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 (Amendment No. 2 to p ^' 
 
 B. A. I. Order No. 144.) 
 
 United States Department of IAgfitllitu^, 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
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 U.S. DEPOSITORY 
 
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RULE 1, REVISION 2. -TO PREVENT THE 
 SPREAD OF SPLENETIC FEVER IN CATTLE. 
 
 Effective on and after August i, 1907. 
 
 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 infectious disease known as splenetic, 
 southern, or Texas fever is not now known to exist, or exists to a 
 slight extent only, among cattle in certain portions of the State of 
 California quarantined by Rule 1, Revision 2, dated March 22, 1907, 
 and effective April 15, 1907. 
 
 Now, therefore, I, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, 
 under authority of law, do hereby amend Rule 1, Revision 2, to prevent 
 the spread of splenetic fever in cattle. This amendment, which will be 
 effective on and after August 1, 1907, is designated as amendment 
 No. 2 to B. A. I. Order No. 144 and is as follows, to wit: 
 
 First. — That part of Exception 1 which describes the quarantine 
 line through the State of California is amended to read as follows : 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 Beginning on the Pacific coast where the northern boundar} r of San 
 Luis Obispo County connects with the Pacific Ocean ; thence easterly 
 along the northern boundary of San Luis Obispo County to the north- 
 western corner of Kern County ; thence southeasterly, easterly, and 
 northerly following the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of 
 Kern County to the northeast corner of said county ; thence easterly 
 along the northern boundary of San Bernardino Countj' to the one 
 hundred and sixteenth meridian west longitude ; thence south follow- 
 ing the one hundred and sixteenth meridian west longitude to the 
 southern boundary of San Bernardino County ; thence easterly along 
 the southern boundary of San Bernardino County to the eastern bound- 
 ary of the State of California; thence southerly along the eastern 
 boundary of the State of California to the international boundary. 
 
 Second. — Exception 2 is amended to read as follows: 
 
 Exception 2.— California. The island of Santa Rosa, a part of 
 Santa Barbara County, on account of being free from Texas fever in lec- 
 tion and being separated from the mainland, is not to be regarded as a 
 
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 part of the modified quarantined area. During the continuance of the 
 quarantine as herein established and modified no cattle of the modified 
 quarantined area of any State or Territory other than California shall 
 be moved or allowed to move into the counties of Santa Barbara, San 
 Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, and that portion of San Bernardino County 
 west of the one hundred and sixteenth meridian west longitude. 
 
 No cattle of the counties of Santa Barbara (except the island of 
 Santa Rosa), San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, that portion of San Ber- 
 nardino County west of the one hundred and sixteenth meridian west 
 longitude, and those portions of Madera and Fresno counties located 
 west of the right of way of the main line of the Southern Pacific Com- 
 pany shall be moved or allowed to move, except as provided for imme- 
 diate slaughter, to any point in the United States, not in the State of 
 California, which is located outside of the modified quarantined area, 
 until the said cattle shall have been inspected and found free of infec- 
 tion and a written permit for the shipment issued by an inspector of 
 the Bureau of Animal Industry, nor until permission shall have been 
 obtained in advance of the movement from the proper official of the 
 State or Territory into which the cattle are to be shipped. 
 
 Done at Washington this twenty-ninth day of 
 
 ^\ June ' 1907 - 
 [Sft Witness my hand and the seal of the Depart- 
 
 j\Q| ment of Agriculture. 
 
 James Wilson, 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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