#4.5:2 Issued June Is, 1!»1 i. (B. A. I. Order 210.) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INTERSTATE MOVE- MENT OF LIVE STOCK, Effective July 1, 1914. (Superseding previous regulations on this subject.) CONTENTS. Page. Regulation 1. General provisions 2 Regulation 2. To prevent the spread of splenetic fever in cattle 5 Regulation 3. To prevent the spread of scabies in cattle 15 Regulation 4. To prevent the spread of scabies in sheep 21 Regulation 5. To prevent the spread of hog cholera and swine plague 25 Regulation 6. To prevent the spread of dourine in horses and asses 2 ; Regulation 7. To prevent the spread of lip-and-leg ulceration in cattle, sheep, and swine • 27 Regulation 8. To prevent the spread of tuberculosis in cattle and swine— 2S Regulation 9. To prevent the spread of glanders in horses, mules, and asses 2S Information for the guidance of carriers and others relative to the feed- ing, watering, and resting of live stock in course of interstate trans- portation Acts of Congress 30 United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C '., May 20, 1914. Under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by the provisions of the acts of Congress, approved May 29, L884 (23 Stat., 31), February 2, 1903 (32 Stat,, 791), and March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1264), as amended by the act approved March 4, 1913 (37 46275°— 14 1 2 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. Stat., 828, 831), the following regulations are hereby prescribed for the inspection, disinfection, certification, treatment, handling, and method and manner of delivery and shipment of live stock which is the subject of interstate commerce. For purposes of identification, these regulations are designated as B. A. I. Order No. 210. The regulations heretofore issued by the Secretary of Agriculture on this subject, under date of March 22, 1907, effective on and after April 15, 1907, and all amendments thereto (B. A. I. Order 143), are hereby revoked, to take effect on July 1, 1914, on and after which date the regulations herein prescribed shall become and be effective until otherwise ordered. D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture. REGULATION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. (Acts of May 29, 1884, Feb. 2, 1903, and Mar. 3, 1905.) DEFINITION OF INTERSTATE. Section 1. Wherever in these regulations, or in the rules based thereon, the word " interstate " is used, it shall be construed to mean " between one State or the District of Columbia and another State or the District of Columbia." RULE GOVERNING QUARANTINE, ETC., OF DISEASED LIVE STOCK. Section 2. When the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the fact that cattle or other live stock in a State or in the District of Columbia are affected with any contagious, infectious, or communi- cable disease notice will be given of that fact. A rule will be issued placing in quarantine all or a portion of the State or the District of Columbia in which the disease exists, and this rule will either abso- lutely forbid the interstate movement of live stock from the quaran- tined area or will indicate the regulations under which interstate movements may be made. OWNERS, ETC., TO EXERCISE CARE IN OFFERING ANIMALS FOR TRANSPORTA- TION. Section 3. Before offering cattle or other live stock for interstate transportation, or so transporting them, or introducing them into any public stockyards or upon routes of traffic for interstate transporta- tion, all persons or corporations are required to exercise reasonable diligence to ascertain that such animals are not affected with any mmicable disease, and have not been exposed to the contagion or infection of disease by contact with other animals so diseased or REGULATIONS — INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. 6 by location in or upon, pons, premises, cars, or other vehicles that have contained diseased animals. DISINFECTION OF PREMISES, CARS, BOATS, ETC. Section I. Paragraph /. — Except as hereinafter provided for in these regulations, premises, cars, boats, and other vehicles that have contained diseased cattle or other live stock shall not be used in the interstate transportation of healthy animal- until the said premises, car-, boats and other vehicles shall have been thoroughly clean- all loose litter and other material and disinfected with a solution made with 6 ounces of 95 per cent pure liquid carbolic acid to each gallon of water, or a solution containing 4 ounces of cresol compound U. S. P. to each gallon of water. When either disinfectant is used sufficient lime (not to exceed 1^ pounds for each gallon) should be added to show where it has been applied. Paragraph 2. — Cars, boats, and other vehicles for use in the inter- state transportation of healthy and nonexposed cattle or other live stock shall first be cleaned and disinfected as provided in para- graph 1 of this section, unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction. of the inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry either that said cars or other vehicles have been cleaned and disinfected under these regulations and have not carried or contained diseased or exposed animals since that cleaning and disinfection, or that the cars have never been used for the transportation of diseased or exposed animals. DISINFECTION OF STOCKYARDS AND FEEDING STATIONS. Section 5. Public stockyards and feeding stations, and approaches, chutes, alleys, and pens thereof which have contained diseased or exposed animals shall, before healthy or nonexposed animals for interstate transportation are placed therein, be cleaned and dis- infected as provided in section 4 of this regulation. Failure to clean and disinfect said places will subject them to quarantine. INSPECTION OF SHIPMENTS IN TRANSIT. Section 6. When deemed necessary, interstate shipments of live stock will be stopped in transit for inspection and disposition, and all persons and corporations having control of the transportation of such live stock shall cease the carriage or transit thereof upon receipt of an order from an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall submit the shipment to inspection. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS TO PREVENT DISEASE. Section 7. When in order to prevent the spread of a disease it becomes necessary to slaughter any diseased or exposed live stock and 4 EEGULATIONS — INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. the purchase of such live stock by the United States is authorized by law and an appropriation is available therefor, the value of the live- stock shall be ascertained and compensation made therefor either by agreement with the owner or by appraisement in the manner pro- vided by the law of the State wherein the owner of the live stock has his legal residence. INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION BY BUREAU. Section 8. Where inspection and certification are required by the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise stated, inspection and certification by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry are meant, and such inspection and certification will be furnished without the payment of inspection fees. However, proper facilities for restraining animals and assistance shall be provided in order that a careful inspection may be made, and the inspector while making the inspection must not be interfered with in any manner, otherwise inspection will be immediately discontinued. SHIPMENTS DIVERTED IN TRANSIT. Section 9. Interstate shipments of live stock of any quarantined area that are not accompanied by a certificate of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry showing freedom from disease or from exposure thereto, shall not be diverted en route to feed lots or to other States for feeding, stocking, or breeding purposes unless first in- spected and certified by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. REMOVAL OF LIVE STOCK TO FREE AREA WITHIN STATE. Section 10. No live stock shall be trailed or driven or hauled in private conveyances from the quarantined area in any State to any point in the same State not included in the quarantined area and subsequently delivered to a transportation company for shipment to any other State, except in compliance with the regulations. CERTIFICATES COVERING INTERSTATE MOVEMENTS. Section 11. Paragraph 1. — The certificates of inspection or treat- ment issued by the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry cov- ering the interstate movement of live stock shall in all cases accom- pany the live stock to destination. Paragraph 2. — Where interstate certification covering the move-- ment of live stock is hereinafter provided for in these regulations, the certificates shall become the property of the transportation com- pany and shall be filed with the billing for future reference. REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LI VI' BTOOK. 