The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-04-08

the register of deeds, for the registry
district in which said unincorporated
place is located
[Approved April 2. 1851
cHXrrE1 so4.
AN ACT 10 Amend Sections Two and
Eight of Chapter One Hundred
s1 ,sf Rss's E Ht
to the Extirpation of Contagio
Diseases among Cattle. Horses,
Sheep and Swine.
Be 1t enacted, ETC.:
Section 1. Section two of chapter
one hundred ninety-five of the public
laws OF nineteen hundred eleven, as
amended by chapter two hundred ten
thirteen. is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the word fifty" in the thirty
third line of said section as amended
and inserting in place thereof the
ton as herein amended shall read as
follows:
Section 2. That it shall be the
duty of the Live Stock Sanitary Com
made as to The existence of tubercu-
losis, pleuro-pneumonia, foot and
mouth disease, CHAMBERS, hog cholera
and other infectious and contag ious
and swine; and such Live Stock SAM
tary Commissioner or his duly consti-
tuted agent, Is hereby authorized to
enter any premises or 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
Upon the discovery of the existence
of any of the said diseases. the Live
Stock Sanitary Commissioner Is au-
thorized to give notice. by publicat ion
nf tho oNiofanoa of nd
the locality thereof in such newspa-
pers as he may select, and to notify in
writing the officials or agents of any
boats do or other trans
or through such infected locality, of
the existence of such disease: and
hereby is authorized and required to
establish and maintain such quaran-
localities. as he may deem necessary
to prevent the spread of any such
disease. and also to cause the APP
footed with the said disease. in accord
Ance with such rules and regulations,
made by him, as hereinafter author
lied and provided, also to, caus" the
disposition of the carcass made. &C
cording 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,
the Legislature for that purpose; pro-
vided. however. that no appraised
value shall be more than one hundred
dollars for cattle, with pedigree re
corded. or recordable in the recogn lied
herd books, of the breed in which the
cattle destroyed may belong, nor more
than seventy-tive dollars. for the cat
tie which has no recordable pedigree;
and ell other animals9 so destroyed
shall be paid for at the rate of one
half of their cash value; provided. that
no appraised vsl4e shall exceed one
demned; and provided. further. that
in no case shall compensation be al
lowed 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
the owner or owners thereof shall fur
nish satisfactory evidence as to the
time such animal or animals shall
shall compensation be allowed to any
owner who In person, or by agent.
and wilfully conceals the
existence of such disease. or the fact
which the person making such con-
cealment. by himself or agent is in
whole or part owner
Section 2. Section eight of chapter
one HunOTeQ nluety-nVe OF the
laws of nineteen hundred eleven as
by chapter seventy-four of
the public laws of nineteen hundred
thirteen Is hereby further amended by
striking out the word twenty" in the
sixth line of said section and insert
ing in place thereof the word thirty
by striking out the word nifty" in
the fourteenth line of said section and
inserting in place thereof the word
seventy-fvc; by striking out the
words price paid" in the twentieth
and twenty-first 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
SO that said section. as
amended. shall read as follows:
Section 8. When cattle shipped
from, Maine to the quarantine station
At Brighton. Massachusetts,. are sub
Iected to the tuberculin test. and re-
spond to such test. and the Inspector
IF the Cattle Bureau OF Massachu
sets shall find upon post mortem cx-
that such cattle were dis
,ased from tuberculosis. and will so
5tate in writing within thirty days
from shipment from the State, to the
Live Stock Sanitary Commissioners. and
shall also give in writing. a descrip-
Ion Of such animal. the name of own
n. the shipper. the date and name of
place from which same was shipped.
he name of the party Of whom II was
bought and q fair cash value OF such
animal at time condemned and shall
liso comply with any other rule or