APPENDIX. 



TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEHN, 



Including City and Town Authorities, Common Carriers, Cattle 

 , Drovers, and all others. 



The undersigned, lately appointed by the Governor of Maine 

 Commissioners on Contagious Diseases among cattle, under the 

 statute relative thereto, approved March 19, 1862, hereby announce 

 to the mayors and aldermen of cities and. the selectmen of towns, 

 to all common carriers, drovers and others, that a highly contagious 

 disease among cattle known as Eczema Epizootica, or "Foot and 

 Mouth" disease, has been introduced into this country from Europe 

 by way of Canada, that many cases exist in New York, Connecti- 

 cut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and that it is spreading 

 rapidly. There is also reason to fear that it already exists in a 

 latent form or may be soon introduced into Maine; 



This disease is not usually fatal, but where it has prevailed 

 abroad it is dreaded fully as much as Pleuro Pneumonia, because 

 of its more rapid spread and speedily prostrating effects. It is the 

 most contagious disease known among cattle, being communicated 

 with great facility either by contact of healthy with diseased 

 animals, or with any object which has been, contaminated by them, 

 or by being placed in yards or conveyed in cars previously occu- 

 pied by sick ones, or by being driven over roads previously 

 trodden by diseased beasts. The infection is also conveyed by 

 the clothing of attendants unless first disinfected. 



In view of these facts, we urge upon the municipal authorities 

 of all cities and towns in this State, that, should occasion arise, 

 you perform your duties as prescribed in chapter 132 of the public 

 laws of this State for 1862,* according to the spirit and intent 

 thereof, and in the most pi'ompt and efficient manner. 



The isolation of diseased cattle, and of such as have been ex- 

 posed to infection, should be immediate and complete, and should 



♦Chapter 14 Revised Statutes, new edition, (1871,) sections 37 to 54. 