5 REGULATION 2. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SPLENETIC, SOUTHERN, OR TEXAS FEVER IN CATTLE. (Acts of Feb. 2, 1903, and Mar: 3, 1906.) ADOPTION OF STATE QUARANTINE. Section 1. Whenever any State located within an area quarantined by the Secretary of Agriculture for splenetic, southern, or "> fever shall duly establish a State quarantined area different from the quarantined area established by the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall obtain the legislation requisite to enforce said State quarantine strictly and completely within the boundaries of said State, the Secretary of Agriculture will, if the said State quarantine be e factory, adopt by a rule 1 said State quarantine, and the State quar- antine thus adopted shall define the limits of that portion of the Federal quarantined area. MODIFICATION OF STATE QUARANTINE. Section 2. Whenever any State under authority of law shall establish a State quarantine for splenetic fever which differs from the quarantine established by the Secretary of Agriculture for the said disease and shall desire a modification of the area quarantined by the Secretary of Agriculture, the proper officer of the said State shall forward to the Secretary of Agriculture a true map or description of such State quarantine and a duly authenticated copy of the laws and regulations relating to the establishment and enforcement of the quarantine. INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF CATTLE TO PLACES WHERE STATE PROHIBITION EXISTS. Section 3. Cattle of the quarantined area of any State shall not at any time be transported, driven, or allowed to drift therefrom to any portion of the quarantined area of any other State to which. the movement of cattle of the quarantined area is prohibited within the State itself by the State authorities thereof. INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS OF CATTLE FOR IMMEDIATE SLAUGHTER. Section 4. Paragraph 1. — Interstate shipments of cattle from the quarantined area may be made at any time by rail or boat for im- mediate slaughter: Provided, That permission is first obtained from the proper official of the State or the District of Columbia, as the case *A " Rule to prevent the spread of splenetic fever In cattle " is in effect throughout the entire year. This rule prescriix's quarantined area in the respective States and should be considered in connection with these regulations. Copies of tin- rule may be obtaiuod from the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C 6 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE* STOCK. may be, at place of destination: And provided further, That in their movement the provisions contained in paragraphs 2 to 13, hereinafter set out in this section, are strictly observed and complied with in all interstate movements of cattle of the quarantined area to points out- side the quarantined area except only those movements authorized and accompanied by certificates of inspection or treatment issued by in- spectors of the Bureau of Annual Industry. Paragraph 2. — Cattle of the quarantined area when received at destinations outside of the quarantined area, or which in course of in- terstate transportation from the quarantined area are unloaded at a point not within the quarantined area to be fed or watered, or for other purposes, shall be handled over platforms, chutes, and alleys, and placed in yards reserved for cattle of the quarantined area, and such quarantine yards shall not be used for horses, mules, or asses. Such yards, alleys, chutes, and platforms shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the specifications set out below: (a) The outside fences inclosing such quarantine yards, and the fences on either side of the alleys, chutes, and platforms leading thereto shall be tight board fences not less than 6 feet high on the inside. (b) If such yards, alleys, chutes, and platforms are adjacent to yards, alleys, chutes, and platforms for cattle not of the quarantined area, there shall be between them a space not less than 10 feet wide, which shall be inaccessible to live stock; this space shall be limited on one side by the 6-foot fence required by specification (a) and on the other side* by a similar fence. The remaining space around such yards shall be limited as in specification (c) following. (c) If such yards, alleys, chutes, and platforms are isolated from other yards, alleys, chutes, or platforms, there shall be built and main- tained outside thereof on all sides to which cattle of the vicinity might otherwise approach a well-constructed cattle-proof fence not less than 5 feet high and not less than 15 feet from the 6-foot fence required by specification (a). (d) The only means of egress from yards for cattle of the quar- antined area in transit shall be by way of the alleys, chutes, and plat- forms inclosed by 6-foot fences, as required by specification (a), to cars for reforwarding, and under no circumstances shall there exist any connection between such yards and the yards for cattle not of the quarantined area or other adjacent premises. (e) The yards reserved for cattle of the quarantined area shall be so located, or such drainage facilities shall be provided therefor, that water therefrom will not flow onto the adjacent property. (/) The yards reserved for cattle of the quarantined area shall be marked by a conspicuous sign bearing the words " QUAKANTINE SIMULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LT K. 7 YABDS" or "QUARANTINE PENS" id Letters do( Less than 10 inches in height. Paragraph 8. — If cattle not of the quarantined area be driven over platforms, chutes, or alleys, or placed in the yards reserved for cattle of the quarantined area, such cattle shall thereafter be treated in all respects as if they were actually of the quarantined area: like- wise, if cattle of the quarantined area or originating on quarantined or infected premises are moved to a point outside of the quarantined area or from such quarantined or infected premises without first having been treated as required by this regulation for movement as noninfected cattle, the stock pens, cars, and other premises, and any cattle with which they may have come in contact shall be considered in all respects as quarantined premises and cattle until treated in accordance with this regulation. Paragraph 4- If> f° r any reason, such as unavoidable delays or wrecks, it is necessary to unload cattle of the quarantined area which are being transported as " southern cattle " into pens or yards which have not been specially provided and reserved for that purpose as hereinbefore indicated, the premises shall be disinfected as provided by paragraphs 9 and 10 of this section, and the transportation com- pany shall immediately report the transaction by telegraph to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. Such report shall include the information indicated below: (a) Nature of emergency. (b) Place where the cattle were unloaded. (o) Original points of shipment and destination. ((/) Number and initials of the original car; also number and initials of the car into which the cattle are reloaded in case the original car is not used. Paraqrayh 5. — The transportation