The Department may pay out of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly of this State a sum up to $1,000 for any equine, whose owner is a resident of this State, ordered destroyed, provided that the owner has submitted a claim for indemnity on forms prescribed by the Department and has complied with all quarantine regulations. The Department shall make the final determination as to the amount to be paid under this section.

3 Del. C. 1953, § ?7406; 57 Del. Laws, c. 725, § ?1;