Whenever any owner of any animal so killed or wounded or any railroad company or corporation or the assignee or lessee thereof submits any such claim for killing or damaging of livestock to the state board of stock inspection commissioners for determination as to what damage if any shall be paid by said railroad company, the finding of said state board of stock inspection commissioners in regard thereto shall be considered as an arbitration thereof. The finding of said board shall be final and shall also be so accepted by the said owner or his authorized agent or by said railroad company or corporation, and the state board of stock inspection commissioners shall have the right to make such investigation, through its inspectors or otherwise, as it may think necessary in order to determine the just and equitable amount that should be paid as damages or it may determine that no damages shall be paid, as the facts may warrant.
Source: L. 11: p. 405, § 9. C.L. § 2871. CSA: C. 139, § 57. CRS 53: § 116-8-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-8-10.