Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

shall be at the expense of the owner and
the carcass shall be buried or burned by
the owner. In such case the owner shall
also have the hide of the slaughtered ami
NAL. The cattle commissioner, or an
agent appointed by him. shall witness the
destruction or burial of the carcasses of all
animals slaughtered upon the owners
Sec: 10. All barns in which diseased
animals have been kept, shall be thor
oughly disinfected by, and at the expense
of the owner, according to the directions
of the cattle commissioner or his agent.
Within sixty days after the diSinfectiOn of
such barns to the satisfaction of the COM
missioner, said commissioner shall make
stating the number of animals, the ap-
praised value of each and the amount to
be paid the owner therefor; and upon
presentation thereof, the auditor of &C
counts shall draw an order in favor of the
owner for the amount to be paid him under
the provisions of this aud the proceeding
section. No indemnity shall be paid to
an owner of condemned cattle or other
domestic animals that have not been
owned or kept within this state for at
least six months previous to the discovery
OF the disease, unless such animals were,
at the time of their Importation, examined
in accordance with the provisions of sec
ton and pronounced free from disease
SEC. IL. Said commissioner may, with
the approval Of the governor, arrange for
the disposition Of the animals found to
have tuberculosis, by tuberculin test ap-
piled as hereinbefore provided, at some
fertilizer or rendering plant, or at any
slaughter house within or without this
state where all animals slaughtered are
inspected and passed upon by an agent
or official of, and according to the regula-
tions Of, the Bureau of Animal Industry
of the United States Department of Agri-
culture. All contracts made by the cattle
commissioner for the sale Of animals under
this section shall be approved by the
governor. All payments made for animals
sold shall
with statement Herewith showing the
amount paid for each animal. The cattle
commissioner or his agent shall insert in
the ear Of each animal sold numbered
tag, and record of such numbers shall
be kept by the commissioner. All funds
received from such sales shall become the
property of the state. Sales made under
this section shall be under such regula-
tiOns as may be formulated bX the COM
missioner with the approval of the gov
ernOr.
Sec. IL. Under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the cattle commissioner and
approved by thejState board of health.
animals which 7>kave responded to the
tuberculin test, but which show no marked
physical indica< ions of disease, may be
retained by theDowner in quarantine and
used for breeding purposes. The milk of
such animals after having been .sterilized
or pasteurized according to such regula-
tions, may be sold or manufactured into
butter or cheese. In case animals quar-
antined under the provisions of this section
are at any time condemned or killed, the
owner shall receive no compensation there
for from the state. The premises on which
such animals are kept shall be at all times
subject to inspection by the cattle COM
missioner or his agent, or by the state
board of health. Such animals may, at
any time, be sold for immediate slaughter
in any slaughter house subject to Federal
inspection
SEC 13 A person shipping COWS as
and for mich cows subject to the tuber-
, culin test, to any place in the state of
2 Massachusetts, may, if any Of such cows
} respond to the test, and if the Massachu-
sets board of cattle commissioners con-
, dennis Or refuses to accept them, sell such
condemned cows for the highest price OBJ
tainable under the Massachusetts, regula-
tiOnS, and report in writing to the cattle
: commissioner of this state, within thirty
5 days from shipment from this state stating
? when such cows were shipped, the person
or persons from whom purchased, the
} amount paid for the same, the amount
received when sold in Massachusetts,
T the number of each animal as shown
by tag in the ear of such animal, which
| shall have been placed there before the
animal left this state and which must
r agree with the record kept by the person
e shipping, and such other information as
may be required by the cattle commits
I sioner of this state.
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