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cause a thorough examination of all animals of the kind diseased in said 

 locality, and all such animals found diseased he will cause to be slaugh- 

 tered. He shall establish a quarantine for a period of not less than ninety 

 days of all animals that have come in contact with diseased animals, or 

 have been on premises or in buildings, on or in which diseased animals 

 have been, or have been in any way exposed to disease; and shall make 

 and enforce all such sanitary regulations as the exigencies of the case may 

 require. He will cause to be disinfected in such manner as he deems best, 

 all sheds, corrals, yards, barns, and buildings in which diseased animals 

 have been, and until such premises and buildings have been so disinfected 

 and declared free from contagion by a certificate in writing signed by an 

 Inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, no animal or animals shall 

 be permitted to go upon or into said premises and buildings. Should,- 

 however, any animal or animals be put upon said premises or into said 

 buildings in violation of this rule and regulation, then such animal or ani- 

 mals shall be placed in quarantine for a period of not less than ninety 

 days, and said premises or buildings be again disinfected. Said second 

 disinfection and the quarantine of such animals to be at the expense of the 

 owner of said premises or buildings. 



5. All animals quarantined by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry shall have a chain fastened with a numbered lock placed 

 around their horns, or in case of hornless animals, placed around their 

 necks; and a record will be kept, showing the number of lock placed upon 

 each animal, name and character of animal, and marks of identification, 

 name of owner, locality, and date of quarantine. The Chief of the Bureau, 

 however, may in his discretion, in place of chaining said animals, cause 

 the animals to be branded in such manner as he may designate, or may 

 place a guard over the same. 



6. All animals quarantined will be deemed and considered as " affected 

 with contagious disease," and any person or persons moving said quaran- 

 tined animals from the infected district will be prosecuted under Sections 

 6 and 7 of the Act of Congress establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, ' 

 approved May 29, 1884. 



7. Whenever, in the judgment of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, it becomes necessary to kill animals that have been exposed to 

 the contagious disease known as pleuro-pneumonia, in order to prevent the 

 spread of said disease from one State or Territory to another, he shall cause 

 the same to be slaughtered. 



8. All animals diseased with pleuro-pneumonia, and all animals ex- 

 posed to pleuro-pneumonia, that have been condemned to be slaughtered, 

 shall be first appraised as to their value at the time of their condemnation. 

 Said appraisement shall be made in the mode and manner provided for by 

 the law of the State in which they are located, and such compensation on 

 their appraised value will be paid as is provided for by the law of such 

 State. In case such State has no law for the appraisement of the value 

 of animals diseased with pleuro-pneumonia, or that have been exposed to 

 pleuro-pneumonia, or either, then the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus- 

 try shall direct an Inspector of the Bureau to convene a Bbard of Ap- 

 praisers, to consist of three members, one of whom said Inspector shall 

 appoint, one to be appointed by the owner of the animal or animals con- 

 demned, and these two will appoint the third. In case the said owner 

 shall neglect or refuse to name an appraiser, then by two appraisers to be 

 appointed by said Inspector. This Board will appraise the value of the 

 animals condemned, and certify to the same in writing under oath; and 

 the amount so fixed by said Board shall be paid to the owner of the 



