Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05


o. the register of deeds for the registry
District in which said unincoYparaTe
place is located. '-tApproved April l.
ls15.9
Chapter 3o4.
OF Chapter one hundred ninefy-five of
tne PUBLIC Laws OF utn&teen hundred
eleven. relating to the extirpation Of
S Son.ss'ous diseases among cattle,
Section !. Section two OF chaptar one
hundred ninety-fve Of the public lava
OF nineteen hundred eleven, a. amend~d
by chapter two hundred ten Of the public
hereby amended BY striking out tho
word '-nfty" in the thirty-fhird line Of
said section as amended and inserting in
that said section a. herein Amended shsu
read Is follows:
Section That II shah b the Ausy
OF the live stock sanitary commissioner
to cause Investigation 70 BE- made AZ
pneumonia foot and mouth disease.
glanders. hog cholera ana other infec-
tious and contagious diseases. among
snch i've sseck sn ssn,,a 1T0 oo1n n anc
or his duly constituted agent is hereby
authorised TO enter any premises or
places including stock-yarda. cars and
vessela. Within airy county or part OF
the State. In or n which he has reason
to believe there exists any such disease.
and To make search. Investigation and
inquiry In regard to the existence there
Upon the discovery Of the existencs Of
any Of the said diseases. the live stock
sanitary commissioner 10 authorized to
give notice, by publication OF the exist
ence OF such diseases, and the locality
thereof, In such newspapers as he may
select, and TO notify in writing the OH
Gals or agents Of any railroad, steam
h<aaf %In~ $rov
doing business in or through such in
fected locality. of the existence Of such
disease; and hereby is authorized and
required to establish and maintain such
quarantine Of animals, places, premises
or localities. as he may deem necessary
to prevent the spread Of any such dis
ease, and also to cause the appraisal OF
the animal or animals affected with the
said disease, in accordance with such
rules and regulations. made by him, as
hereinafter authorized AMI pro, ded, also
TO cause the same to be destroyed. and
proper disposition Of the carcass
made according to rule and regulation
as aforesaid, and to pay to the owner
or owners thereof their value. as deter
mined upon at the time of appraisal, out
of any moneys appropriated by the leg
islature for that purpose; provided. how
ever, that no appraised value shall De
more than one hundred dollars for cat
tie with a pedigree recorded, or re-
corda BILE In the recognized herd books.
of the breed in which the cattle de-
seventy-five dollars. for the cattle which
has no recordable pedigree; and all
other animals so destroyed shall be PAID
for al the rate of one-haf Of their cash
value: provided, that no appraised value
shall exceed one hundred dollars for any
horse condemned: and provided, further,
that in no case shall compensation be
allowed for any animal destroyed under
the provisions of this act. which may
have contracted or been exposed, to such
disease in foreign country, or on the
high seas. or that may have been
brought into this State within one year
previous to such animal showing evil
dence Of such disease, and the owner
or owners thereof shall furnish salts
factory evidence as To the time such an.
imal or animals shall have been owned
IN the State; nor shall CONDENSATION Dc
allowed to any owner who in person. or
by agent, knowingly and wilfuliy con-
the fact of exposure thereto in animals
Of which the person making such con-
cealment, by himself or agent is in whole
or part owner
Section z. Section eight Of chapter one
hundred ninety-fve Of the public laws OF
nineteen hundred eleven as amended by
chapter seventy-four OF the PUBLIC laws
of nineteen hundred thirteen is hereby
word twenty in the sixth line Of said
section and inserting in place thereof
the the word thirty by striking out NJ the
said section and inserting in place there
Of the word 'seventy-hye'; by striking
out the words price paid" in the
twentieth and twenty-frst lines Of said
section and inserting in place thereof
the words "a fair market value; and
by adding after the word purchased" in
the .twenty-second line the words or
consigned; SO that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows: -
Section s. When cattle shipped from
Maine to the quarantine station at
Brighton. Massachusetts, are subjected
to the tuberculin test, and respond to
such test, and the inspector Of the cat
tie bureau of Massachusetts shall find
upon post morfen examination that such
cattle were diseased from tuberculosis,
and win so state in writing within thirty
DAYS from shipment from the State, to
the live stock sanitary commissioner,
and shall also give in writing, de-
scriptior Of such animal. the name Of
Of place from which same was shipped.
the name of the party Of whom il was
bought and fair cash value Of such
animal at time condemned. and shall
also comply with any other rule or reg
ulation that the live stock sanitary com
missioner may require, the owner shall
be entitled to receive fair market
value, not 10 exceed seventy-fve dollars
for grade and one hundred dollars for
thoroughbred cattle. with pedigree re-
corded OF, recordable, but IN no case
demned under the provisions Of this
section. until ne has filed with the live
stock sanitary commissi oner claim,
stating the name of the owner, the ship
per. his post-oftice address. place and
date of shipment, a fair market value
Of such animal name of the person from
whom SAID animal was purchased or
consigned, and such other information
as the live stock sanitary commissioner
may require; such claim shall be accom-
panied in every instance with sale
ticket for such part of the animal as
may have been sold, and the amount Of
such sale shall be deducted from the
appraised value due the owner of the
condemned animal. Cattle reacting TO
the tuberculin test may be sent TO es-
Establishments maintaining United
State government meat inspection serv-
ice. and be killed under Federal gov
eminent inspection, and be disposed OF
according 10 the requirements of the
government meat inspection CLAP
proved April i, 1915.)
Chapter 3o5.
An Act relating TO procedure in the su-
preme judicial and superior courts.
Any justice Of the supreme judicial or
superior courts on application Of either
party and on notice. in vacation