SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X. 523 



"* * * and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to 

 use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and In 

 such manner as he may think best, in the collection of information con- 

 cerning live stock, dairy, and other animal products, and to prevent the 

 spread of pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, and other diseases 

 of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he ma/ 

 deem necessary. 



"Act of February 2, 1903." 



Acting in accordance with this legislation, the following orders have 

 been made and promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture, and are 

 now in force: 



(B. a. I. ORDER NO. 108.) 



REGULATIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SHEEP SCAB. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C, April 3, 1903. 



To the Managers and Agents of Railroad and Trayisportation Companies 

 of the United States, Stockmen, and Others: 



"In furtherance of the regulations for suppression and extirpation o£ 

 contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals in the United 

 States, dated March 10, 1903, (B. A. I. Order 106), notice is hereby given 

 that a contagious disease known as sacbies, or sheep scab, exists among 

 sheep In the United States, and in order to prevent the dissemination 

 of said disease and to aid in its eradication, the following regulations 

 are established and observance thereof required: 



"1. It is required of everyone intending to ship or to trail sheep to 

 ascertain that the sheep are not affected with scabies and have not been 

 exposed to the contagion thereof before offering them for transportation 

 or before crossing state or territorial boundaries. Transportation com- 

 panies are required to provide cleaned and disinfected cars or other 

 vehicles for the reception of sheep, and to refuse for shipment sheep 

 whose freedom from disease and from exposure to contagion is in doubt. 

 Sheep that are not affected with scabies and that have not been ex- 

 posed to the contagion may be shipped or trailed without restriction, 

 unless they are in a locality where inspection and certification are re- 

 quired before their removal therefrom. 



"2. Sheep that are affected with scabies, or that have been exposed 

 to the contagion of scabies, either through contact with infected flocks 

 or infected premises, pens, or cars, shall not be shipped or driven from 

 one state or territory or the District of Columbia into another state or 

 territory or the District of Columbia, or into public stock yards or feed- 

 ing stations, until they have been dipped in a mixture approved by this 

 department, except as provided in Rule 4. 



"3. Sheep that are affected with the disease may be shipped for 

 immediate slaughter after one dipping, but if they are intended for feed- 

 ing or stocking purposes they shall be held for a second dipping ten 



