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ner. The progress of the disease must be frequently reported to 

 the central Government. 



" It is the duty of the Chancellor of the Empire to watch over 

 the proper execution of these laws. The chancellor is empowered 

 to make such special regulations as the urgency of the case may de- 

 mand, but must notify the different state governments of the same. 

 The different state governments are obliged to support one another 

 in the execution of these regulations. 



" The military may be called in to help carry out the regula- 

 tions. The central Government pays the expenses of the latter." 



Special Regulations to prevent the Introduction of the Pest from 



Foreign Countries. 



" "When the pest breaks out in distant parts of a foreign country 

 which is in connection with Germany, either by railroad or canal, 

 so that animals could be transported in a short time into the land, 

 then all cattle, sheep, swine, or other ruminants from those regions 

 are strictly forbidden entrance. This regulation extends to all prod- 

 ucts from animals in a fresh condition, with the exception of but- 

 ter, milk, and cheese. Traffic may be allowed in completely dried 

 hides, wool, hair, and bristles, as well as melted tallow in casks, 

 completely dried bones, horns, and claws, which must be entirely 

 free from all fleshy parts. 



" Ruminants from non-infested districts of the country in ques- 

 tion may be allowed entrance at certain points, fixed by law, under 

 the following conditions : 



" (a.) An official attestation must be given that the animals came 

 from a place which has been free from the pest for at least thirty 

 days, and that no pest rages within a distance of twenty kilometres 

 of the place whence they came. 



li (b.) Their transport must have taken place through sections 

 entirely free from the pest. 



" (c.) The imported animals must be strictly examined at the 

 frontiers by an official veterinarian, and have been found absolutely 

 free from all disease. 



" These regulations may be modified when the animals are des- 

 tined for a city having a public slaughter-house, and when the rail- 

 road connects directly with the same. The importation can only 

 take place in each individual case with the consent of the Govern- 

 ment, and in each case is to be governed by special police regulations. 



" All that has been said with reference to importation bears equal 

 relation to transport through the land, or any portion of it. 



