CHAPTER 10
STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD
AN ACT to amend Chapter 21 or the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, by enlarging the Powers of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, and appropriating money therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in. General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 21, of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting in Article 4 of said Chapter after 697 Sec. 48, the following Sections to be styled 697 A. Sec. 48 A., 697 B. Sec. 43 B., 697 D. Sec. 48 D., 697 E. Sec. 48 E., 697 F. Sec. 48 F., 697 G. Sec. 48 0., 697 H. Sec. 48 H.
697 A. Sec. 48 A. That the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board be authorized to pay out of the funds appropriated by the Legislature of the State of Delaware one-half of the difference between the appraised value and the salvage of all cattle that may be condemned for tuberculosis by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or a Veterinarian of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry working in co-operation with the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board, and all cattle which may be condemned for tuberculosis shall be appraised in a manner prescribed by the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board, provided that out of the money hereby appropriated no payment as compensation for any tuberculosis animal destroyed shall exceed two-thirds of the difference between the appraised value of such animal and the value of the salvage thereof; and that in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than one hundred and twenty-five dollars for any grade animal or more than one hundred and fifty dollars for any pure bred animal, and no payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations.
697 B. Sec. 48 B. Cattle which have reacted to the tuberculosis test or show marked diagnostic symptoms of tuberculosis shall be condemned and be disposed of as directed by the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board. Owners of cattle that have reacted to the tuberculin test or that have been condemned by a Representative of the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry are privileged to dispose of said animals in such ways as shall be approved by the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board and to receive for them their salvage value.
697 D. Sec. 48 D. That each herd shall be tested according to the agreement for the tuberculin testing of herds of cattle and the uniform methods and rules for tuberculosis free accredited herds of cattle which have been approved or may hereafter be approved by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry.
697 E. Sec. 48 E. That for the purpose of defraying the expenses and services of competent Veterinarians in charge of this work, and to pay to the owners of cattle which have reacted to the tuberculin test or have been condemned by a representative of the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board or of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, the sum of fifty thousand dollars annually is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
697 F. Sec. *38 F. [*So enrolled] No payment shall lie made for any animals destroyed on account of tuberculosis unless the owner has complied with all quarantine and other regulations that may be agreed upon by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry and the Delaware State hive Stock Sanitary Board, and unless the owner shall have executed the forms required by these regulations.
697 G. Sec. 48 G. Claims shall not be allowed arising out of the condemnation of cattle for tuberculosis on a tuberculin test applied by other than a representative detailed by the Delaware State Live Stock Sanitary Board or of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry.
697 H. Sec. 48 No compensation will be paid to any owners of tuberculosis cattle whose entire herd is not under Federal and State supervision for the eradication of tuberculosis.
Approved April 28, A. D. 1920.