M.S: 
 
 (B. A. I. Order 285.) 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
 RULE 1, REVISION 22.— TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SPLENETIC, 
 SOUTHERN, OR TEXAS FEVER IN CATTLE. 
 
 Effective on and after December 31, 1923. 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Office of the Secretary. 
 
 The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and 
 notice is hereby given, that the contagious and infectious disease 
 known as splenetic, southern, or Texas fever, exists in cattle in Bibb 
 and Washington Counties, Ala.; Iberia Parish, La.; and Anderson, 
 Brazos, Bell, Freestone, Lampasas, Lee, Robertson, Upshur, and 
 Wood Counties, Tex.; and that said-mentioned disease still exists 
 among cattle in other portions of the States of Alabama, Louisiana, 
 and Texas, and also in the following States and Territory, to wit: 
 Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 
 Virginia, and Porto Rico. 
 
 Now, therefore, I, Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, 
 under authority conferred b} T section 1 of the act of Congress ap- 
 proved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1264), do hereby quarantine the 
 areas hereinafter described; and do order by this rule 1, revision 22, 
 under the authority and discretion conferred on the Secretary of 
 Agriculture by section 3 of the said act of Congress approved March 
 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1265), that the interstate movement of cattle from 
 the areas herein quarantined shall be made only in accordance with 
 the regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture for the prevention of 
 the spread of splenetic, southern, or Texas fever in cattle. 
 
 AREAS QUARANTINED. 
 
 The following areas are quarantined for splenetic, southern, or 
 Texas fever in cattle : 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 The following counties and portions of counties are quarantined : 
 Bibb, Choctaw, Escambia, Shelby, and Washington Counties; that 
 portion of Jefferson County lying south and west of a line begin- 
 ning at the intersection of the western boundary of said county with 
 the line between townships 14 and 15 south, and running thence 
 east with said township line to the line between ranges 3 and 4 
 west, thence south with said range line to the line between town- 
 ships 17 and 18 south, thence west with said township line to the 
 line between ranges 4 and 5 west, thence south with said range line 
 to the line between townships 18 and 19 south, thence east with 
 said township line to the eastern boundary of said county, except 
 the area within the city limits of Birmingham; that portion of 
 Mobile County south of the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railway, ex- 
 
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cept the area within the city limits of Mobile; also that portion of 
 Mobile County comprising Dauphin Island. 
 
 ARKANSAS. 
 
 The following counties and portions of counties are quarantined : 
 Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Co- 
 lumbia, Crawford, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Carland, Grant, Hemp- 
 stead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little 
 River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, 
 Polk, Saline, Scott, Sevier, Union, White, and Yell; that portion 
 of Conway County south of the Arkansas River; also that portion 
 of said county north of the line between townships 7 and 8 north; 
 that portion of Jackson County lying west of the White River and 
 south of the township line between townships 10 and 11 north; 
 that portion of Pulaski County lying south and west of the follow- 
 ing described line : Beginning at a point where the Arkansas River 
 intersects the boundary line of Faulkner and Pulaski Counties, run- 
 ning thence along said river in a southeasterly direction to a point 
 where the Valley Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad inter- 
 sects said river, at the Union Station in the City of Little Rock, 
 and running thence along said railroad in a southeasterly direction 
 to a point where said railroad intersects the northern boundary line 
 of Saline County; and that portion of Van Buren County east of 
 the line between ranges 13 and 14 west. 
 
 FLORIDA. 
 
 The entire State of Florida is quarantined, except the counties of 
 Broward, Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. 
 
 GEORGIA. 
 
 The following counties are quarantined : Charlton, Clinch, Echols, 
 and Lanier. 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 
 The following parishes and portions of parishes are quarantined : 
 Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, De Soto, 
 Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Lafayette, La Salle, 
 Livingston, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, 
 St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Union, Vernon, Washing- 
 ton, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn; all that portion of Cald- 
 well Parish lying west of the Ouachita River; all that portion of 
 Catahoula Parish lying west of the Ouachita and Black Rivers; all 
 that portion of Red River Parish lying east of the Red River; and 
 all that portion of Ouachita Parish lying west of the Ouachita River. 
 
 MISSISSIPPI. 
 
 The following counties are quarantined: Clarke, Covington, For- 
 rest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson 
 Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Simp- 
 son, Smith, Stone, Walthall, and Wayne. 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 The following counties and portions of counties are quarantined : 
 Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Hyde, Jones, 
 Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Tyrrell, and Washington ; that portion of 
 Beaufort County lying south of the Pamlico River ; and all of Dare 
 
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 County except that portion known as the Banks, bounded on the 
 south by the Oregon Inlet, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the 
 north by the Banks of Currituck County, and on the west by Cur- 
 rituck Sound, including Colington Island. 
 
