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Inc state shall pay the cost of exam
nation and test under the provisions of
this section, except in the case of horses
tested for CHAMBERS and which do not
respond to the test, and in such case
the cost of the test shall be paid by the
owner. II an owner signs an agree
ment under which he receives a test at
the. expense of the state and thereafter
violates the terms of such agreement, he
shall forfeit his right to further tests
at the expense of the state and to in
demnity from the state for cattle react
ing to the test, until he has refunded
to the state treasury any sums received
from the state for indemnity from the
time of the passage of this act.
Sec. S. Section sol of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. sol. The provisions of the pre-
ceding section shall not apply in the
case of cattle owners whose animals
have passed without reactors two an
nual or three semi-annual tests. Such
owners shall keep their animals free
from disease at their own expense under
regulations prescribed by said commits
sioner; but if any reactors are found
they shall be appraised and paid for as
provided in the second following sec
ton; but said commissioner may retest
cattle or horses, as provided in this
chapter, when in his judgment, the con-
ditions warrant 1t.
Sec. 6. Section so2 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 5o2. If said commissioner Is in
formed by a veterinarian that a con-
tagious disease exists, he shall make or
cause to be made an examination of such
suspected animals, and may, in his judg-
ment, quarantine such animals or the
town or place in which such animals are
located, and shall take such other meas
ures for the determination of the dis
ease as may seem necessary for the
public good but the provisions of this
section shall not be construed to include
tuberculosis as a contagious disease, and
quarantine regulations shall not apply
to tuberculous cattle in such cases, ex-
cept in case of animals which have been
classified as suspicious by veterinarian
as result of tuberculin test.
Sec. 2. Section 500 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 500. Upon receipt of the report
required by the preceding section and 4
certificate from the Massachusetts board
of cattle commissioners, showing the
number and description of such animal,
name of shipper, cause of rejection, and
certificate under oath from the seller
of the animal, together with a certih-
cate 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
same, the live stock commissioner of this
state shall, If he is satisfied of the truth
of such report and such last named GER
tificate, SO certify to the auditor of
accounts, who shall allow and draw an
order for a sum equal to seventy-fve
per cent of the purchase price of such
animal, less the amount received for
the same in Massachusetts; but such
seventy-five per cent shall not be reck-
oned on a sum greater than seventy
five dollars; nor shall the indemnify
provided for In this, and the preceding
section, be paid to or on behalf of any
of Vermont The provisions of this
section shall not apply unless the owner
of tho reacting animal and the owner
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within ninety. days been bought, has
one year in accordance with the regu-
lations prescribed by said commissioner
under section five hundred, or provided
the owner or owners Of such herd or
herds from whom the animal was bought
shall agree to test such entire herd or
herds under said regulations, in which
case the claim shall not be paid until
such entire herd or herds have been
tested. A person purchasing mich
cows for shipment out of the state
otherwise than as provided in the pre-
ceding section may have the same tested
at his own expense under the direction
of the live stock commissioner before
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 FIVE hun
dred and three, provided the owner OF
the reacting cattle and the owner or
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 regu-
lations prescribed by said commissioner
under section FIVE hundred. or provided
the owner or owners of such herd or
herds from whom the cattle were bought
shall agree to test such entire herd or
herds under said regulations, in which
case the claim shall not be paid until
such entire herd or herds have been
tested. The purchaser shall make a re-
port in writing to said commissioner CIV
ing the name of the person of whom
such diseased cattle were purchased, the
date of such purchase and the sum paid
therefor
Sec. 8. Section $40 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. So The sum annually avail
able for the purposes of this chapter
and. in addition thereto. whatever
amount may be received by the state
from the sale of condemned animals
shall be used to carry out the provisions
of the preceding sections of this chap
ter. In case of the outbreak within the
state of some unusual or dangerous
disease of domestic animals, said COM
missioner may use such further sums
a. the governor may authorize to be
paid in the manner provided by law,
but the expenses so incurred shall in
no case be deducted from the amount
annually provided. A person, or per-
sons, or rendering company, offering for
sale, cattle or stock condemned by this
act, for food purposes, shall be fined
not more than two thousand dollars
or less than one thousand dollars, I'M
less such cattle or stock are inspected
and passed upon by an agent or official
Of, and according to the regulations of,