Compensation for poultry destroyed

An inspector may order that– (a) any infected poultry in an infected place shall be destroyed without compensation to the owner of the said poultry; 690 (b) all other poultry in an infected place which in his opinion have or may have had direct contact with infected birds shall be destroyed and compensation shall be paid from general revenue to the owner, equal to the full and current value of the poultry so destroyed, provided the sum does not exceed two dollars per head for fowls, ducks and guinea fowls and five dollars per head of turkeys and geese.