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Show pensation to the owner, and It It pro-vlded pro-vlded that such animals shall pnse.,9 no property value, and by this sect Ion It Is made the duly of the-statp veterinarian, vet-erinarian, or one of his aslt-.uts, to superintend the slaughter of such nnl-uials nnl-uials as mail be condemned. "Under tho provisions of section 5 it Is made unlawful to dispose of by selling, giving away, or In any mn.inT parting with', to another, an animal Infected with a contagious or Infectious Infec-tious disease or any animal which has, or which the owner or his agent, or employ, or the party in possession thereof, has reason to believe has, within thirty days nl preceding kucIi transfer, been exposed to am Infee-tlo'JB Infee-tlo'JB or contagious dlv-eass, without first notifying the proposrd purclns-er purclns-er or purchasers of such animal that It Is so infected or has been so exposed: ex-posed: "I'nder the prolslons of this joe-tlon joe-tlon it appears that it would not b unlawful to pell or dispose or part with to another, an animal Infected with a contagious or Infectious disease. dis-ease. It Is simply made unlawful to do ho without having first notified the proposed purchaser that the animal ani-mal Is no affected or has Keen exposed expos-ed as above mentioned. Now, in r--gard to the provisions of section 11 of this act. which reads as follows: " 'The governor shall, through the secretary of agriculture at Washington, Washing-ton, r.sk the co-operation of the United Unit-ed States bureau of animal industry In controlling and eradicating contagions con-tagions and Infectious diseases In animals an-imals enumerated In this act, and when said bureau, through Its duly authorlrf-d representatives, agents or employes, shall be thus engaged, they shall posvess the same power aud authority au-thority in thlH stare as the state veterinarian vet-erinarian and his assistants under and bv virtue of this act.' "I take It that when the covernor has made such a request, as Is provided provid-ed for In this section, then the duly authorized reprosentathes, acorne or employes of the United States bureau of animal industry, acting under such request, act under the same power and authority as a state veterinarian veterinar-ian pes? esses; that is, they net not only as representatives of the government, govern-ment, but representatives of this state, and they would be protected In tbolr acts the same as the stale veterinarian; vet-erinarian; but I think the provisions of this section contemplate simply a co-operation of the government agents with the Ktato veterinarian. The tate veterinarian has his duties expressly provided for in this act, which duties he should perform, uslDg bis own Judgment Judg-ment at all times." ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ANIMALS CAN BE KILLED For some time there has been a difference dif-ference of opinion between the state board of health and the state veterinarian veteri-narian with regard to the treatment and destruction of tuberculosis cattle. The state board of health claims that the government inspectors now in the field making tuberculin tests have the right to order Infected cattle to be destroyed nnd to superintend, tha destruction; in short, that they possess pos-sess the same powers as the state veterinarian. vet-erinarian. The state board of health claimed that the owner of infected animals could dispose of those parts of the animals ihnt were not Infected, and also the hides, but this toe ytate veterinarian denied. To ascertain the proper status of the various officials in the matter State Veterinarian Young addressed ihe following letter to Attorney General Barnes to obtain his opinion: "For the guidance of work in this department, will you kindly give me jour legal opinion as to th? method of procedure in cases where animals are afflicted with Incurable Infections or contagious discuses, and your construction con-struction of sections 4, 5. 9 and 11. The question on the latter section: Can federal inspectors act with tho same authority as the state veterinarian?" veteri-narian?" In rcplv Attorney' General Barnes has sent the following opinion to Dr. Young: "Your question is very broad I do not know exactly what parts of those sections you desire construed Section 4 provides for a rfiarantine of infected infect-ed premlKes In case of contagious nr Infectious diseases of all animals mentioned men-tioned in ihe act. I think the procedure proced-ure provided for is clear, and I can not see any necessity for a construction. construc-tion. Under the provisions of section sec-tion 3, where the promise have beet previously quarantined, the veterinarian veterin-arian Is authorized and empowered, when In bis Judgment It Is necessary, t.i cause a slaughter of the diseased animals upon such quarantined premises, prem-ises, and I think, also, the procedure provided for In this section can not be misunderstood. H appears that the authority to cause the slaughter of animals as provided for in section 3, goes no further hn the authority to slaughter diseased animals mentioned on premises which have previously been quarantined, but under the provisions pro-visions of section 6 it would seem that where am- animals mentioned iu the act have become Infected with any incurable in-curable disease, they may he con- ' deraned and destroyed without com- |