The Department of Agriculture may pay out of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly of the State one half of the difference between the appraised value and the salvage of all cattle that are condemned for tuberculosis by the Department of Agriculture or a veterinarian of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry working in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture. All cattle condemned for tuberculosis shall be appraised in a manner prescribed by the Department of Agriculture. No payment as compensation for any tubercular animal destroyed shall exceed two thirds of the difference between the appraised value of such animal and the value of the salvage thereof; and in no case shall any payment hereunder be more than $125 for any grade animal or more than $150 for any purebred animal, and no payment shall be made unless the owner has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 73. CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF CATTLE DISEASES
Subchapter I. Bovine Tuberculosis and Other Cattle Diseases
§ 7301. Importation of cattle.
§ 7302. Enforcement of importation requirements; rules and regulations.
§ 7303. Violations of importation requirements; penalties; jurisdiction.
§ 7304. Importation of Texas or Cherokee cattle; penalty.
§ 7305. Sale of animals with pleuro-pneumonia; penalties.
§ 7306. Possession of cattle having pleuro-pneumonia; notice; penalties.
§ 7307. Condemnation and disposal of cattle reacting to tuberculin test.
§ 7308. Conditions of payment for destruction of tubercular cattle.