﻿Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  S55 
  

  

  ture 
  — 
  now 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  — 
  and 
  authorized 
  him 
  

   to 
  issue 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  to 
  govern 
  about 
  everj 
  feature 
  of 
  

   animal 
  industrv 
  throughout 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  to 
  cover 
  export 
  

   and 
  import 
  and 
  interstate 
  traffic 
  in 
  live 
  animals 
  and 
  all 
  animal 
  

   products, 
  and 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  suppression 
  and 
  extirpation 
  of 
  

   contagious 
  and 
  infectious 
  diseases. 
  The 
  active 
  co-operation 
  of 
  

   this 
  bureau 
  with 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  States, 
  governed 
  by 
  

   such 
  rules 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time, 
  as 
  the 
  exigencies 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  demand, 
  have 
  made 
  

   voluminous 
  and 
  ever-changing 
  methods 
  of 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  field 
  

   covered 
  by 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  rule 
  emanating 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner 
  

   of 
  Agriculture 
  was 
  in 
  July, 
  1885, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  found, 
  together 
  with 
  

   much 
  further 
  information, 
  in 
  the 
  Fourteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industrv, 
  1897. 
  

  

  Reference 
  is 
  also 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  subsequent 
  reports 
  of 
  this 
  

   bureau. 
  

  

  ALABAMA. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  allow 
  

   a 
  dog 
  or 
  dogs 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  him 
  or 
  over 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  control, 
  

   which 
  become 
  rabid, 
  or 
  a 
  dog 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  information 
  of 
  or 
  

   good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  has 
  been 
  bitten 
  by 
  a 
  rabid 
  dog, 
  to 
  run 
  at 
  

   large 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  :N'o. 
  373.) 
  

  

  ALASKA. 
  

  

  The 
  territory 
  of 
  Alaska 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  to 
  which 
  reference 
  is 
  hereby 
  made. 
  

  

  ARIZONA. 
  

  

  The 
  Live 
  Stock 
  Sanitary 
  Commission 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  liA'e-stock 
  inspectors 
  to 
  reside 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  each 
  city, 
  town 
  or 
  

   ^^llage 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  point 
  where 
  cattle 
  are 
  slaughtered, 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  

  

  