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known as pleuro-pneumonia; provided, that the so called splenetic or Texas 

 fever shall not be considered a contagious, infectious, or communicable dis- 

 ease within the meaning of sections four, five, six, and seven of this Act, as 

 to cattle being transported by rail to market for slaughter, when the same 

 are unloaded only to be fed and watered in lots on the way thereto. 



Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to 

 notify, in writing, the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, 

 or other transportation company doing business in or through any infected 

 locality, and by publication in such newspapers as he may select, of the 

 existence of said contagion; and any person or persons operating any such 

 railroad, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, or owner or custodian of 

 or person having control over such cattle or other live stock within such 

 infected district, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section six 

 of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall 

 be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 

 five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or 

 by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec 8. That whenever any contagious, infectious, or communicable 

 disease affecting domestic animals, and especially the disease known as 

 pleuro-pneumonia, shall be brought into or shall break out in the District 

 of Columbia, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of said District 

 to take measures to suppress the same promptly, and to prevent the same 

 from spreading; and for this purpose the said Commissioners are hereby 

 empowered to order and require that any premises, farm, or farms where 

 such disease exists, or has existed, be put in quarantine; to order all or 

 any animals coming into the District to be detained at any place or places 

 for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for 

 and require the destruction of animals affected with contagious, infectious, 

 and communicable disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and 

 carcasses; to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such other regula- 

 tions as they may deem necessary to prevent infection or contagion being 

 communicated, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture what- 

 ever they may do in pursuance of the provisions of this section. 



Sec 9. That it shall be the duty of the several United States District 

 Attorneys to prosecute all violations of this Act which shall be brought to 

 their notice or knowledge by any person making the complaint under oath; 

 and the same shall be heard before any District or Circuit Court of the 

 United States, or Territorial Court, holden within the district in which the 

 violation of this Act has been committed. 



Sec 10. That the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be 

 immediately available, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby 

 appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

 to carry into effect the provisions of this Act. 



Sec 11. That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall report annually 

 to Congress, at the commencement of each session, a list of the names of 

 all persons employed, an itemized statement of all expenditures under this 

 Act, and full particulars of means adopted and carried into effect for the 

 suppression of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases among 

 domestic animals. 



Approved May 29, 1884. 



SALARIES AND EXPENSES BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



For carrying out the provisions of the Act of May twenty-ninth, eigh- 

 teen hundred and eighty-four, establishing the Bureau of Animal Indus- 



