Section 105-D. Indemnification for rabies  


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  • Each county shall be liable for
      damages resulting within the county to domestic animals from the disease
      known as rabies and indemnification therefor shall be made in the manner
      provided by this article. The term "domestic animals" as  used  in  this
      article  shall mean domesticated sheep, horses, cattle, swine and goats.
      Such indemnification shall not exceed the actual damage and shall in  no
      event exceed the sum of five hundred dollars for each animal in the case
      of  damage  to  horses  or cattle, or one hundred fifty dollars for each
      animal in the case  of  damage  to  swine,  goats  or  sheep,  provided,
      however,  that  in  the  case  of  registered  purebred  bovine  animals
      indemnification may be made in an amount not  to  exceed  seven  hundred
      dollars for each animal.
        The  board  of supervisors of each county shall have power to cause to
      be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner  as  other  charges
      against  the  county,  such  sums  of money as shall be necessary to pay
      indemnification on account of damages resulting from rabies as  provided
      in this article.