The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-17
REPORT OF CATTLE
COMMISSIONER
H. S. WILSON
Smaller Per Cent to Owners OF
Condemned Stock.
RECOMMENDS EAR TAGGING
Statute to Protect Shippers Of Mich
Cows to Massachusetts Should
Be Repealed.

Section 5GO7. Appointment; term;
vacancy; bond. The governor shall
biennially, in the month Of December
appoint a cattle commissioner, who
shall be a resident of the state and
whose term of Office shall commence
on the first day of January following
his appointment, and continue for
two years and until his successor is
appointed, and has qualified. The gov
ernor shall fill any vacancy which
may occur in such office. Said com
missioner shall give a bond to the
state treasurer for the faithful per
Torrance of his duties, in the penal
sum of five thousand dollars
Sec. 56OS. Permits for the importa-
ton of cattle, ETC.; examination; de-
ploration or slaughter. A person
shall not bring into the state cattle
or other domestic animals, other than
horses, sheep and swine not known or
suspected to be diseased, except by
written permission of the cattle com
missioner. Such permit shall direct
where such cattle or other domestic
animals are to be detained In quaran-
tine for examination. When such cat
tie or other domestic animals have
been brought into the state, the own
er thereof shall forthwith notify said
commissioner, who either i'm person
or by some competent assistant, shall
within six days after receiving such
notice, examine such cattle or other
domestic aQimals, and, If he deems
necessary, apply the tuberculin test.
All cattle or other domestic animals
found to be free from tuberculosis or
other contagious disease shall be re-
leased from quarantine and those
found to be diseased shall forthwith
be deported or slaughtered by the
owner, and the carcasses disposed OF
as hereinafter provided. The owner
shall bear the expense Of detention
and examination. except those OF the
commissioner or his assistant which
shall be paid by the state.
Sec. 5000 Same; exception. Moth
ing in the preceding section shall be
constructed to apply TO the transpor-
tation of cattle or other domestic an
finals through the state by rail A
person living near the state line and
owning or occupyingg land in an ad-
joining state or county may drive
cattle or other domestic animals to
and from such land under such res
trictions as said commissioner may
prescribe. A person who violates a
provision of this or the preceding sec
ton shall be fined fifty dollars for
each offence and each animal shall
constitute a single offence.
Sec 500. Employment Of assis-
lance; accounts. Said commissioner
may employ. at the expense of the
state. such clerical veterinary or
other assistance as Is necessary to
carry out the provisions of sections
five thousand six hundred and eight
to five thousand six hundred and four
teen, inclusive, and section five thous-
and six hundred and eighteen. The
accounts of said commissioner for his
expenses and the payments for assis'
lance shall be audited by the auditor
OF accounts and paid by the state
Sec. SOIL. Owner Of diseased ami
ms's to notify commissioner; examl-
nation and slaughter Of animals; eS-
pense. A person who knows or sus-
poets that bovine tuberculosis or any
other contagious disease exists among
cattle or other domestic animals own
ed or controlled by him, shall notify
said commissioner; and said commits
sioner shall, by himself or by some
person employed by him for that pur'
pose, as soon as possible, make a
thorough physical examination OF
such animals, and, II he deems neces.
sary, may apply the tuberculin test,
and, II such animals OF any OF them
are found to have contagious dis.
ease, shall cause them to be killed
forthwith and the barns OF the owner
or keeper thoroughly dlslnfected The
expense Of such slaughtering and dis
injecting shall be paid by the owner
or keeper.
Sec. 56l2. Quarantine; exceptions
as TO tuberculosis. II said commits.
sioner believes or is informed that an
epidemic or contagious disease exists
among domestic ANIMALS in the state,
he shall Immediately make inquiry,
and II the same is found TO exist shall
II he deems necessary, quarantine the
herd OF domestic animals where such
epidemic or contagious disease pre-.
walls, and shall take such measures
for It's determination as, in his iudg
ment, the public good requires. But
the provisions Of sections Ave thous
and six hundred and eight to Ave
thousand six hundred and fourteen
inclusive, shall not be construed SO
as to include tuberculosis as an cpl
demic disease, and quarantine regula
lions shall not apply to tuberculosis.
Sec 56l3. Appraisal and dispose
ton Of slaughtered animals. The val
ne OF all cattle or other domestic an
finals killed by order Of said commits
sloner shall be appraised by said con
missioner or his duly authorized agen
and by the owner Of such cattle o.
other animals; and, II they canno
agree on the amount Of the Appraisal
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