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EULE VII— SWINE. 



Sec. 1. All pure-bred swiue intended for shipment to the Territory 

 of Hawaii for breeding purposes must be accompanied by a certificate of 

 health issued or approved by an officer of the United States Bureau of 

 Animal Industry or by the S^tate Veterinarian, to the effect that the ani- 

 mals have passed a careful veterinary inspection and are free from any 

 indication of disease, and that neither hog cholera nor swine plague has 

 existed within a radius of 5 miles of the premises on which they have 

 been kept for a period of six months immediately preceding the date of 

 shipment. 



Sec 2. The owner or importer must present an affidavit to the effect 

 that the said certificate refers to the swine in question, that the same 

 have been shipped from the premises mentioned in said certificate in clean 

 and disinfected cars, without unloading, and that they have not been sub- 

 mitted to the serum simultaneous or double treatment for hog cholera 

 within thirty days prior to shipment. 



Sec. 3. All pure-bred swine intended for breeding purposes arriving in 

 the Territory without such certificate and affidavit shall be subject to a 

 quarantine of two weeks at the expense of the owner or importer. 



Sec. 4. All swine intended for shipment to the Territory of Hawaii 

 for the purpose of slaughter must be accompanied by the certificate and 

 affidavit as in Sections 1 and 2 required. 



See. 5. Such swine shall be unloaded from the vessel into cars, drays, 

 or trucks and transported direct to the place of slaughter. 



Sec. 6. All such cars, drays, or trucks shall be thoroughly cleaned and 

 disinfected under the supervision of the Territorial Veterinarian before 

 being allowed to return for reloading or to be used for other purposes. 



Sec. 7. All expense connected with such cleaning and disinfection shall 

 be borne by the owner or importer. 



Sec. 8. No swine brought to the Territory for the purpose of slaughter 

 shall be allowed to be landed without the certificate and affidavit men- 

 tioned in Sections 1 and 2 hereof. 



Sec. 9. The above rule, as amended, shall take effect on February 28, 

 1921. 



Adopted on February 11th, 1921, by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Forestrv. 



A. L. C. ATKINSON, 



President. 



Approved this 11th dav of February, 1921. 



C. J. McCAKTHY, • 

 Governor of Hawaii. 



Honolulu, T. H. 



