2006 Kansas Code - 47-636

      47-636.   Petition for reimbursement for horses killed on account of glanders; limitation. That whenever a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners of any county signed by ten taxpayers who are neighbors of any person who has suffered loss by the killing of any of his horses by order or direction of the public authorities on account of such horses being afflicted with glanders, the board of county commissioners may, at their discretion, contribute out of the general fund of the county an amount of money toward reimbursing the owner of the horses so destroyed: Provided, That in no case shall the county contribute any sum in excess of fifty percent of the reasonable market value of the horses, which value shall be estimated as if the horses had been in a healthy condition at the time of their destruction: Provided, That no more than one hundred and fifty dollars be paid for any one animal.

      History:   L. 1911, ch. 314, § 1; May 22; R.S. 1923, 47-636.