Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-23

examination, the carcass IS not found
tuberculous, the expenses for inspection
shall be paid by the owner or the party
who applies for the inspection.
Sec. g. The sum of one hundred
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
to carry out the provisions Of this act
Approved April 8, 1919
NO. IS
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION
4o3, AND TO AMEND SECTIONS
9 e 81 IF ThE 60 cE En- ssi s02 iA ANR
RELATING TO THE IMPORTA-
TON, TESTING AND EXAM
NATION OF CATTLE, HORSES
AND MULES.
1t Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section I. Section 4oz of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended 20 as to
read as follows:
Sec. 4o7. A person shall not bring
or cause to be brought, or ship or cause
to be shipped, into this state, any cat
tie, horses or mules, without the writ
ten permission of said commissioner.
Such permission shall be in the form
OF printed or written permit, and shall
state the name and address of the i'm
porter, the number of animals to be
imported, the name of the place where
such animals IRE to be held in QUAR-
antine for examination, and such other
particulars as shall be deemed neces-
sary. When cattle, horses or mules,
brought into the state on such permit
have reached their destination, the
owner shall forthwith notify said COM
missioner of the fact. Said commits
sioner shall, within a reasonable time,
in person, or through some competent
assistant, examine all such cattle, horses
or mules, and, may apply such tests
as he deems necessary to determine the
health of such animals. Calves under
three months of age from tuberculin-
tested herds and accompanied by a per-
NIT and certificate of health, shall not
be detained in quarantine or held for
test Such certificate of health shall be
executed under oath by the party maxi
ing the shipment. Cattle, horses or
mules, found free from tuberculosis or
other contagious or infectious disease
shall forthwith be released from quar-
antine. Animals found diseased shall,
if said commissioner deems necessary to
protect the health of domestic animals,
forthwith be slaughtered by and at the
expense of the owner, and the carcasses,
under regulations prescribed by said
commissioner, shall be burned or buried
or may be shipped to fertilizer or rem
dering plant as hereinafter provided;
and, when animals are Killed on the
premises of their owner, said commits
sioner or his agent shall witness their
burial or burning, unless same are
shipped as herein provided. The owner
may retain the hides of such slaughtered
animals if slaughtered on the owners
premises, except from animals affected
with certain dangerous diseases; and if
shipped to fertilizer or rendering plant,
the owner may receive the net proceeds
from the salvage. The owner shall
bear the expense of detention, exam
ination, test and slaughter but not the
personal expenses of said commissioner.
Sec T.. Section 4o5 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec 4os. Cattle brought into the
state on permits may be tested in the
state of origin. When animals have been
so tested, they will not be held for
further test in this state, provided the
tests have been made by veterinarian
whose competency and reliability are
certified to by the authority charged
with the control of live stock sanitary
matters in the state in which such test
was made When the live stock COM
missioner has reason to believe that
tuberculin or mallein testing in any
state is not done in competent or
reliable manner, he may issue permits
for the importation of cattle, horses and
mules from such state subject to quar-
antine at destination and a retest at
the expiration of a period not to exceed
sixty days.
Sec. 3. Section 400 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec 49, All tuberculin tests shall be
reported to the live stock commissioner
by the owner of the cattle tested or his
agent. Such report shall be made with
in five days from the time said test 10
completed and shall include a complete
temperature record and such other IN
formation az said commissioner may ~
quire. If such test is made by .
veterinarian under authority of said
commissioner and any reactors ara
found, they shall be appraised by the
veterinarian or said commissioner and
paid for a. provided in section Ave-
hundred and three. provided the owner
of the reacting cattle and the owner OF
owners from whom such cattle have
within ninety days been bought, has
tested his entire herd or herds within
one year in accordance with the segu-
1ationa nrescrihed nv said ~or,ynio~iot,e ~