 OKLAHOMA. 
 
 The following counties and portions of counties are quarantined: 
 Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha, and Sequoyah: that portion of 
 Le Flore County lying east and south of the following-described line : 
 Beginning on the line between Oklahoma and Arkansas where same 
 is intersected by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, and 
 running thence westerly, following said railroad, to the line between 
 ranges 26 and 27 east: thence south to the northwest corner cf sec- 
 tion 30, township 6 north, range 27 east; thence west to the north- 
 west corner of section 26, township 6 north, range 26 east ; thence 
 south to the northwest corner of section 2, township 5 north, range 
 26 east ; thence west to the northwest corner of section 5. township 5 
 north, range 26 east; thence south to the line between townships -i 
 and 5 north: thence west on said township line to the line between 
 ranges 25 and 26 east ; thence south on said range line to the ridge of 
 the Kiamichi Mountains: thence in a westerly direction, following the 
 ridge of said mountain, to the east line of Pushmataha County ; and 
 that portion cf Choctaw County lying east of a line beginning on 
 the north line of Choctaw County at its intersection by the St. Louis- 
 San Francisco Railway and running thence southeasterly following 
 said railroad to the line between townships 5 and 6 south: thence 
 east following said township line to the northeast corner of section 
 2, township 6 south, range 17 east: thence south along section line 
 to line between townships 6 and 7 south ; thence west along said town- 
 ship line to the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway : thence in a south- 
 easterly direction, following the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, 
 to Red River. 
 
 PORTO RICO. 
 
 The entire territory is quarantined. 
 
 TEXAS. 
 
 The following counties and portions of counties are quarantined : 
 Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, 
 Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, 
 Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, 
 Eastland, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Goliad, 
 Gonzales, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris. Hays, Hen- 
 derson, Hidalgo, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, 
 Karnes, Kinney, Kleburg. La Salle, Lampasas, Lee. Lavaca, Leon, 
 Liberty, Live Oak. McMullen, Marion, Matagorda, Madison, Maver- 
 ick. Medina, Milam. Montgomery, Xacadoches. Xewton, Xueces, 
 Orange. Panola, Polk, Refugio, Robertson, Rusk, Sabine, San Augus- 
 tine. San Jacinto, San Patriocio, Shelby, Somervel, Starr, Trinity, 
 Tyler, L valde. L^pshur, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker. Waller, Wash- 
 ington, Webb, Wharton, Willacy. Wilson, Wood, Zapata, and Za- 
 valla : that portion of Brooks County lying south of 27° north 
 latitude: that portion of Duval County lying north of a line be- 
 ginning where the Jaboncilles Creek intersects the eastern boundary 
 line of Duval County, and running thence northwest along. said 
 
creek to a point where it intersects the National of Mexico Rail- 
 road, thence along said railroad in a southwesterly direction to 
 the point where said railroad intersects the southern boundary line 
 of Duval County; that portion of Jim Wells County lying north 
 and east of Conception Creek; that portion of Lamar County lying 
 north of the following-described line : Beginning at a point where 
 the Texas & Pacific Railway crosses the Red River and Lamar 
 County line, and running thence on the south right-of-way fence 
 line of the Texas & Pacific Railway to the intersection of said fence 
 and the west line of Lamar County; and all of Kenedy County, 
 except that portion lying within a line beginning at a point where 
 the Kenedy-Brooks County line intersects the south line of the San 
 Antonio del Insenal grant, and running thence east along the south 
 line of the said grant to a fence separating the pastures of Ed. C. 
 Lasater from those of the Kennedy Pasture Co., thence south 
 along the said pasture fence to the southwest corner of the pasture 
 belonging to the said Kennedy Pasture Co., thence east along the 
 fence separating the pasture of Ed. C. Lasater from those belong- 
 ing to the said Kennedy Pasture Co., to its intersection with the 
 north and south fence separating the pastures of the Armstrong ranch 
 from those belonging to Ed. C. Lasater, thence south along said 
 fence to where it joins a fence separating the pasture of Mrs. H. M. 
 King from the pasture of Ed. C. Lasater, thence in a westerly and 
 southerly direction along said fence, separating the pasture of Mrs. 
 H. M. King from the pasture of Ed. C. Lasater, to the Brooks- 
 Kenedy County line, thence north along the Brooks-Kenedy County 
 line to place of beginning. 
 
