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In Maryland this work had been going on very harmoniously and 
successfully for about eight months under the rules and regulations 
of August 2, 1886, and the State authorities objected to any material 
change in the status of co-operation, on the ground that they knew 
the old rules to be successful in that State, while the new ones might 
be regarded as more or less of an experiment. Some amendments, 
which appeared desirable to both parties, were consequently made to 
the old rules, and these, in the amended form, were then accepted by 
the governor and_-live-stock sanitary board on behalf of the State of 
Maryland, and by the Commissioner of Agriculture on th part of 
the United States. The following is the text of the amended rules 
and regulations: | 
Rules and regulations for co-operation between the United States Department of 
Agriculture and the authorities of the State of Maryland for the suppression and 
extirpation of contagious pleuro-pneumonia of cattle. 
INSPECTION. 
(1) The necessary inspectors will be furnished by the Bureau of Animal Industry 
of the Department of Agriculture. 
(2) The properly-constituted inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry who 
are assigned to this State are to be authorized by proper State authorities to make 
inspections of cattle under the laws of the State. 'They are to receive such protec- 
tion and assistance as would be given to State officers engaged in similar work. and 
shall be permitted to examine quarantined herds whenever so directed by the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture or Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
(8) All reports of inspections will be made tothe Bureau of Animal Industry, and a 
copy of these will then be made and forwarded to the proper State authorities; when, 
however, any inspector discovers a herd infected with contagious pleuro-pneumonia, 
he will at once report the same to the proper State authority, as wellas to the Bureau 
of Animal Industry. 
(4) The inspectors, while always subject to orders from the Department of Agri- 
culture, will cordially co-operate with State authorities, and will follow instructions 
received from them, provided they do not conflict with the rules and regulations of 
_ the Commissioner of Agriculture and instructions of the Chief of the Bureau of 
Animal Industry. 
QUARANTINE. 
(5) When contagious pleuro-pneumonia is discovered in any herd, the owner or 
person in charge is to be at once notified by the inspector, and the quarantine regu- 
lations of the State are to be enforced from that time. The affected animals will 
be isolated, when possible, from the remainder of the herd, until they can be prop- 
erly appraised and slaughtered. 
(6) To insure a perfect and satisfactory quarantine, a chain fastened with a num- 
bered lock will be placed around the horns, or, with horniess animals, around the 
neck, and record will be kept showing the number of the lock placed upon each 
animal in the herd. 
(7) The locks and chains will be furnished by the Department of Agriculture, but 
they will become the property of the State in which they are used. in order that 
any one tampering with them can be proceeded against legally for injuring or em- 
bezzling the property of the State. 
(8) Quarantine restrictions once imposed are not to be removed by the State 
authorities without the consent of the proper officers of the Department of Agri- 
culture. 
(9) The period of quarantining will continue at least ninety days after the removal 
of the last diseased animal from the herd, and will not be removed until the prem- 
ises have been disinfected. During the whole period of quarantine no animal 
will be allowed to enter the herd or to Jeave it, and all animals in the herd will be 
carefully isolated from other cattle. Any person or persons violating quarantine 
regulations will be prosecuted under the laws of Maryland by the State authorities. 
SLAUGHTER AND COMPENSATION. 
(10) All animals affected with or exposed te contagious pleuro-pneumonia are to 
be slaughtered as soon after their discovery as the necessary arrangements can be 
