The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

Chapter 304.
An Act to amend Sections two and eight
OF Chapter one hundred ninety-five of
the Public Laws Of nineteen hundred
eleven, relating to the extirpation Of
contagious diseases among cattle,
horses, sheep and swine.
Section l. Section two of chapter one
hundred ninety-hve Of the public laws
BY chapter two hundred ten OF the public
lava. Of nineteen hundred thirteen, 10
hereby amended BY striking out the
s.id section as amended snd nsert ns IN IN
place thereof the word 'seventy-fiver 30
that said section an herein amended shall
read a. follows:
Section .. That II shall be the duty
TO cause Investigation to be made as
to the existence Of tuberculosis, pleuro-
pneumonia, foot and mouth disease.
tious and Contagious diseases, among
cattle. horses, sheep and swine; and
such i've stock sanitary commissioner
or his duly constituted agent, is hereby
places including stock-yards. cars and
vessels. within any county or part of
: the state. In or at 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 existence of
any Of the said diseases. the live stock
sanitary commissioner Is 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 off,
ctals or agents of any railroad, steam
boats or other transportation company.
doing business in or through such In
disease; and hereby is authorized and
required to establish and maintain such
quarantine of animals, places, premises
or localities. as he may deem necessary
ease, and also to cause the appraisal OF
the animal or animals affected with tho
said disease, in accordance with such
rules and regulations, made by him, as
hereinafter authorized and provided, also
to cause the same to be destroyed, and
a proper disposition of the carcass
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
ever, that no appraised value shall be
more than one hundred dollars for cat
tie, With VT pedigree recorded led or Pre- re-
of the breed in which the cattle de-
stroyed may belong. nor more than
seventy-five dollars. for the cattle which,
other animals so destroyed shall be paid
for at the rate of one-half 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 or 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
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 compensation be
allowed to any owner who in person, or
by agent, knowingly and wilfully con-
ceals the existence of such disease, or
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 2. Section eight of chapter one
hundred ninety-flve 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 word thirty by striking out the
word fifty" in the fourteenth line of
of the word .seventy-fve; by striking
out the words price PAID In the
twentieth and twentyfrst 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; 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 mortem examination that such
cattle were diseased from tuberculosis,
and will 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-
scription of such animal, the name Of
owner the shipper the date and name
of place from which same was shipped,
the name of the party of whom it 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
value, not to exceed seventy-fve dollars
for grade and one hundred dollars for
thoroughbred cattle with pedigree re-
corded or recordable; but In. no case
demned under the provisions of this
section, until he has filed with the live
stock sanitary commissioner claim.
stating. the name of the owner, the ship
per- his post-office 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 val1re due the owner of tha
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 to the requirements Of the
government meat inspection act. -CAp-
proved April /, 1850
Chapter 305.
An Act relating to procedure in the SUI
preme judicial and superior courts.
Any Justice of the supreme judicial or
superior courts on application of either
party and on notice. may in vacation
hear and determine demurrer or any
interlocutory motion in any cause pend
ing IN these courts respectively, and
may make any order therein which the
court could make if in session: and
by agreement of parties, he may, at
any time or place, try and deter
mine issues of fact and of law SUBJ
mitted TO him and render any Judgment
therein which the court could render
if in session: Any such justice may in
in term time. Parties shall have the
right Of exception to such orders and
judgments. and to other rulings on
questions Of law, as if Judgment had
been rendered in term time. Bills of ex-
ceptions in such cases shall be filed