companies shall securely affix to both sides of all cars or boats carrying interstate shipments of cattle from the quarantined area (except those accompanied by certificates of inspection or treatment issued by inspectors of the Bureau of Ani- mal Industry covering shipments of cattle as provided in section S hereof) durable placards not less than 5^ by 8 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black ink and in bold-faced letters not than U inches in height the words "SOUTHERN CATTLE." These placards shall also show the name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of the shipment (which must correspond with the date of the waybills and other papers), the name of the trans- portation company, and the name of the place of destination. Each of the waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading pertaining to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words " SOUTHERN CATTLE " plainly written or stamped upon its face. 8 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. Whenever such shipments are transferred to another transportation compan}' or into other cars or boats, or are rebilled or reconsigned from any point not in the quarantined area to a point other than the original destination, the cars or boats into which said cattle are trans- ferred and the new waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading covering said shipment by cars or boats shall be marked :is herein specified for cars or boats carrying said cattle from the quarantined area, and for the billing, etc., covering the same. If for any reason the placards required by this regulation are removed from the car or boat or are destroyed or rendered illegible they shall be immediately replaced by the transportation company or its agents, the intention being that legible placards designating the shipment as c; southern cattle " shall be maintained on the car or boat from the time such shipments leave the shipping point in the quarantined area until they are unloaded at final destination and the cars or boats s re treated as hereinafter specified. Paragraph 6. — No car or boat containing an interstate shipment of cattle of the quarantined area shall receive on board cattle which are not of the' quarantined area. Interstate shipments of cattle of the quarantined area shall not be made to points outside of said quaran- tined area unless proper facilities have been provided for unloading the said cattle directly into pens or yards specially provided and re- served for such cattle. Paragraph 7. — Cars required by section 10 of this regulation to be cleaned and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner: Remove all litter and manure from all portions of the cars, in- cluding the ledges and framework outside; wash the exterior and interior of the car until clean and saturate the entire interior surface, including the inner surfaces of the car doors, with the disinfecting material described in paragraph 10 of this section. Paragraph 8. — Boats required by section 10 of this regulation to be cleaned and disinfected shall be treated in the following manner: Remove all litter and manure from the decks, stalls, and all other parts of the boat occupied or traversed by such cattle and from the portable chutes or other appliances or fixtures used in loading and unloading same and wash them until clean, and saturate the entire surface of the decks, stalls, or other parts of the boat occupied or traversed by the cattle or with which they may have come in contact or which have contained litter or manure with the disinfecting material described in paragraph 10 of this section. Paragraph 9. — Yards, pens, chutes, and alleys required by para- graph 4 of this section to be disinfected shall be treated in the fol- lowing manner : Empty all troughs, racks, or other feeding or water- ing facilities and wash them until clean ; remove all litter and manure from the floors, posts, or other parts and wash them until clean; REGULATION- [NTEBSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. 9 and .-at iii-ate the entire surface of the fencing, troughs, chutes, floor-, Avails, and other parts with the disinfecting materia] described in tlie following paragraph. ragraph 10. — As materials for the disinfection of can . chutes, and alleys which have contained cattle of the qua tined area one of those indicated below shall be used: (a) A solution made with 6 ounces of 95 per cent pure liquid carbolic acid to each gallon of water, or (b) a solution containing 4 ounces of cres pound U. S. P. to each gallon of water. When either disinfectant is used, sufficient lime (not to exceed U pounds for each gallon) should be added to show where it has been applied. Paragraph 11. — The litter and manure removed from cars, boats, or other vehicles, and from pens, chutes, alleys, or other premises or inclosures which have contained cattle of the quarantined area shall be so located or stored that noninfected cattle can not come in contact with it unless disinfected by saturating it with any disin- fecting material specified in the preceding paragraph of the strength and composition indicated therein. Such litter and manure may be stored without disinfection during the period from February 1 to October 31, inclusive, of each year; and when so stored the storage space should be tightly inclosed and shall be so situated or so sur- rounded by cattle-proof fences or other structures that no cattle other than cattle of the quarantined area may approach closer to it than 15 feet. Paragraph 12. — Cars which have carried cattle within the quar- antined area of any State shall be cleaned and disinfected before being taken to any point in another State not in the quarantined area. The cleaning and disinfecting of such cars at points in the quaran- tined area where Federal inspection is maintained shall be done under the supervision of employees of the Bureau of Animal In- dustry. These provisions shall not apply to cars containing cattle in the course of interstate transportation for immediate slaughter in accordance with these regulations. Paragraph IS. — The regulations relating to the movement of cattle of the quarantined area as prescribed by the proper State officers at destination shall be carefully observed. PRIVATE MOVEMENT OF CATTLE FROM QUARANTINED AREA. Section 5. Paragraph 1. — Cattle shall not be trailed or driven or hauled in private conveyances from the quarantined area in any State to any point in any other State not included in the quaran- tined area. Paragraph 2. — Cattle shall not be trailed, driven, or hauled in private conveyances from the quarantined area in any State to any point in the same State not included in the quarantined area and 46275°— 14 2 10 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. subsequently delivered to a transportation company for shipment to any other State except in compliance with the regulations. UNLOADING CATTLE FOR REST, FEED, AND WATER. Section 6. Paragraph 1. — Cattle not of the quarantined area which are transported interstate by rail through the quarantined area may be unloaded therein for rest, feed, and water into properly equipped noninfectious pens, provided such pens and the platforms, chutes, and alleys leading thereto are constructed and maintained in accord- ance with the specifications set out below : (a) The outside fences inclosing such pens, and the fences on either side of the alleys, chutes, and platforms leading thereto shall be tight board fences not less than 6 feet high on the inside. (b) If such pens, alleys, chutes, and platforms are adjacent to pens, alleys, chutes, and platforms for cattle of the quarantined area, there shall be between them a space not less than 10 feet wide, which shall be inaccessible to live stock; this space shall be limited on one side by the 6-foot fence required by specification (. C. 16 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. MOVEMENT OF CATTLE SUBSEQUENT TO DIPPING, AND MOVEMENT FROM CLEANED AREAS. Section 2. No cattle shall be shipped or moved interstate from States or portions thereof