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shall be permitted to examine quarantined herds whenever so directed by the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture or Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



(3) All reports of inspections will be made to the 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-pn'eumonia, 

 he will at once report the same to the proper State authorities, as well as 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 hornless 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 leave it, and all animals in the herd will be 

 carefully isolated from other cattle. Any person or persons violating quarantine 

 regulations ^11 be prosecuted under the laws of Maryland by the State authorities, 



SLAUGHTER AND COMPENSATION. 



(10) All annuals affected with or exposed to contagious pleuro-pneumonia are to 

 be slaughtered as soon after their discovery as the necessary arrangements can be 

 made, and the State veterinarian shall, upon the request of the inspector of the Bu- 

 reau of Animal Industry in charge of the work, make the necessary order for the 

 slaughter of exposed and diseased animals. 



(11) When diseased or exposed animals are reported to the State authorities, they 

 shall promptly take such steps as they desire to confirm the diagnosis. The animals 

 are to be appraised according to the provisions of the State law, and the proper offi- 

 cers of the Bureau of Animal Industry (who will be designated by the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture) notified of the appraisement. If this representative of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry confirms the diagnosis and approves the appraisement, 

 the Department of Agriculture will purchase the animals of the owner and pay for 

 the same. 



(12) All slaughter shall be made on the premises where practicable, and the car- 

 casses, blood, and offal of all diseased animals properly buried thereon. In 110 

 case shall driving of diseased or exposed animals over the public highway be per- 

 mitted unless under supervision of an officer of the Bureau. Nor shall such ani- 

 mals be slaughtered at any slaughter-house where adequate provision is not made 

 for the destruction of carcasses, offal, blood, and all infecting matters. 



DISINFECTION. 



(13) All necessary disinfection will be conducted by the employes of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry. 



INOCULATION. 



(14) No inoculation will be permitted. 



(15) The salaries and expenses of all the inspectors assigned to Maryland by the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, th.e compensation for all animals slaughtered under 