 In the State of Texas, where a line of railroad separates the 
 quarantined from the free area, shipping points are reserved for non- 
 infected cattle as follows: Realitos, Duval County; and Paris, 
 Brookston, and Petty, Lamar County. 
 
 VIRGINIA. 
 
 The counties of Southampton, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, and all 
 of Surry County, except the Guilford magisterial district and court- 
 house precinct of Cobham magisterial district, are quarantined. 
 
 FEEDING STATIONS FOR NONINFECTED CATTLE. 
 
 Cattle not of the quarantined area and cattle of the quarantined 
 area, when properly dipped, inspected, or certified in accordance with 
 the bureau requirements, may be transported interstate by rail 
 through the quarantined area, and when unloaded therein for rest, 
 feed, and water, shall be handled in properly equipped noninfectious 
 pens, set apart for such cattle at the stock pens of the Missouri 
 Pacific Railroad Co. at Texarkana and McGhee, Ark. ; the stock pens 
 of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. at Boonville and 
 Biddle, Ark. ; the stock pens of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway 
 Co. at Pine Bluff, Ark.; and the stock pens of the Kansas City 
 Southern Railway Co. at Mena, Ark. ; the Jacksonville Union Stock- 
 yards at Jacksonville, Fla. ; the National Stockyards at Jacksonville, 
 Fla. ; the stock pens of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Texas 
 & Pacific Railway at Alexandria, La. ; the stock pens of the Missis- 
 sippi Development Board at Hattiesburg, Miss.; the stockyards of 
 the International & Great Northern Railway at Laredo, Tex.; the 
 
Union Stockyards at San Antonio, Tex.; the Union Stockyards at 
 Houston, Tex.; the stock pens of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass 
 Railway at Yoakum, Tex. ; the stock pens of the Galveston, Harris- 
 burg & San Antonio Railway (Southern Pacific lines) at Palacios, 
 Tex.; the stock pens of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway at 
 Cisco, Tex.; the stock pens of the Texas & Pacific Railway Co. at 
 Longview Junction, Tex.; the stock pens of the Southern Pacific 
 Railway Co. (Englewood), Houston, Tex.; the stock pens of the 
 Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. at Bellville and Temple, 
 Tex. ; the stock pens of the International & Great Northern Railway 
 at Palestine, Tex.; and at such other points as may from time to 
 time be authorized by the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
 provided such pens and the platforms, chutes, and alleyways lead- 
 ing thereto have been cleaned and disinfected under the supervision 
 of an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and are con- 
 structed and maintained in accordance with the specifications set' out 
 in the regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent the 
 spread of splenetic fever in cattle. 
 
 INTERPRETATION. 
 
 This rule 1, revision 22, shall be construed in connection with the 
 regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture for the prevention of the 
 spread of splenetic, southern, or Texas fever in cattle, and is subject 
 to amendment or revision on statutory notice. 
 
 Rule 1, revision 21 (B. A. I. Order 279), dated November 7, 1922, 
 effective December 10, 1922, and amendment 1 thereto, shall cease to 
 be effective on and after December 31, 1923, on and after which date 
 this rule 1, revision 22, which for purposes of identification is desig- 
 nated as B. A. I. Order 285, shall become and be effective until other- 
 wise ordered. 
 
 The effect of this order is as follows : 
 
 In Alabama, Bibb and Washington Counties are requarantined. 
 
 In Arkansas, St. Francis County, the remainder of Faulkner and 
 Lonoke Counties, and a portion of Pulaski County are released from 
 quarantine. 
 
 In Georgia the following counties are released from quarantine: 
 Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Liberty, and Long. 
 
 In Louisiana, Iberia Parish is requarantined. 
 
 In North Carolina the following counties are released from quar- 
 antine: Bertie, Camden, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans, and a por- 
 tion of Beaufort and Dare Counties. 
 
 In Texas the following counties are requarantined: Brazos, Bell, 
 Freestone, Lampasas, Lee, Robertson, Upshur, Wood, and the re- 
 mainder of Anderson County. 
 
 The existing quarantine of areas in the States of Florida, Missis- 
 sippi, Oklahoma, and Virginia, and the Territory of Porto Rico is 
 continued. 
 
 Done at the City of Washington this 5th day of De- 
 cember, 1923. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Department of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 Henry C. Wallace, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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