quarantined by the Secretary of Agricul- ture for scabies in cattle for purposes other than immediate slaughter, except as hereinafter provided for, unless dipped in a permitted dip under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal In- dustry. Cattle originating on ranges, pastures, or premises which have been cleaned of scabies under the supervision of a bureau in- spector or cooperating State authorities, or which have been deter- mined by a bureau inspector or such cooperating State authorities to be free from scabies infection by investigation made at the owners' request and at a time best calculated to ascertain the actual condi- tions, may on inspection and certification by a bureau inspector be permitted to move interstate for any purpose. However, subsequent infection or exposure thereto of such excepted ranges, pastures, or premises by the introduction of cattle from infected or uninspected territory shall again subject them to the necessity of recleaning or investigation, as the case may be. MOVEMENT OF "UNINSPECTED CLEAN CATTLE" AND "UNINSPECTED EXPOSED CATTLE." Section 3. Paragraph 1. — Cattle of herds of the quarantined area which are not diseased with scabies may, when accompanied by a per- mit issued by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry within 10 days of the date of shipping, be shipped interstate without inspec- tion as " uninspected clean cattle " to any market or slaughtering center where inspection is maintained or where facilities are avail- able for dipping or slaughtering cattle under the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry : Provided, That the permits under which such shipments are made shall accompany the billing and be deliv- ered by the transportation company to the inspector at destination at the time of his inspection of the cattle. When so shipped the cattle shall be submitted for inspection at destination. If found upon such inspection to be free from disease and exposure thereto en route, no further restriction shall be placed upon them, but if found to be infected or to have been exposed by coming in contact with diseased cattle or infectious premises they shall not thereafter be permitted interstate shipment until treated as herein prescribed for diseased or exposed cattle, as the case may be, Paragraph 2. — Cattle not visibly diseased, but which may be a part of a diseased herd, may, without inspection, be shipped interstate as " uninspected exposed cattle " for immediate slaughter from points in the quarantined area, or from a point en route where found to be ex- posed to scabies, to any recognized slaughtering center where separate REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. 17 pens are provided for yarding exposed cattle; or such cattle may, without inspection, be shipped interstate as "uninspected exp cattle " for dipping to points where facilities are maintained for dip- ping cattle under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and where separate pens are provided for yarding exposed cattle. Paragraph 3. — When "uninspected clean cattle," as provided in paragraph 1, or "uninspected exposed cattle," as provided in para- graph 2, are shipped interstate without inspection under the terms of this regulation the transportation company shall affix to both sides of each car or boat carrying such cattle a durable placard, not less than 5-J by 8 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black ink in bold-face letters not less than 1J inches in height the words "UNINSPECTED CLEAN CATTLE" or "UNIN- SPECTED EXPOSED CATTLE," as the case may be. The plac- ards shall also show the name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of the shipment (which date must correspond with the date of the waybills and other papers) , the name of the transporta- tion company, and the name of the place of destination. Each of the waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading per- taining to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words "UNINSPECTED CLEAN CATTLE" or "UNINSPECTED EXPOSED CATTLE," as the case may be, plainly written or stamped upon its face. Whenever such shipments are transferred to another transportation company or into other cars or boats, or are rebilled or reconsigned to a point other than the original destination, the cars or boats into which said cattle are transferred and the new waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading cov- ering such shipments by cars or boats shall be marked as herein speci- fied for cars or boats first carrying said cattle, and for the billing, etc., covering the same. If for any reason the placards required by this regulation are removed from the car or boat or are destroyed or rendered illegible they shall be immediately replaced by the trans- portation company or its agents, the intention being that legible placards shall be maintained on the cars or boats from the time of shipment until they arrive at destination, and until the disposi- tion of the cars or boats is indicated by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. SHIPMENTS FOR IMMEDIATE SLAUGHTER. Section 4. Cattle diseased with scabies which have been dipped once in a permitted dip under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry within 10 days of date of shipment, may 46275°— 14 3 18 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. be shipped interstate for immediate slaughter to a recognized slaugh- tering center, and when so shipped the said cattle shall not be di- verted en route and shall be slaughtered within two weeks after arrival at destination. SHIPMENTS OF STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. • Section 5, Paragraph 1. — Cattle diseased with scabies which are to be shipped interstate for stockers or feeders shall be dipped twice in a permitted dip, 10 days apart, under the supervision of an in- spector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Paragraph 2. — Cattle diseased with scabies may be dipped once in a permitted dip under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry at the point of origin and shipped interstate for stocking or feeding purposes if arrangements have been made for the second dipping en route or at destination at the required time after the first dipping at a point where there is an inspector stationed and under his supervision. Paragraph 3. — Cattle not visibly diseased with scabies but which are known to be part of a diseased herd or have come in contact with diseased cattle or infectious premises, when intended for stockers or feeders, shall be dipped once at point of origin under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry in a permitted dip, or they may be dipped en route instead of at point of origin by special permission first had and obtained from the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. INSPECTION AFTER DIPPING. Section 6. After dipping the cattle shall in all cases be submitted to inspection before shipment. CATTLE EXPOSED DURING TRANSIT. Section 7. Should healthy cattle in transit from a State not quar- antined by the Secretary of Agriculture for scabies in cattle be un- loaded en route or at destination and placed in infectious premises, they shall be treated as exposed cattle, and shall not be forwarded to destination for purposes other than for immediate slaughter until they shall have been dipped once in a permitted dip or otherwise treated in a manner approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. MOVEMENT OF DIPPED AND EXPOSED CATTLE. Section 8. When diseased cattle that have been dipped once in a permitted dip or when cattle not visibly diseased but which are REGULATIONS — ISTEB&TATE MOVEMENT OF LIVH STOCK. 