NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1122
SENATE BILL 1241

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 106-323, RELATING TO THE PAYMENT BY THE STATE OF A PART OF THE VALUE OF CERTAIN ANIMALS DESTROYED ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 106-323, as the same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3 A of the General Statutes, and which now reads:
"If it appears to be necessary for the control or eradication of Bang's disease and tuberculosis and paratuberculosis in cattle, or glanders in horses and mules, to destroy such animals affected with such diseases and to compensate owners for loss thereof, the State Veterinarian is authorized, within his discretion, to agree on the part of the State, in the case of cattle destroyed for Bang's disease and tuberculosis, and paratuberculosis to pay one third of the difference between the appraised value of each animal so destroyed and the value of the salvage thereof: Provided, that in no case shall any payment by the State be more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any grade animal nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for any purebred animal; provided further, that the State indemnity shall not be in excess of the indemnity payments made by the federal government. In the case of horses or mules destroyed for glanders, to pay one half of the appraised value, said half not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00)."
is amended by adding a new paragraph thereto as follows:
"The State Veterinarian is also authorized, in his discretion, and subject to the maximum payment hereinabove provided, to purchase in the name of the State, cattle which have been exposed to Bang's disease, tuberculosis or paratuberculosis and horses and mules which have been exposed to glanders."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1974.