BUKEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTBY. 4G3 



upon a more tboroiigh examination of the whole case, that perhaps the ofT-hand opin- 

 ion he gave mo was iiicorrect. 



I am still of the same oiiinion as I was when writing to yoUjhnt iierhapsforgrcjitir 

 caution you had better act upon the oinnion given by him, as he is a higher oUici r ul 

 the Government than myself. 



I deem this explanation neccssoiy to both the Attorney-General and myself, as I 

 said to you that 1 had consulted him privately about the matter, and that is the r«.a- 

 6on why he addicsses nie as he has done to-day, to-wit, that he had changed his mind 

 ui>on a more thorough investigation of the whole act. 

 'Verv resi>ectlullv, 



SI. J. DUEILANI, 



ComjitroUer. 

 Hon. Norman J. Colma>-, 



CoJiimibnioiter of Agriculture. 



Oil the receipt of tlie Comptroller's letter of April 21, rules and res- 

 iilatious for the extermiuatiou of the infected herds in co-operation with 

 the State authorities were telegraphed to Governor Marmaduko and 

 were accepted by him. The opinion of the Attorney-General and the 

 second letter of the Comptroller, however, made it necessary to with- 

 draw such of the regulations as made it obligatory for the Department 

 to pay for slaughtered animals. 



To guard against the shipment of infected cattle the following notice 

 was inserted in the newspapers published in the locality where the dis- 

 ease existed : 



KOTICE IX KEGAKD TO COXTAGIOUS PLEUUO-PXEUMOXLV IN' CALLAWAY C0\T:XTY, 



missouri. 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Bureau of Ammal Industry, 

 Washington, D. C, Jjpril 20, 1S85. 



In accordance with section 7 of an act establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 I hereby give notice that contagious plenro-pneumonia exists among certain herds of 

 cattle in Callaway County, Missouri. Having been informed that parties are driving 

 and shipping cattle that liave been exposed to the contagion of this disease I desire 

 to call the attention of all interested i)crsons to the following sections of the law, and 

 to state that every effort will bo made to stricily enforce the provisions of these sec- 

 tions: 



Sec. G. That no railroad company within the United States, or the owners or mas- 

 ters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation 

 or transport from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock affected with any 

 contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, .and especially the disease known as 

 plLMiro-pnenmoiiia ; nor shoU any person, company, or corporation deliver for such 

 traiisportation to any railroad company, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, any 

 live stock, knowing tbcm to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communi- 

 cable disease; nor shall any person, compauy, or corporation drive on foot or trans- 

 port in private conveyance from oue State or Territory to another, or Irom any State 

 into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live .stock, know- 

 ing them to be affected with any contagions, infectious, or communicable disease, and 

 especially the disease known as plenro-pneumonia : Provided, That the so-called spir- 

 netic or Texas fever shall not be considered a contagious, iufcctious, or communicable 

 disease within the meaning of sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this act, as to cattle being 

 transported by rail to market for slaughter, when the same arc unloaded only to be 

 fed and watcied in lots on the way thereto. 



Sf.c. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify, in 

 writing, the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transporta- 

 tion compauy doing business in or through any infected locality, and by ]>nblicati(>n 

 in such newspapers as he may select, of the existence of said contagion ; and any per- 

 son or persons operating any such railroad, or master or owner of any Ijoat or vessel, 

 or owner or custodian of or person having control over such cattle or other live stock 

 within such infected district, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section 6 

 of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished 

 by a fine of not less than §100 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more 

 than one year, or by both such tine and imprisonment. 



XORMAN J. COLMAN, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