19 known to be part of a diseased herd, are shipped interstate in ac- cordance with paragraph 3 of section 5, the transportation company shall affix to both sides of each car or boat carrying such cattle a durable, conspicuous placard, not less than 5 J- by 8 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black ink in bold-face letters not less than 1J inches in height the words " DIPPED SCABBY CATTLE," or " CATTLE EXPOSED TO SCABIES," as the case may be. These placards shall also show the name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of the shipment (which must correspond with the date of the waybills and other papers), the name of the transportation company, and the name of the place of destination. Each of the waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading pertaining to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words " DIPPED SCABBY CATTLE," or " CAT- TLE EXPOSED TO SCABIES," as the case may be, written or stamped upon its face. Whenever such shipments are transferred to another transportation company or into other cars or boats, or are rebilled or reconsigned to a point other than the original desti- nation, the cars or boats into which said cattle are transferred and the new waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading covering such shipments by cars or boats shall be marked as herein specified for cars or boats first carrying said cattle and for the billing, etc., covering the same. If for any reason the placards required by this regulation are removed from the car or boat or are destroyed or rendered illegible, they shall be immediately replaced by the transportation company or its agents; the intention being that legible placards shall be maintained on the cars or boats from the time of shipment until they arrive at destination or point of dipping, and the disposition of the cars or boats is indicated by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. PERMITTED DIPS. Section 9. Paragraph 1. — The dip at present permitted by the de- partment for the treatment, under official supervision, of cattle affected with or exposed to scabies is the lime-sulphur dip made in the pro- portion of 12 pounds of unslaked lime (or 16 pounds of commercial hydrated lime — not air-slaked lime) and 24 pounds of flowers of sul- phur to 100 gallons of water. The dipping bath should be used at a temperature of 100° to 105° F., and must at all times be maintained at a strength of not less than 2 per cent of " sulphid sulphur." as indicate^ by the Bureau of Animal Industry field test for lime-sul- phur baths. Paragraph 2. — A proprietary brand of lime-sulphur solution may be used in official dipping only after specific permission therefor has 20 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. been issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry. No dip other than the lime-sulphur dip will hereafter be given department permission for use in the official dipping of cattle for scabies unless it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Animal Industry (1) that the strength of the bath prepared therefrom may be satisfactorily determined in the field by a practical portable testing outfit; (2) that under actual field conditions the dipping of cattle in a bath of definite strength will effectually eradicate scabies infection without injury to the animals dipped. CATTLE INFECTED OR EXPOSED IN TRANSIT. Section 10. Cattle shipped interstate under a certificate from an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry are not guaranteed un- interrupted transit, for in the event of the discovery of scabies or of exposure thereto en route, the cattle shall thereafter be handled as diseased or exposed cattle, as hereinbefore provided, and the cars or other vehicles and the chutes, alleys, and pens which have been occu- pied by them shall be cleaned and disinfected as hereinafter provided in section 12. movement of cattle from public stockyards. Section 11. Public stockyards shall be considered infectious and the cattle yarded therein as having been exposed to the disease, and no cattle shall be removed therefrom to another State or the District of Columbia, except for immediate slaughter, without dipping. Where, however, a part or all of the stockyards is reserved and set apart for the reception of uninfected shipments of cattle and is kept free of disease, cattle may be shipped interstate from the uninfec- tious yards or portions thereof without dipping. If diseased cattle are introduced into the uninfectious yards or portions thereof, they shall be immediately removed therefrom, and the chutes, alleys, and pens used by them thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. No cattle shall be shipped interstate from any stockyards where an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry is stationed without a certificate of inspection or of dipping issued by the said inspector. disinfection of cars, premises, etc. Section 12. Paragraph 1. — Cars and other vehicles, yards, pens, sheds, chutes, etc., which have contained diseased cattle shall be cleaned and disinfected in the following manner: Remove all litter and manure and then saturate the interior surfaces of the cars and woodwork, flooring, and ground of the chutes, alleys, and pens with a solution made with 6 ounces of 95 per cent pure liquid carbolic acid to each gallon of water, or a solution containing 4 ounces of REGULATIONS — INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE E I compound U. s. P, to each gallon of wafer. When « •' 9ed sufficient lime (not to exceed 11 pound* !lon) should be added to show where it has been applied. Para/graph & — Cars and premise.- are not required to he clea and disinfected on account of their having contained u dipped scabby cattle" that have been dipped within 10 days or cattle that have been exposed to scabies. REGULATION 4. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SCABIES IN SHEEP. 1 (Acts of Feb. 2, 1903, and Mar. 3, 1905.) MOVEMENT OF SHEEP AFFECTED WITH SCABIES. Section 1. Paragraph 1. — No sheep which are diseased with scabies shall be shipped, trailed, or otherwise removed, or allowed to drift, from one State or the District of Columbia into another State or the District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided, and no sheep shall be shipped, trailed, or otherwise removed, or allowed to drift, from a State or a portion thereof quarantined for the disease of scabies in sheep into another State or the District of Columbia except as hereinafter provided. Paragraph 2. — No sheep shall be trailed or driven or hauled in private conveyances from the quarantined are-a in any State to any point in the same State not included in the quarantined area and subsequently delivered to a transportation company for shipment to any other State or the District of Columbia until the sheep shall have been inspected by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry and found to be free from disease and from exposure thereto, and are accompanied by a certificate from the said inspector. Paragraph 3. — All of the sheep in a certain flock or shipment in which the disease is present shall be classed as diseased sheep, and none of them shall be removed or offered for interstate shipment until dipped as hereinafter provided. The practice of " picking " a flock — that is, removing any sheep which are visibly diseased and then offering any portion of the remaining sheep for either inspection or interstate shipment, or both — is directly and positively prohibited. SHEEP EXPOSED IN TRANSIT. Section 2. Healthy sheep in an area not quarantined for the dis- ease of scabies in sheep which have not been exposed to the d\ by coming in contact with diseased sheep or infectious premises may be shipped or trailed interstate without restriction by the regulations 1 A " Rule to prevent the spread of scabies in sheep " is In effect through the entire year. This rule prescribes the quarantined area in the respective States and should be considered in connection with these regulations. Copies of the rule may be obtained from the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. 