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 United States Department of jAgficiilture^,- 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
 \ U.S. DEPOSITORY 
 
 RULE 7.-REV0KIN(; THE QUARANTINE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 
 
 FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN CATTLE, SHEEP, OTHER 
 
 RUMINANTS, AND SWINE. 
 
 Eff('ctiv(^ on and afUr April 2i, 1909. 
 
 U. S. 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 communicable disease 
 known as foot-and-mouth disease has been eradicated from and does 
 not now exist in the United States. 
 
 Now, therefore, I, James Wilson, Secretary of A(jriculture, do 
 hereby remove and revoke the quarantine placed upon certain areas 
 within the United States by Rule 6, Revision 2, dated February 24, 
 1909, effective on and after February 25, 1909, and Amendment 2, 
 dated March 22, 1909, effective on and after March 26, 1909. 
 
 Bureau of Animal Industry Order 157, being Rule 6, Revision 2, 
 and all amendments thereto are hereby revoked. 
 
 The effect of this Rule 7 is to remove and revoke the subsisting 
 quarantine for foot-and-mouth disease heretofore in efi'ect in the United 
 States. 
 
 This rule is effective on and after April 24, 1909. 
 
 Done at Washington this nineteenth day of 
 April, 1909. 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture. 
 
 James Wilson, 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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