p oceedings to establish and

SEC. 6. Upon the receipt by any one of the re- Quarantine, port of the veterinarian provided for in section one maintain. (1) of this act, if said agent shall be of the opinion that the exigencies of the case require, he shall immediately convene the three live stock agents, together with the veterinarian at such place as he may designate, and if, upon consideration of the report of the veterinarian, the agents shall be satisfied that any contagious or infectious disease exists of a malignant character which seriously threatens the health of domestic animals, they shall proceed at once to the infected district, ascertain and determine the premises or grounds infected, and establish the quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations necessary to circumscribe and exterminate such disease; also to list and describe the domestic animals affected with such disease, and those which have been exposed thereto, and included within the infected district or premises so defined and quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead to their identification, and for that purpose the said agents may, in their discretion, cause the live stock so included within the quarantine lines established to be marked or branded in such manner as they may designate; and no domestic animals liable to become infected with the disease or capable of communicating the same, shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, premises, or grounds so quarantined, except by authority of the live stock agents. The said agents shall also, from time to time, give and enforce such directions and prescribe such rules and regulations as to separating,

Destruction of

diseased animals.

Appraisement of animals to be destroyed.

mode of handling, treating, feeding, and caring for such diseased and exposed animals as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes of animals from coming in contact with each other, and perfectly isolate them from any other domestic animals which have not been exposed thereto, and which are susceptible of becoming infected with the disease. And the said agents, or any of the members thereof, and said veterinarian, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 7. When, in the opinion of the live stock agents, it shall be necessary to prevent the further spread of any contagious or infectious disease among the live stock of the state, to destroy animals affected with, or which have been exposed to any such disease, it shall determine what animal shall be killed, and appraise the same as hereinafter provided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of, as in its judgment, will best protect the health of the domestic animals of the locality.

SEC. 8. Whenever, as in the seventh section of this act provided, the live stock agents shall direct the killing of any domestic animal or animals, it shall be the duty of the agents to make a fair and faithful appraisement of said animal or animals, and in making the appraisement the contagious disease with which the animal is affected, or to which they have been exposed, shall not be taken into consideration. The amount of the appraisement shall in no case exceed seventy-five dollars

($75) per head for horses and mules, and twenty ($20) per head for cattle; Provided, That no animal or animals shall be appraised except those affected with contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant character, or such as have been exposed thereto.

of

by governor.

SEC. 9. When the agents shall have determined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malignant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among the live stock of the state, and given its orders as hereinbefore provided, prescribing quarantine and other regulations, they shall notify the governor thereof, who shall issue his proclama-Proclamation tion, proclaiming the boundary of such quarantine, and the orders, rules, regulations, prescribed by the live stock agents, which proclamation may be published by written or printed hand bills, posted within the boundaries or on the lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds quarantined; Provided, That if the agents decide that it is not Notice by necessary by reason of the limited extent of the given." district in which such disease exists that a proclamation should be issued, then none shall be issued, but the agents shall give such notice as may to them seem best to make the quarantine established by them effective.

agents, when

and purchase

how made.

SEC. 10. The agents provided for in this act Employment shall have power to employ at the expense of the of supplies, state such persons, and purchase such supplies and material as it may be necessary to carry into effect all orders by them given as hereinbefore provided;

Railway cor

porations shall

Provided, That no labor shall be employed nor labor, material, or supplies purchased by the agents except such labor material as may be necessary to carry into effect the experimentation, quarantine and other regulations prescribed by the live stock agents; And provided further, The agents may in in their discretion, upon the recommendation of the veterinarian, employ such expert's assistance as may from time to time be required, and such assistant shall have power to execute all orders and instructions given them by the live stock agents. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the railway disinfect cars, corporations doing business in this state to clean and disinfect the cars used by them in transporting stock in this state at such times and places, and in such manner as the live stock agents may designate, whenever in their opinion any such order may be necessary to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious diseases. And any such corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense, to be recovered in civil action, to be prosecuted under the directions of the attorney general in the name of the state of Nebraska.

when.

Penalty for violation.

Payment for animals des

made.

SEC. 12. When any animal or animals are troyed, when killed under the provisions of this act by order of the agents, the owner thereof shall be paid therefor the appraised value as fixed by the appraisement as hereinbefore provided for; Provided, The rights of indemnity on account of animals killed by order of the live stock agents under the provis

titled to in

ions of this act, shall not extend to the owner of When not enanimals which have been brought into the state in demnity. a diseased condition, or from a state, county, territory, or districts, in which the disease with which the animal is infected, or to which it has been exposed, exists; nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which may have been brought into the state in violation of any law or quarantine regulation thereof, or the owner thereof shall have violated any of the provisions of this act, or disegarded any rule, regulation, or order of the live stock agents, or any member thereof. Nor shall any animal be paid for by the state which came into the possession of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge that such animal was diseased, or was suspected of being diseased, or having been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease. Nor shall any animal belonging to the United States be paid for by the state.

Provided further, That in no case shall compensation be allowed to the owner of any animal or animals, when by reasonable diligence he, his proper agent, or employe, could have protected said animal or animals from being exposed, or to any owner who in person, or by agent, conceals the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among his stock.

And provided further, That no remuneration. shall be paid by the state for animals slaughtered for contagious or infectious disease in any case where the owner or his representative is not the first to notify the proper authorities of the exist