22 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. of the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent the spread of scabies in sheep ; but if said sheep be unloaded en route or at destination and are placed in infectious premises they shall thereafter be treated as exposed sheep and shall not be forwarded to destination for pur- poses other than immediate slaughter until they shall have been dipped, under the supervision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. MOVEMENT OF SHEEP FOR IMMEDIATE SLAUGHTER AND FOR STOCKING AND FEEDING. Section 3. Paragraph 1. — Sheep that are diseased with scabies and that have been dipped once in a permitted dip under the super- vision of an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry within 10 days of date of shipment may be shipped interstate for immediate slaughter to a recognized slaughtering center, and when so shipped the said sheep shall not be diverted en route and shall be slaughtered within two weeks after arrival at destination. If diseased sheep are to be shipped interstate for stocking or feeding purposes they shall be dipped twice as above indicated, 10 days apart, and shall be sub- mitted to inspection before shipment. Paragraph 2. — Sheep that are not diseased with scabies but which have been exposed to the contagion of the disease may be moved interstate for feeding or stocking purposes after one dipping, or they may be shipped interstate by rail or boat to a recognized slaughtering center for immediate slaughter without dipping. TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISEASED AND EXPOSED SHEEP. Section 4. When diseased sheep have been dipped once and are shipped interstate for slaughter in accordance with section 3, para- graph 1, or when exposed sheep are shipped interstate without dip- ping for immediate slaughter in accordance with section 3, para- graph 2, the transportation company shall affix to both sides of each car or boat a durable placard not less than 5-| by 8 inches in size, on which shall be printed with permanent black ink in bold-face letters not less than \\ inches in height the words "DIPPED SCABBY SHEEP" or " EXPOSED SHEEP FOR SLAUGHTER," as the case may be. These placards shall also show the name of the place from which the shipment was made, the date of the shipment (which must correspond with the date of the way- bills and other papers), the name of the transportation company, and the name of the place of destination. Each of the way- bills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading per- taining to such shipments by cars or boats shall have the words "DIPPED SCABBY SHEEP" or "EXPOSED SHEEP FOR SLAUGHTER," as the case may be, written or stamped upon its BEGULATIONS — IBTTEBSTAT] LIVESTOCK. 23 face. Whenever such shipments are transferred to another ti pollution company or into other cars or boats, or are rehilled or re- consigned to a point other than the original destination the ca boats into which said sheep arc transferred and the new waybills, conductors' manifests, memoranda, and bills of lading covering shipments b} T cars or boats shall be marked as herein specified for cars or boats first carrying said sheep and for the billing, etc., cover- ing the same. If for any reason the placards required by this regu- lation are removed from the car or boat or are destroyed or rendered illegible, they shall be immediately replaced by the transportation company or its agents, the intention being that legible placards shall be maintained on the cars or boats from the time of shipment until they arrive at destination, and the disposition of the cars or boat is indicated by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. PERMITTED DIPS. Section 5. Paragraph 1. — The dip at present permitted by the de- partment for the treatment under official supervision of sheep affected with or exposed to scabies is the lime-sulphur dip made in the pro- portion of 8 pounds of unslaked lime (or 11 pounds of commercial hydrated lime — not air-slaked lime) and 24 pounds of flowers of sulphur to 100 gallons of water. The dipping bath should be used at a temperature of 100° to 105° F., and must at all times be main- tained at a strength of not less than 1^ per cent of " sulphid sul- phur," as indicated by the Bureau of Animal Industry field test for lime-sulphur baths. Paragraph 2, — A proprietary brand of lime-sulphur solution may be used in official dipping only after specific permission therefor has been issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry. No dip other than the lime-sulphur dip will hereafter be given department permission for use in the official dipping of sheep for scabies unless it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Animal Industry (1) that the strength of the bath prepared therefrom may be sal torily determined in the field by a practical portable testing outfit ; (2) that, under actual field conditions, the dipping of sheen in a bath of definite strength will effectually eradicate scabies infection without injury to the animals dipped. LOSSES FROM DIPPING. Section 6. The dipping shall be done carefully and the sheep handled as humanely as possible. The department disclaims re- sponsibility for any loss or damage resulting from the dipping, and those who wish to avoid any risks that may be incident to dipping at the stockyards, as well as to avoid liability to prosecution, should 24 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. see that their sheep are free from disease before shipping them to market. SHEEP DISEASED OR EXPOSED IN TRANSIT. Section 7. Sheep shipped interstate under a certificate from an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry are not guaranteed uninterrupted transit, for in the event of the discovery of scabies or of exposure thereto en route the sheep shall thereafter be handled as diseased or exposed sheep, as hereinbefore provided, and the cars or other vehicles and the chutes, alleys, and pens which have been occupied by them shall be cleaned and disinfected, as hereinafter provided in section 9 of this regulation. SHIPMENTS FROM PUBLIC STOCKYARDS. Section 8. Paragraph 1. — Public stockyards shall be considered infectious and the sheep yarded therein as having been exposed to the disease, and no sheep shall be shipped interstate therefrom, except for immediate slaughter, without dipping. Where, however, a part or all of the stockyards is reserved and set apart for the reception of uninfected shipments of sheep and is kept free of disease, sheep may be shipped interstate from the uninfectious yards or portions thereof without dipping. Paragraph 2. — If diseased sheep are introduced into the uninfec- tious yards or portions thereof, they shall be immediately removed therefrom and the chutes, alleys, and pens occupied by the said sheep shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. No sheep shall be shipped interstate from any stockyards where an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry is stationed without a certificate of inspection or of dipping issued by the said inspector. DISINFECTION OF CARS, PREMISES, ETC. Section 9. Cars and other vehicles, yards, pens, sheds, chutes, etc., that have contained diseased sheep shall be cleaned and disinfected in the following manner : Kemove all litter and manure and then satu- rate the interior surfaces of the cars and woodwork, flooring, and ground of the chutes, alleys, and pens with a solution made with 6 ounces of 95 per cent pure carbolic acid to each gallon of water, or a solution containing 4 ounces of cresol compound U. S. P. to each gallon of water. When either disinfectant is used sufficient lime (not to exceed 1J pounds per gallon) should be added to show where it has been applied. Cars and premises are not required to be cleaned and disinfected on account of their having contained "dipped scabby sheep " that have been dipped within 10 days or sheep that have been exposed to scabies. BEGULATIONB — INTBR8TATB MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. REGULATION 5. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HOG CHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE. (Acts of May 29, 1884, and Feb. 2, L903. 