Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
II IS hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Vermont:

tt IS hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State OF Vermont:
Section L Section q of No. as of
the acts Of 1912 IS amended by section
! OF No. BOZ OF the acts OF 1918 tSec-
4Q4 of the General Laws. as proposed)
IS hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows.
Sec. IS. (Sec. 4o4 G. ID The value
OF all animals killed by order of said
commissioner or his agent shall be first
appraised by the owner and the commits
sioner or MS agent. In the event Of 4
disagreement as TO the amount of the
appraisal, third disinterested person
shall be selected TO act with them and
appraise the animals. IN making such
appraisal the fact that the animals have
been condemned for disease shall not be
considered, but IN no case shall the ap-
praisal for Z single animal exceed the
sum of seventy-flve dollars, except horses
and registered cattle in which cases the
limit OF appraisal shall be one hundred
dollars and certificate of registration
of such registered cattle shall be fur
nished the livestock commissioner be-
fore the claim IS paid. The state shall
pay the owner seventy-hve per cent of
such appraisal unless the animal on
being slaughtered IS free from tubercu-
losis or CHAMBERS, in which case the
owner shall be paid the full amount Of
the appraisal
Sec. ? Section II OF No. z25 Of the
acts Of 1912 IS hereby amended so as
TO read as follows:
! Sec. Fl. Upon receipt of the report
required by the preceding section and a
certificate from the Massachusetts board
! of cattle commissioners, showing the
number and description of such animal.
name of shipper, cause of rejection, and
! of certificate under oath from the
| seller of the animal, together with a GER
tIflcate from the owner of the animal,
/ from whom purchased IN this state,
giving 4 description of such animal, the
date and place OF sale and the price paid
4 for the same. the livestock commissioner
/ OF this state shall, if he IS satisfied OF
/ the truth OF such report and such last
named certificate, so certify TO the audi
/ tor of accounts, who shall allow and
/ draw an order for a sum equal to seventy
five, per cent of the purchase price OF
! such animal, less the amount received
/ for the same in Massachusetts but IN
no case shall such seventy-iIve per cent
/ be TeCkOned on sum greater than
seventy-five dollars: nor shall the indern-
nifty provided for IN this. and the pre-
Ceding section, be paid TO or on behalf
! of anyone who IS not a resident Of the
State of Vermont. A person purchasing
mich COWS for shipment out of the
state otherwise than as provided in sec
ton 20 Of this act may have the same
tested at his own expense under the di-
rection of the livestock commissioner be-
fore removing the same from the state:
IN case said COWS or any of them are
found tuberculous. the same proceedings
shall be had and the same payments
made as are provided for IN section Is
| Of this act and the owner shall make a
report In writing to said commissioner
giving the name of the person Of whom
said diseased cattle were purchased, the
date OF such purchase, and the sum paid
| therefor
Approved March Fl, 1917.