Recapitulation: Cattle, 23,880; hogs, 32,847; sheep, 1,232. Number animals, 57,959; one-half approximate valuation, $975,563.48. 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the Governor, to issue his warrants upon the State treasury for the aforesaid sums of money, payable to the said respective parties for the several sums as indicated in section one (1) of this Act to each respective claimant or to his or their respective legal representatives and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 3. WHEREAS, An emergency exists; therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Springfield, Illinois, March 16, 1915. We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete list of the number of the animals slaughtered within the State of Illinois on account of foot-and-mouth disease under the direction of the State and Federal authorities, together with a statement of fifty per cent (50%) of the appraised valuation placed thereon, and the names of the several owners. This information is now on file in and forms a part of the records of the offices of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry and the Illinois State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. S. E. BENNETT, per O. E. D., Inspector in Charge United States Bureau of Animal Industry. B. J. SHANLEY, per O. E. D., Chairman State Board of Live C. A. LOWERY, Secretary State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. APPROVED May 20th, 1915. Preamble. O. E. DYSON State Veterinarian, State of Illinois. RELIEF-FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, CLAIMS (2). 1. Appropriates $104,609.17 to persons named for payment of 50 per cent losses incurred on account of foot and mouth disease, veterinary services, etc. § 2. How drawn. § 3. Emergency. (HOUSE BILL No. 885. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT to provide for the payment of fifty per cent of the expense, costs and charges for burying, disinfecting premises, disinfectants, serum, certain claims for animals slaughtered, and assistant veterinarians' services, paid out and provided on account of the slaughter of live stock to suppress the foot-and-mouth disease, and to make an appropriation therefor. WHEREAS, A contagious and infectious disease known as foot-andmouth disease, to which cattle, sheep, other ruminants and swine are highly susceptible, has been prevalent in Illinois (as well as many other States) since November 1, 1914, and WHEREAS, The fact has been determined that the only effective means of eradicating said disease is by the slaughter of all animals affected with or known to have been exposed to the contagion thereof, and WHEREAS, In order to protect the live stock interests within the State as well as those of the country at large, many residents of the State have been compelled to subject cattle, sheep, and swine to slaughter in order to facilitate the complete eradication of foot-and-mouth disease within the State, and WHEREAS, In the eradication of said disease it became necessary to bury live stock, disinfect the premises where such disease occurred. and other places, purchase and procure disinfectants, and to procure and have the services of veterinarians and to incur other expenses and charges in that behalf, and WHEREAS, The United States Government has paid or provided for the payment of fifty per cent of the losses sustained on account of the slaughter of such live stock and fifty per cent of a large number of claims for burying, disinfecting, disinfectants and veterinarians' services, as aforesaid, and it is just and equitable that the State should contribute a like amount to the payment of such claims, and that in certain cases the State should pay the full amount of costs and charges as hereinafter set forth, therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of one hundred fourteen thousand, three hundred ninety seven and 83/100 dollars ($114,397.83), [$104,609.17] or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse and pay one-half of the costs, charges and expenses incurred for burying live stock, disinfecting premises, and other property, and for property necessarily destroyed other than live stock, except as hereinafter set forth, in the eradication of said disease; for disinfectants and for veterinarians' services, and the full amount of certain claims for expenses necessarily incurred by the State of Illinois, as hereinafter set forth, for the suppression of the foot-and-mouth disease, in accordance with the report of the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners of the State of Illinois and the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States, presented herewith to the following named persons in the several and respective sums as hereinafter stated, to-wit: EXPENSE OF BURIAL OF ANIMALS DESTROYED ON ACCOUNT OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The following amounts have been paid by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, which is 50% of the total amounts, leaving equal amounts to be paid by the State of Illinois: By Whom Buried. Address. Owner of Herd Buried. Illinois. To W. H. Oller of Mendon Ills.......W. H. Oller berg Amount to be Paid by State of .$ 21.32 29.85 25.00 36.00 40.50 54.68 20.00 52.80 14.15 33.00 29.93 48.69 21.60 87.38 38.63 39.30 Amount to be Paid by State of By Whom Buried. Owner of Herd Buried. Illinois. Address. J. H. Weisenberger...$ To H. G. Prior of Wyanet, Ills....... H. G. Prior To Allanson & Elliott of Mt. Carroll, .Allanson & Elliott.... G. W. Wolfenberger.. To Roy I. Frey of Lanark, Ills.......Bolinger & Frey To Joseph Grim of Milledgeville, Ills.Joseph Grim Ills. Ills. To M. L. Woessner of Shannon, Ills..Truckenmiller & Woes ner To First Nat'l Bank of Lanark, Ills.. .S. F. Van Brocklin. 51.75 52.75 23.93 34.44 7.00 12.20 44.34 172.50 52.91 5.00 49.75 31.87 20.50 212.85 177.67 70.12 24.00 15.00 34.00 127.75 55.50 102.58 26.38 18.12 .... To L. E. Stribling of Ashland, Ills...L. E. Stribling 28.80 Amount to be Paid Address. Owner of Herd Buried. Illinois. ..... By Whom Buried. To Charles Pierce of Elgin, Ills......H. C. Barthelt Chicago, Ills. ... ... To Brasel & Beinhoff of Barrington, To Henry Harpster of Midland City, by State of .$ 7.50 40.00 65.15 45.00 5.75 45.00 14.50 Son, 50.00 87.50 32.50 38.50 57.75 45.00 20.00 73.00 16.67 15.13 To Otis Marvel of Waynesville, Ills... Otis Marvel ... Daniel Fetherolff To P. J. Gates of Tuscola, Ills.......P. J. Gates To A. Hiltenbrand & Son of Naper- |