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other State or Territory, or foreign country, he may adopt measures of 

 quarantine of cattle entering into such States, and any violation of such 

 measures shall be a misdemeanor. 



Referring to Senate Bill 945, I desire to call the attention of your com- 

 mittee to some of the defects contained in this bill which will render it 

 ineffective for the purpose it seeks to accomplish, and which make it of 

 less value than- the Act under which this work is now being done. 



The second section authorizes the establishment of quarantines of ani- 

 mals, places, premises, or localities. Nowhere in the bill is the violation 

 of such a quarantine made a misdemeanor, nor is any penalty provided. 

 It amounts merely to a paper quarantine without power or authority to- 

 enforce the same, and is practically of little value. While under the pres- 

 ent law the Bureau of Animal Industry has the power to establish quaran- 

 tines, and no penalty is provided, nevertheless, the bureau is able to enforce 

 these quarantines by means of State cooperation. The present bill does 

 not provide for taking advantage of the State laws and their penalties, and 

 is therefore to that extent inferior to the Acts under which the bureau is 

 now working. This is a radical defect, and in my judgment this work 

 cannot be successfully carried on under such conditions. 



The sixth section provides for the slaughter of animals, but it expressly 

 states that no animal shall be killed without the consent of the owner, but 

 shall be kept in rigid quarantine. The natural query is how can this rigid 

 quarantine be enforced ? There is no penalty for its evasion, consequently 

 who will respect it? Under the present system of the bureau, we slaugh- 

 ter the animals even if the owners refuse to accept the compensation our 

 appraisers offer them ; as in that case we call upon the State authorities to 

 condemn the animal in accordance with State regulations. 



It is unnecessary to call attention to any further defect in this measure,, 

 for the reason that the two already named are of so fatal a character that 

 the bill, instead of improving the legislation now existing, would in reality 

 destroy all hope of effective work, would jeopardize the cattle interests of 

 the country, and undo the good work that so far has been accomplished in 

 stamping out this disease. 



I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, 



NORMAN J. COLMAN, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



("A.") LAWS OP THE STATE OF NEW YORK RELATING TO CONTAGIOUS 



DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



[Chapter 155, of the Laws of 1887.] 



An Act to Cooperate with the United States in the Suppression and Extirpation of 



Pleuro-Pneumonia. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the State, the rules 

 and regulations prepared by the Commissioner of Agriculture, under and in pursuance 

 of section three of an Act of Congress approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and 

 eighty-four, entitled "An Act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to 

 prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and 

 extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagions diseases among domestic animals," 

 and to cooperate with the authorities of the United States in the enforcement of the pro- 

 visions of said Act. 



Sec. 2. The Inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States shall 

 have the right of inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of animals affected with any 

 contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or suspected to be so affected, or that 

 have been exposed to any such disease, and for these purposes are hereby authorized and 

 empowered to enter upon any ground or premises. Said Inspectors shall have the power 



