348 Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



OFFICIAL ORDERS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE 



STATE 



Following are the official orders and statements issued by the 

 State Department of Agriculture during the outbreak of foot and 

 mouth disease, aphthous fever, above described: 



State of New York — Department of Agriculture 



QUARANTINE AGAINST FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 



Albany, N. Y., November 19, 1908. 

 To Whom It May Concern: 



I, Raymond A. Pearson, Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of New 

 York, hereby give notice that the infectious and communicable disease known 

 as " Foot and Mouth Disease," now exists in certain localities in the Western 

 part of this State; 



Therefore, for the protection of our Live Stock interests, and under the 

 authority of the Agricultural Law of this State, I hereby order as follows: 



1. The counties of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming are placed 

 under quarantine against Foot and Mouth Disease. 



2. The movement of any cattle, sheep, goats or swine, upon or across any 

 public highway or their exposure in any open unfenced ground within the 

 limits of the counties named, is prohibited. 



3. The transportation by rail or otherwise, of any cattle, sheep, goats or 

 swine from any point within the counties named, to any other point within 

 or outside of said counties, is prohibited. 



4. All Veterinarians and other persons are required to report to the under- 

 signed the existence or suspected existence of Foot and Mouth Disease, and 

 they shall report any cattle, sheep, goats or swine showing frothing at the 

 mouth, lameness or sore teats, of recent development and affecting several 

 animals at the same time. 



5. No exception to the above orders will be permitted except upon the. 

 written authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture or his duly authorized 

 Agent. 



6. For any violation of this quarantine notice, the offender becomes liable 

 under the following Section: 



Section 66. Penalties — Any person violating, disobeying or disregarding 

 the terms of any notice, order or regulation, issued or prescribed by the 

 Commissioner under this article, shall forfeit to the people of the State the 

 sum of One Hundred Dollars for every such violation. 



No person shall tamper with //"'.s- notice, under penally of the law. 



R. A. PEARSON, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



Address: No. 25 Live Stock Exchange, East Buffalo. 



