Section 15
SEC. 15. By order of the accountable officer or agent, infected or diseased public animals may be killed to prevent contagion or terminate suffering; articles infected with contagious or infectious disease, and stores which have become so deteriorated as to endanger hearth or injure other stores, may be destroyed; but in every case of this character disinterested witnesses as to the facts will be procured and a committee or inspector will be requested to proceed in accordance with the provisions of section nine of this Act. TRANSFERS OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.