
1T has been found necessary to enforce
the law stringently. The health laws in
operation here we know are enforced to
the letter. Even the large packing cor
porations, which found a more or less
available market in this city for their
upon them that even they are not to be
allowed to violate the sanitary regula
tons of this community. 1t has not
been possible to accomplish so much for
the public health without some injustice
being done. The Globe did not hest
tate to condemn the action of DR.. Ohage
and his assistants when they sought to
force the cost of the inspection of their
cattle on the dairymen. The court sus-
tanned the position we then took This
paper also expressed the conviction that
the loss of the condemned cattle
should not in justice be allowed to fall
on the owners of the herds; that it should
be made public charge, and that the
dairyman, acting in good faith, who was
found to own a consumpttve cow ought
to be compensated for it's loss when the
health authorities compelled it's slaugh-
ter.
Our view of the matter has been ac-
cepted and acted on by the health an
thoriues of the Twin Cities as wen as bv
the state board of health, and measure
to this end has been introduced by Sen
ator Schaller which will be found ON ex-
animation to be prepared with care and
to be worthy of the support of every con-
scientious legislator. The following pro-
visions. taken from the proposed law,
will show at once the general scope and
purport of Senator SchalIer's measure:
Wherever, after the inspection and
Inc appilcatlon OF the tubercuiin test as
provided in the preceding section onS
cattle or other domestic animal or ami
IualS nave been found to be tubercIIiar
or lnfected with any. contagious or in
1ectiouS disease, and such animal or
animals have been ordered killed by the
State BOARD Of health, or by a local
board OF health, the owner or keeper of
such animal or animals shall be notified
IN writing by such board of health, to
" mig llte1u DIT suitable Time to q place
hXed and designated by the state CIR
local board of health for the purpose of
having Them slaughtered. Such cattle or
other domestic animal or animals
shall be slaughtered or DESTROYED
at such specified and designated time, and
place in the presence of the owner or
keeper thereof. and after such animal
or animals have been killed. the car
casS or c2rcaSseS thereof shall be exam
tned and inspected by the officer of the
state or local board Of health who made
the original inspection, together with The
owner or keeper, and the inspector of
meats of said local or state board of
health, for the purpose of ascertaining
the. value, If any, OF such animal or AMI
mails"
The officials thus present at the sIaugh-
ter of the animal are by the measure con-
stituted a board of appraisement. They
make their appraisement IN writing and
it is certified to by the local board Of
health and the state board of health to
the governor, and the treasurer of the
town, village or city where the slaughter
ed animal had been kept. and the amount
OF 1t is paid to the owner of the animal
one-ffth by local authority and the re-
naming four-hfths by the state.
1t will thus be seen that every reason