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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (BUBEAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.) 



Lamar, Lapham, Logan, McMillan, Manderson, Mil- 

 ler of New York, Mitchell, Morrill, Pike, Platt, 

 Plumb, Sawyer, Van Wyck, Vest, Voorhees, Will- 

 iams, Wilson 34. 



NAYS Brown, Coke, Farley, Groome, Hampton, 

 Jones of Florida, Maxey, Morgan, Eansom 9. 



ABSENT. Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Beck, Blair, 

 Bowen, Butler, Camden, Cameron of Pennsylvania, 

 Colquitt, Fair, Gibson, Gorman, Harrison Hill, In- 

 galls, Jackson, Jonas, Jones of Nevada, McPherson, 

 Mahone, Miller of California, Palmer, Pendleton, 

 Pugh, Riddlebcrger, Sabin, Saulsbury, Sewell, Sher- 

 man, Slater, Vance, Walker 33. 



One of the Senate amendments struck the 

 words "number" and " value" out of the first 

 section; another reduced the appropriation 

 for carrying out the provisions of the measure 

 from $250,000 to $150,000 ; a third provided 

 "that the so-called splenetic or Texas fever 

 shall not be considered a contagious, infectious, 

 or communicable disease within the meaning 

 of sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this act, as to cat- 

 tle being transported by rail to market for 

 slaughter when the same are unloaded only to 

 be fed and watered in lots on the way there- 

 to "; a fourth added " when absent from their 

 usual place of business or residence as such 

 agents " to the second section ; a fifth struck 

 out the proviso at the close of the third sec- 

 tion, and the close of the section was made to 

 read, " The Commissioner of Agriculture is 

 hereby authorized to expend so much of the 

 money appropriated by this act as may be ne- 

 cessary in such investigations and in such dis- 

 infection and quarantine measures as may be 

 necessary to prevent the spread of the disease." 

 A sixth inserted the word " dangerous " before 

 the word contagious in the bill. The Senate 

 amendments, after Deference to a conference 

 committee, were accepted by the House, May 

 24, and the measure was approved by the 

 President, May 29. 



During the progress of the bill through the 

 Senate, Mr. Miller, of California, under instruc- 

 tions from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

 offered the following amendment, which was 

 laid upon the table : 



SECTION 12. That the importation of neat-cattle, 

 sheep, and other ruminants, and swine, which are dis- 

 eased, or infected with any disease, or which shall have 

 been exposed to such infection within sixty days next 

 before their exportation, is hereby prohibited ; and any 

 person who snail knowingly violate the foregoing 

 provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not 

 exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding 

 throe years ; and any vessel or vehicle used in such 

 unlawful importation shall be forfeited to the United 

 States. 



SEC. 13. That the Secretary of the Treasury be 

 and is hereby authorized, at the expense of the own- 

 er, to place and retain in quarantine all neat-cattle, 

 sheep, and other ruminants, and all swine, imported 

 into the United States, at such ports as he may des- 

 ignate for such purpose, and under such conditions 

 as he may by regulation prescribe, respectivelv, for 

 the several classes of animals above described; and 

 for this purpose he may have and maintain possession 

 of all lands, buildings, animals, tools, fixtures, and 

 appurtenances now in use for the quarantine of neat- 

 cattle, and hereafter purchase, construct, or rent such 

 as may be necessary, and he may appoint veterinary 



surgeons, inspectors, officers, and employe's by hup 

 deemed necessary to maintain such quarantine, and 

 provide for the execution of the other provisions of 

 this act. 



SEC. 14. That the importation of all animals de- 

 scribed in this act into any port in the United States, 

 except such as may be approved by the Secretary of 

 the Treasury as quarantine stations, is hereby pro- 

 hibited; and the collector of the port where such ani- 

 mals are landed may cause to be slaughtered such of 

 the animals named in this act as may be, under regu- 

 lations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 adjudged to be infected with any contagious disease, 

 or to have been exposed to infection so as to be dan- 

 gerous to other animals ; and that the value of animals 

 so slaughtered as being so exposed to infection but 

 not infected, may be ascertained by the agreement of 

 the collector of such port and owners thereof, if prac- 

 ticable ; otherwise, by the appraisal by two persons 

 familiar with the character and value of such proper- 

 ty, to be appointed by such collector^ whose decision, 

 if they agree, shall be final ; otherwise such collector 

 shall decide between them, and his decision shall be 

 final ; and the amount of the value thus ascertained 

 shall be paid to the owner thereof out of money in 

 the Treasury appropriated for the collection of cus- 

 toms ; but no payment shall be made for any animal 

 imported in violation of the provisions of this act. If 

 any animals subject to quarantine according to the 

 provisions of this act are brought into any port of the 

 y nited States where no quarantine station is estab- 

 lished, the collector of such port shall require the 

 same to be conveyed by the vessel on which they are 

 imported or are found to the nearest quarantine sta- 

 tion at the expense of the owner. 



SEC. 15. That whenever, in the opinion of the Presi- 

 dent, it shall be necessary for the protection of ani- 

 mals in the United States against infectious or con- 

 tagious diseases, he may, by proclamation, suspend 

 the importation of all or any class of animals for a 

 limited time, and may change, modify, revoke, or re- 

 new euch proclamation, as the public good may re- 

 quire ; and during the time of such suspension the 

 importation of any such animals shall be unlawful. 



SEC. 16. That each collector of customs where any 

 of such animals are landed shall cause careful inspec- 

 tion to be made by a suitable officer of all imported 

 animals described in this act, to ascertain whether 

 such animals are infected with contagious diseases or 

 have been exposed to infection so as to be dangerous 

 to other animals, which shall then either be placed 

 in quarantine or dealt with according to the regula- 

 tions of the Secretary of the Treasury; and all food, 

 litter, manure, clothing, utensils, and other appli- 

 ances that have been so related to such animals on 

 board ship as to be judged liable to convey infection, 

 shall be dealt with according to the regulations of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury ; and the collector of any 

 port may cause inspection to be made of all animals 

 described in this act intended for exportation, and 

 provide for the disinfection of all vessels engaged in 

 the transportation thereof, and of all barges or other 

 vessels used in the conveyance of such animals in- 

 tended for export to the ocean-steamer or other ves- 

 sels, and of all attendants and their clothing, and of 

 all head-ropes and other appliances used in such ex- 

 portation, by such orders and regulations as the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury may prescribe ; and if, upon 

 such 'inspection, any such animals shall be adjudged, 

 under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 to be infected or to have been exposed to infection, so 

 as to be dangerous to other animals, they shall not be 

 allowed to be placed upon any vessel for exportation ; 

 the expense or all the inspection and disinfection pro- 

 vided for in this section to be borne by the owners 

 of the vessels on which such animals are exported. 



SEC. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury may 

 cause to be made a careful inspection of all salted pork 

 and bacon intended for exportation, with a view to 

 ascertain and determine whether the same is whole- 