1 INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF DISEASED SWINE PROHIBITED. Section 1. No swine which are diseased with hog cholera or swine plague shall be transported, trailed, or driven, or otherwise removed from one State or the District of Columbia into another State or the District of Columbia. All persons intending to ship swine interstate shall ascertain before offering them for such shipment that the animals are not diseased and have not been exposed to the contagion of either disease. MOVEMENT OF SWINE FROM PUBLIC STOCKYARDS. Section 2. Paragraph 1. — Public stockyards shall be considered infectious, and no interstate movement of swine therefrom shall be made for feeding or stocking purposes except as hereinafter pro- vided. Diseased swine shall not be shipped interstate from the stock- yards, but shall be condemned and slaughtered. Swine of a lot that are not diseased, but which have been exposed, may be shipped inter- state to a recognized slaughtering center for immediate slaughter; but when so shipped they shall be billed as " exposed to hog cholera,*' and the cars shall be so placarded. Paragraph 2. — Swine intended for purposes other than immediate slaughter may be shipped interstate from public stockyards subject to the requirements of the State of destination, provided that on in- spection by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry they arc found to be free from symptoms of cholera and other contagious or communicable diseases, and that they are treated by a competent veterinarian, under bureau supervision, in a portion of the stockyards set aside for that purpose, in accordance with one or the other of the methods set forth under (a) and (b) following: (a) ""Serum alone" method. — The swine may be given the " serum alcne " inoculation with hog-cholera serum prepared under license from the Secretary of Agriculture. After receiving this treatment they shall be disinfected in a 2 per cent solution of cresol compound U. S. P. and be held in noninfectious pens for at least six hours before being loaded for interstate transportation. (L) "Simultaneous inoculation " method. — The swine may be given the " simultaneous inoculation " with hog-cholera serum and virus, prepared under license from the Secretary of Agriculture. After receiving this treatment they shall be held under supervision for a period of not less than 14 days. If during this period they have exhibited no symptoms of hog cholera or other contagious disease 20 REGULATION'S INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. tliey shall be disinfected in a 2 per cent solution of cresol compound . P. and be held in noninfectious pens for at least six hours be fore being loaded for interstate transportation. Paragraph 3. — Clean and disinfected cars or other vehicles only shall be used for the interstate movement of swine which have been given the " serum alone " inoculation or the " simultaneous inocula- tion," and such movement must in every case be under certificate issued by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. DISINFECTION OF CARS, PREMISES, ETC. Section 3. Cars and other vehicles and pens or yards which have contained interstate shipments of diseased or exposed swine shall be cleaned and disinfected as soon as possible after unloading. Cars that have contained interstate shipments of swine destined to market centers shall not be removed until the inspector has ascertained the condition of the live animals and either released the cars or given notice that they shall be cleaned and disinfected. Cleaning and dis- infection shall be done by first removing all litter and manure and then saturating the interior surfaces of the cars and the woodwork, flooring, and ground of the chutes, alleys, and pens with a solution made with 4 ounces of cresol compound U. S. P. to each gallon of water, to which should be added sufficient lime (not to exceed 14 pounds per gallon) to show where it has been applied. REGULATION 6. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DOURINE IN HORSES AND ASSES. (Acts of May 29, 1884, and Mar. 3, 1905.) MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FROM QUARANTINED AREAS PROHIBITED. Section 1. No horses or asses shall be offered for interstate ship- ment, shipped, transported, driven or trailed, or otherwise removed or allowed to drift interstate from an area quarantined by the Sec- retary of Agriculture for dourine, without inspection and certifica- tion of freedom from the disease for the purpose of the particular movement by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Own- ers and custodians of horses or asses for whom inspection is made shall provide such reasonable facilities and render such assistance as may be required by the inspector. BREEDING ANIMALS IN QUARANTINED AREAS. Section 2. If stallions or jacks shall be allowed to run at large in an area quarantined by the Secretary of Agriculture for dourine, or if there shall be any breeding: of horses or asses in a herd in an area quarantined by the Secretary of Agriculture for dourine in which there is a horse or an ass which has been exposed to the infection of REGULATIONS — I1TPBBSTATH MOVEMENT OF TJVE KTOCK. 27 dourine within 18 months after the said exposure, ;i rule will be issued forbidding absolutely the interstate movement of any h< or asses from tho, said area until certified by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry as having passed the complement tion test for such disease. APPRAISAL OF AND COMPENSATION FOR ANIMALS. Section 3, When it is necessary in order to prevent the spread of the disease and to aid in its extermination, and an appropriation is available therefor, the Department of Agriculture will cooperate with the various States in the purchase of diseased animals in the following manner: (a) The fact of infection with this disease shall be determined by the complement-fixation test applied in the laboratory of the Bureau of Animal Industry. (b) The animal shall be appraised at its actual value by an in- spector of the Bureau of Animal Industry and the State veterinarian or an assistant State veterinarian of the State in which the animal is located, or, when provided by State law, assessed value as shown by the assessor's books will be accepted in lieu of appraisal. (c) The department will pay one-half the appraised or assessed , value, provided such share shall in no case exceed $100 and the owner signs an agreement to accept such sum as compensation in full for the discharge of all claims he may have against the United States Department of Agriculture on account of the destruction of the animal in question. REGULATION 7. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF LIP-AND-LEG ULCER- ATION (NECROBACILLOSIS) IN CATTLE, SHEEP, AND SWINE. (Act of May 29, 1884.) INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF DISEASED ANIMALS PROHIBITED. Section 1. No cattle, sheep, swine, or other live stock affected with lip-and-leg ulceration (necrobacillosis) which by a physical exami- nation show such disease to exist in more than one tissue or show lesions of the disease with pus formation shall be shipped, trailed. transported, or otherwise removed from one State or the District of Columbia into another State or the District of Columbia. MOVEMENT OF SHEEP AFFECTED WITH MILD FORM. Section 2. Sheep which are affected with the mild or inactive form of lip-and-leg ulceration involving the lips or face without evidence of pus formation may be moved interstate, provided the affected parts are immediately before such movement treated with an emol- lient dressing containing 100 parts (by weight) mutton tallow, vase- line, or lard, 10 parts flowers of sulphur, and five parts pure carbolic 28 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. acid. (In lieu of the carbolic acid 3 parts cresol compound U. S. P. may be used.) When this treatment is given at public stockyards where Federal inspection is maintained it should be done under the supervision of an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry. REGULATION 8. