COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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Tit. VIII, Ch.15. INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS. § 1740.
4 hundred forty-one to seventeen hundred fifty, inclusive, of the com-
5 piled code, and seventeen hundred thirty-three, seventeen hundred
6 forty and seventeen hundred forty-two-a one of this supplement, is
7 necessary for the public health and public welfare, and there is hereby
8 appropriated out of any money in the state treasury, not otherwise
9 appropriated, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually.
[38 G. A., ch. 287, § 17 ; 39 G. A., ch. 302, § 1.]
CHAPTER 15.
INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS.
SECTION 1740. Examination for tuberculosis—destruction—indemnity.
1 Owners of herds who desire to have their herds examined and
2 tested with a view to detecting the presence of tuberculosis, and with
3 a further view of freeing their herds from such disease, may apply
4 to the commission for testing and examination. A blank for such appli-
5 cation shall be furnished by the commission and shall include such an
6 agreement on the part of the person making the said application that
7 he will conform to and abide by the rules and regulations laid down
8 by said commission and follow the instructions of said commission
9 designated to prevent the reinfection of the herd and to suppress the
10 disease or prevent the spread thereof. Upon receiving such applica-
11 tion, or if herds or animals are examined on the commission's own
12 motion, the commission shall, as soon as practicable, cause such test
13 or an examination to be made.
14 The commission of animal health in passing upon applications
15 shall first consider and give prior action to all applicants for the testing
16 of dairy herds from which milk and milk products are sold, or offered
17 for sale in liquid or condensed form for human consumption in cities
18 and incorporated towns.
19 If, after such an examination, tubercular animals are found
20 therein, the said commission shall have authority to order such dis-
21 position of them as it considers most desirable and economical. Before
22 being tested, such animals shall be appraised at their cash value for
23 breeding, dairy or beef purposes by a representative of the commis-
24 sion, or a representative of the United States bureau of animal indus-
25 try, or both together, with the owner. If these can not agree as to
26 the amount of the appraisal, there shall be appointed three competent
27 and disinterested men, one appointed by the commission, one by the
28 owner, and the third by the first two, to appraise such animals, which
29 appraisal shall be final.
30 The expense of such appraisal shall be borne by the state. In the
31 case of pure-bred cattle, the pedigree shall be proved by certificate of
32 registry from the herd books where registered. If it is deemed advis-
33 able to slaughter an animal reacting to the tuberculin test, the owner
34 shall be paid from the funds of the state treasury not otherwise appro-
35 priated, a sum equal to one-third of the difference between the pro-
36 ceeds from the sale of the salvage, which the owner receives, and the
37 appraised breeding value of the animal, provided the state does not