Annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry. v. 4/5, 1887/88, Volumes 4-5

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889
 

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Page 313 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States.
Page 6 - ... be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 6 - Said inspectors shall have the power to call on sheriffs, constables, and peace officers to assist them in the discharge of their duties...
Page 40 - An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals" ; and to co-operate with the authorities of the United States in the enforcement of the provisions of said act.
Page 6 - The inspectors of the bureau of animal industry of the United States shall have the right of inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of animals affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or suspected...
Page 40 - ... into the District to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for and to require the destruction of animals affected with contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and carcasses; to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent infection or contagion being communicated, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture...
Page 6 - ... shall be paid by the United States, and in no case shall this State be liable for any damages or expenses of any kind under the provisions of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
Page 319 - ... knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; nor shall any person, company, or corporation drive on foot or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory...
Page 319 - ... provided, that the so-called splenetic or Texas fever shall not be considered a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease within the meaning of sections four, five, six, and seven of this act, as to cattle being transported by rail to market for slaughter when the same are unloaded only to be fed and watered in lots on the way thereto.
Page 319 - SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify in writing the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company doing business in or through any infected locality, and by publication in such newspapers as he may select, of the existence of said contagion ; and any person or persons operating any such railroad, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, or owner or custodian of or person having control over such cattle or other...

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