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE AND SWINE. (Act of May 29, 1884.) INTERSTATE MOVEMENT PROHIBITED. Section 1. No cattle or swine affected with tuberculosis as dis- closed by a physical examination or by the tuberculin test, or by any other means, shall be shipped, trailed, transported, or otherwise re- moved from one State or the District of Columbia into another State or the District of Columbia. REGULATION 9. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF GLANDERS IN HORSES, MULES, AND ASSES. (Act of May 29, 1884.) INTERSTATE MOVEMENT PROHIBITED. Section 1. No horses, mules, or asses affected with glanders as dis- closed by a physical examination or by the mallein test, or by other means, shall be shipped, trailed, transported, or otherwise removed from one State or the District of Columbia into another State or the District of Columbia. INFORMATION FOR THE GUIDANCE OF CARRIERS AND OTHERS RELATIVE TO THE FEEDING, WATERING, AND RESTING OF LIVE STOCK IN COURSE OF INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION. In connection with the enforcement of the 28-hour law (34 Stat., 607), the Bureau of Animal Industry has made investigation of the feeding, watering, and resting of cattle, sheep, swine, and other animals while in the course of interstate transportation. The results of this investigation and the conclusions based thereon are hereby announced as an indication of the views of the Department of Agri- culture as to the minimum requirements of the law. FEEDING. The amount of feed which should be given to different classes of animals varies with the length of time between feedings and the weights of the animals. For each 24 hours the ration for horses and cattle should be not less than 1 j pounds of hay to each hundredweight of animal ; for sheep, not less than 1£ pounds of hay to each hundred- weight of animal; and for hogs, not less than 1 pound of shelled, REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. 29 corn, or its equivalent in ear corn or other grain, to each hundred- weight of animal. For periods greater or less than 24 hoars, the ration should be greater or less, respectively, in the same propor TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT UNLOADING. The only practicable methods for railroads to transport animals, other than hogs, without unloading during each period prescribed by the statute for rest, water, and feeding, are in " palace " or similar stock cars and with emigrant outfits. There are cases in which ex- ceptional facilities complying with the law make unloading unneces- sary, as, for instance, specially equipped cars conveying show animals and blooded stock. In such cases, however, care should be taken to observe the law. In all cases where animals are not unloaded suffi- cient space to permit all the animals to lie down in the cars at the same time must be provided. Hogs may be fed, watered, and rested without unloading provided (a) the cars are loaded so as to allow all the animals to have suffi- cient space to lie down at the same time, (b) the trains are stopped for sufficient time to allow the watering troughs to be prepared and to allow every hog to drink his fill, and (c) care is exercised to dis- tribute carefully throughout each car deck sufficient shelled corn, or its equivalent in ear corn or other grain, for each hog. UNLOADING PENS. All pens into which animals are unloaded must contain adequate facilities for feeding and watering and suitable space on which the animals can lie down comfortably for resting. Covered pens should be provided for unloading animals in severe weather. ACTS OF CONGRESS. AN ACT For the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exporta- tion of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals. (23 Stat., 31.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Agricul- ture shall organize in his department a Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall appoint a chief thereof, who shall be a competent veterinary surgeon, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the condition of domestic animals of the United States, their protection and use, and also inquire into and report the causes of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of the same, and to collect such information on these subjects as shall be valuable to the agricultural and com- mercial interests of the country ; and the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ a force sufficient for this purpose, not to exceed twenty persons at any one time. The salary of the chief of said bureau shall be three thousand dollars per annum; and the commissioner shall appoint a clerk for said bureau, with a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to appoint two competent agents, who shall be practical stock raisers or experienced business men familiar with questions pertaining to commercial transactions in live stock, and whose duty it shall be, under the instructions of the Commissioner of Agri- culture, to examine and report upon the best methods of treating, transporting, and caring for animals, and the means to be adopted for the suppression and extirpation of contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and to provide against the spread of other dangerous, contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases. The com- pensation of said agents shall be at the rate of ten dollars per diem, with all necessary expenses while engaged in the actual performance of their duties under this act, when absent from their usual place of business or residence as such agent. Sec 3. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to pre- pare such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpation of said diseases, and to certify such rules and regulations to the executive authority of each State and Territory, and invite said authorities to cooperate in the execution and enforcement of this act. Whenever the plans and methods of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be accepted by any State or Territory in which pleuro-pneumonia or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease is declared to exist, or such State or Territory shall have adopted plans and methods for the sup- pression and extirpation of said diseases, and such plans and methods shall be accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and whenever the governor of a State or other properly constituted authorities signify their readiness to co- operate for the extinction of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease in conformity with the provisions of this act, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend so much of the money appropriated by this act 30 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. 31 as may be necessary in such lnveetigatl a:— i^co o ex ^ = q> CO >- oo t J/ ^^^^^ f^ *=rp — — ^ T ~ 5^gco ^^^^ ^™* MM 36 REGULATIONS INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE STOCK. are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. Sec. 4. That the penalty created by the preceding section shall be recovered by civil action in the name of the United States in the circuit or district court holden within the district where the violation may have been committed or the person or corporation resides or carries on business; and it shall be the duty of United States attorneys to prosecute all violations of this act reported by the Secretary of Agriculture, or which come to their notice or knowledge by other means. Sec 5. That sections forty-three hundred and eighty-six, forty-three hundred and eighty-seven, forty-three hundred and eighty-eight, forty-three hundred and eighty-nine, and forty-three hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 29, 1906. [Extract from act approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 831).] That hereafter all the provisions of the said act approved March third, nine- teen hundred and five, shall apply to any railroad company or other common carrier, whose road or line forms any part of a route over which cattle or other live stock are transported in the course of shipment from any quaran- tined State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from the quarantined portion of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia ; * * *. o