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 B.A.I. Order 344 "'"ijNlV, Q? J^Jffe 11116 1934 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture"' 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUStlT^Tcr QF^OSlTORY 
 
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 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE APPRAISEMENT OF 
 AND COMPENSATION FOR TUBERCULOUS CATTLE 
 CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED UNDER THE PROVI- 
 SIONS OF PUBLIC NO. 142, SEVENTY-THIRD CONGRESS 
 
 Effective on and after June 12, 1934 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Office of the Secretary, 
 Washington, D.C., June 12, 1934. 
 
 Under the authority conferred by law upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 
 section 6 of the act of April 7, 1934 (Pubilc No. 142, 73d Cong.), the following 
 regulations are hereby prescribed, to govern the condemnation and slaughter 
 of animals affected with tuberculosis, and for the purpose of identification, 
 this order is designated B.A.I. Order 344. This order in no way affects 
 B.A.I. Order 329, effective July 1, 1931, or any amendment thereto. 
 
 The regulations of this order shall become and be effective on and after 
 June 12, 1934. 
 
 R. G. Tugwell, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 Regulation 1.— DEFINITIONS 
 
 For the purpose of these regulations the following words, names, and terms 
 shall be construed, respectively, to mean : 
 
 Section 1. The Department : The United States Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Secretary: The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Bureau: The Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States 
 Department of Agriculture. 
 
 Sec. 4. Disease: Tuberculosis of animals. 
 
 Sec. 5. Bureau employees: Inspectors and all other individuals employed in 
 the Bureau who are authorized by the Chief of Bureau to do any work or 
 perform any duty in connection with the arrest and eradication of diseases of 
 animals. 
 
 Sec. 6. Accredited veterinarians: Veterinarians accredited by State and 
 Bureau. 
 
 Sec. 7. Destroyed: Condemned and destroyed by slaughter or by death other- 
 wise. 
 
 Regulation 2.— COOPERATION WITH STATES, TERRITORIES, 
 COUNTIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES 
 
 The Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department 
 of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the States, Territories, counties, 
 or municipalities in the eradication of tuberculosis. 
 
 Regulation 3.— PAYMENT FOR TUBERCULOUS ANIMALS 
 
 Section 1. When it appears necessary to slaughter animals affected with 
 tuberculosis, and to compensate the owners for loss thereof, the Chief of the 
 Bureau of Animal Industry is authorized, within his discretion, to agree, 
 on the part of the Department, to pay the owners of such tuberculous animals 
 
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not more than $20 tor a grade animal or $50 for a purebred animal. The owner 
 shall not receive from all sources (1) a sum greater than the appraised value 
 of (he animal, or (2) a sum greater than would he received in case payment 
 was made under the provisions of B.A.I. Order 32i> or any amendment thereto. 
 The owner will receive the salvage for all animals slaughtered under these 
 regulations. 
 
 Regulation 4.— APPRAISAL OF CATTLE 
 
 Suction 1. Cattle affected with tuberculosis shall he appraised by a repre- 
 sentative of the Bureau or a cooperating representative of the State, Territory, 
 county, or municipality; if the owner refuses to accept such appraised value. 
 the animals shall be appraised by three disinterested parties, one of whom 
 shall he selected by ttie Bureau's representative, one by the cattle owner, and 
 the third by the two selected parties. Should an owner refuse to accept this 
 appraisal, no indemnity will be paid. 
 
 Sec. 2. The appraisals of all cattle shall be reported on forms provided for 
 this purpose by the Bureau, which the owner or his agent will be required to 
 sign before any payment is made for the slaughter of such cattle. 
 
 Sec. 3. The tuberculous cattle shall be destroyed within a period of 30 days 
 of the date of appraisal, except that in extraordinary and meritorious cases 
 and at the discretion of the Chief of Bureau, such time limit of 30 days may 
 be waived ; however, no such waiver shall be given in order to allow a cow* 
 to produce a calf. 
 
 Regulation 5.— EXPENSE OF DISINFECTION OF PREMISES AND CON- 
 VEYANCES, AND MARKETING OF TUBERCULOUS ANIMALS 
 
 Section 1. Stockyards, pens, cars, vessels, and other premises and convey- 
 ances shall be disinfected whenever necessary for the eradication of tuber- 
 culosis, by the owners thereof at their expense, under the supervision of 
 Bureau or State employees. 
 
 Regulation 6.— CLAIMS NOT ALLOWED 
 
 Section 1. No payment shall be made for any cattle destroyed on account 
 of tuberculosis unless the owner has complied with all lawful quarantine 
 regulations, and unless the owner shall have executed the necessary forms. 
 
 Sec 2. The Department will not allow claims arising out of the condemna- 
 tion of cattle for tuberculosis on a tuberculin test applied by other than a 
 Bureau veterinary inspector, a cooperating regularly employed State, Terri- 
 tory, county, or municipal veterinary inspector, or an accredited veterinarian. 
 
 Sec 3. No compensation Mill be paid to owners of tuberculous cattle except 
 for cattle in States, Territories, counties, or municipalities in which coopera- 
 tive tuberculosis eradication work is being conducted. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Department will not allow claims arising out of the condemna- 
 tion of cattle for tuberculosis on a tuberculin test by an accredited veterinarian, 
 except under specific instructions issued to him and signed by the proper 
 State and Federal authorities. 
 
 Sec. 5. No compensation will be paid to any owner of tuberculous cattle 
 whose entire herd is not under Federal and State supervision for the eradica- 
 tion of tuberculosis. 
 
 Sec. 0. No compensation will be paid to any owner for cattle destroyed on 
 account of tuberculosis until all infected premises have been properly cleaned 
 and disinfected with a disinfectant permitted by the United States Bureau of 
 Animal Industry in accordance with recommendations of the proper State or 
 Bureau officials. 
 
 Sec 7. No compensation will be paid for tuberculous steers, nor will com- 
 pensation be paid for bulls which are not purebred. 
 
 Sec 8. No compensation will be paid on any cattle introduced into a herd 
 under supervision, unless obtained from a herd under State and Federal super- 
 vision for the eradication of tuberculosis. 
 
 Sec 9. No payment shall be made for any cattle destroyed on account 
 of tuberculosis unless the animal shall be marked for identification by branding 
 the letter " T " on the left jaw, not less than 2 nor more than 3 inches high. 
 and by attaching to the left ear a metal tag bearing a serial number and the 
 inscription " U.S.B.A.I. Reactor ", or a similar State reactor tag. 
 
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 Sec. 10. No compensation will be paid to any owner for cattle classified as 
 tuberculous unless such cattle react to the tuberculin test or reveal lesions of 
 the disease upon autopsy. 
 
 Sec. 11. No payment shall be made for any cattle contained in a herd if, in 
 the opinion of the Chief of Bureau, there is substantial evidence that the 
 owner or his agent has in any way been responsible for any attempt unlaw- 
 fully or improperly to obtain indemnity funds for condemned cattle. 
 
 Sec. 12. No payment shall be made for any cattle slaughtered because of 
 being affected with tuberculosis under these regulations if any payment has 
 been or will be received under the provisions of B.A.I. Order 329, or any other 
 B.A.I, order, or any amendment thereto. 
 
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