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brought into Pennsjlvtinia until the inspection reportB have been ap- 

 proved by a member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or by an 

 agent authorized to approve such reports. After such approval the 

 cattle can be disposed of without restriction. 



2. Dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding purposes may, if ship- 

 pers so elect, be examined and tested with tuberculin at suitable 

 stock-yards nearest to the State line on the railroad over which they 

 are shipped. Such examinations are to be made by inspectors ap- 

 proved by this Board and at the expense of the ow'ner of the cattle. 



Cattle so inspected shall be marked with a suitable metal tag or 

 shall be accuratelv described so that thev can be i-eliablv identified, 

 and a report on the examination and test, with directions for identi- 

 fication, shall be submitted without delay to this Board. 



3. Dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding purposes may be 

 brought into Pennsylvania without previous examination only under 

 the following conditions: 



A. Notification to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board that it is 

 proposed to bring certain dairy cows or neat cattle for breeding pur- 

 poses into this State. Such notice must be accompanied by the 

 number and a full and accurate description of the cattle, the names 

 and addresses of the owner and consignee, the date upon which 

 they are to be brought into the State, the route over which they are 

 to be driven or shipped, and the destination. 



A blank form to use in rendering this report will be sent upon ap- 

 plication to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 



B. Such cattle shall remain in strict quarantine during transit and 

 after they have arrived at their destination until they have been ex- 

 amined and tested with tuberculin by an inspector approved by this 

 Board. Under this quarantine it is required that the cattle shall 

 be kept apart from other cattle, that they shall remain in the posses- 

 sion of the person or persons who bring them into this State and that 

 their milk shall not be sold or used without previous sterilization by 

 boiling. 



Dairy cows or neat cattle for breeding purposes brought into Penn- 

 sylvania under this provision that are found upon examination or 

 test to be tuberculous, shall be strictly isolated and quarantined, 

 their milk cannot be used for any purpose whatever without previous 

 sterilization by boiling, and they shall not be moved to other prem- 

 ises excepting for slaughter. No compensation shall be allowed for 

 such cattle. 



Api)roved by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board at Harrisburg, 

 Pa., November 5, 1897. 



LEONARD PEARSON, 

 Secretarv, 



