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 ( B. A.I. Order 161.) 
 
 United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
 
 SPECIAL ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN 
 SHEEP FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES AT THE ALASKA-YUKON- 
 PACIFIC EXPOSITION, SEATTLE, WASH. 
 
 U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Office of the Secretary, 
 Washington, I). (\. April 27, 1909. 
 
 It is hereby ordered, That from May 20 to October 10, 1909, Canadian 
 sheep may be imported into the United States for exhibition purposes 
 at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition, to be held at Seattle, Wash., 
 from June 1 to October 15, 1909. without being subject to the thirty 
 days quarantine, provided they pass a satisfactory inspection at the 
 port of entry and are accompanied by an affidavit of the owner or 
 importer, and a certificate issued by a Canadian official veterinarian, 
 as required by Amendment 3 to B. A. I. Order 142. amending Regula- 
 tion 41 of the Regulations for the Inspection and Quarantine of Horses, 
 Cattle, Sheep, and other Ruminants, and Swine Imported into the 
 United States; and provided further that the sheep which are not sold 
 to remain in the United States shall be returned immediately to Canada 
 at the close of said exposition. 
 
 The Department must be notified by the owner or importer, through 
 the ofrice of its veterinary inspector in charge at Seattle, of any Cana- 
 dian sheep which are to remain in the United States for breeding pur- 
 poses, and such sheep will be maintained in quarantine at the exposition 
 grounds under the supervision of an inspector of this Department, who 
 shall issue a certificate before shipment to a destination is allowed. 
 
 The thirty days of quarantine will be counted from the date of entry 
 into the United States. 
 
 All Canadian sheep intended for this exposition must be shipped 
 directly to the exposition grounds, and must not be unloaded in any 
 public stock yards. 
 
 James Wilson, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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