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Domestic Animals or Live Stock. These words refer to horses, mules, 

 asses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, dogs and cats. 



Horses or Horse Stock refer to horses, mules and asses. 



Poultry refers to chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, guinea hens, pea- 

 cocks, etc. 



Inspector or Inspecting Officer. These words, unqualified, refer to 

 veterinary officers, as the Territorial Veterinarian, the Assistant, and 

 Deputy Territorial Veterinarians. 



Live Stock Inspector refers to lay inspectors. 



Transmissible Diseases. These words apply to all infectious, con- 

 tagious or communicable diseases of animals. 



Territorial Veterinarian also refers to and includes the Assistant Ter- 

 ritorial Veterinarian and the Deputy Territorial Veterinarians at the 

 various ports of entry. 



The above definitions are not intended to be exclusive. 



RULE II.— GENERAL PROVISIONS. 



All importations of live stock and other animals into the Territory 

 of Hawaii from foreign countries are subject to the Eegulations of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture and permit for such importa- 

 tions must be obtained from Washington, D. C, by application through 

 the office of the Territorial Veterinarian in Honolulu. 



All importations of live stock from the mainland of the United States 

 into the Territory of Hawaii are subject to the regulations of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture governing the humane hand- 

 ling and safe transport of live stock in interstate trade and permit 

 to so carry stock must be obtained for each and every shipment from 

 the proper federal official at the port of shipment. 



RULE III.— INSPECTION OF IMPORTED LIVE STOCK. 



Sec. 1. In order to prevent the introduction into this Territory of in- 

 fectious, contagious and communicable diseases among live stock and 

 other animals, local managers or agents of steamship and navigation 

 lines or the commanding officer of any ship, shall notify the Territorial 

 Veterinarian immediately upon the arrival of any ship, of the presence 

 on board, if any, of live domestic animals, including poultry and dogs, 

 when same are intended to be landed in this Territory, and shall upon 

 arrival of any ship furnish the inspecting officer with a list of the num- 

 ber and kind of animals taken on board from any port outside of this 

 Territory, the number and kind destined for the Territory, the names 

 of the owners or consignees, and a report as to the condition of health 

 and cases of sickness or death and the causes thereof among the animals 

 while on board. 



Sec. 2. If necessary to remove such animals before the arrival of 

 the inspector they must be confined on the pier in such a manner as to 

 facilitate inspection, but shall in no case be turned loose on the pier. 

 Hogs and sheep shall be confined in temporary pens or crates. Cattle 

 and horses shall be tied on the pier. No animal of any description 

 shall be allowed to leave the pier until the Territorial Veterinarian 

 has issued a certificate of health permitting the landing of the animal 

 or animals in question. 



Sec 3. In no case shall the removal of live animals from the ship 

 for inspection or other purposes, constitute an entry into the Territory 

 until a certificate of health for such animals has been issued. 



RULE IV.— HORSES, MULES AND ASSES. 



Sec. 1, All horse stock intended for importation into the Territory 

 of Hawaii must be accompanied by a certificate of health, issued or 

 approved by a veterinary officer of the United States Bureau of Animal 



