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 United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
 REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE IMPORTATION OF HAY AM) STRAW 
 FROM THE ISLAM) OF JAMAICA, BRITISH WEST INDIES. 
 
 U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Office of the Secretary. 
 Washington, I). ('., March 23, 1909. 
 
 Under authority of the act of Congress entitled "An act to enable the 
 Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually suppress and prevent the 
 spread of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, and for other 
 purposes," approved February 2. 1903, and to prevent the introduction 
 of the contagion of anthrax, pleuro-pneumonia, or foot-and-mouth 
 disease, 
 
 It is lifreby ordered, That all hay or straw, the product of the island 
 of Jamaica, British West Indies, or which has been transported through 
 said island, shall be disinfected as may be prescribed by the Chief of 
 the Bureau of Animal Industr\ T , at the expense of the importer, before 
 being unloaded from the vessel bringing it into any port of the United 
 States, and when unloaded and landed it shall be stored and held in 
 quarantine for a period of not less than three months in some place 
 acceptable to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry and under 
 conditions prescribed by him. 
 
 James Wilson, 
 Secretory of Agriculture. 
 
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