Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25

AS AMENDED BY SECTION a
OF NO. zos OF THE ACTS OF
1915, RELATING TO THE VALUE
OF ANIMALS KILLED BY ORDER
OF THE LIVESTOCK COMM1S-
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Vermont:
Section I. Section 70 of No. 2zs Of
the acts of 1919 as amended by section
4 of No. 2o2 of the acts of 1915 (Sec.
4o4 of the General Laws, as proposed)
is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Sec. 10. (See. 4o4 G. L. 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 his agent In the event of a
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-
lpraisal for a single animal exceed the
sum of seventy-fvc 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 glanders, in which case the
owner shall be paid the full amount of
the appraisal.
Sec. 2. Section Al of No as 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 q
certificate from the Massachusetts board
of cattle commissioners, showing the
number and description of such animal,
name of shipper, ca,ise of rejection, and
of certificate under oath from the
seller of the animal, together with a GER
tificate from the owner OF the animal,
from whom purchased in this state,
giving description of such animal, the
date and place of sale and the price paid
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 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-five per cent
be reckoned on a sum greater than
seventy-five dollars; nor shall the indem-
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 70 of this act may have the same
tested At his own expense under the d.
rection of the livestock commissioner be-
fore removing the same from the state !;
m case said cows or any of them are
found tuberculous, the same proceedings
shall be had and the same payments
made as arc 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 81 1917.