34 REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



rendering works and slaughter-houses for a few months, in order that 

 any re-appearance of it may be promptly detected. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Early in the year 1887 the discovery of cases of acute pleuro-pneu- 

 monia was reported from Boston, and the Department was requested by 

 the governor to assist the State board in investigations as to its preva- 

 lence and in the enforcement of measures for its eradication. In- 

 spectors were at once sent there, who found that the affected animals 

 had recently been shipped there from Buffalo, N. Y., and it appeared 

 that they had either come to Buffalo from Chicago or had mingled 

 there with cows from Chicago. A thorough inspection and super- 

 vision of the dairies about Boston was kept up for several months, 

 and particularly of the herds in which had been introduced those 

 animals which came in the same car with the affected ones. Fortu- 

 nately but few cases occurred, and it was only found necessary to 

 destroy a very small number of animals. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



It was known that pleuro-pneumonia existed to a considerable ex- 

 tent in the District of Columbia within the last three or four years, 

 but the inspections and supervision of the inspectors of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, together with the activity of the health depart- 

 ment, led to its disappearance. To determine definitely as to whether 

 the contagion was still affecting any herds, the Commissioners of the 

 District, at the request of the Commissioner of Agriculture, issued 

 the following order authorizing the Chief of this Bureau to act as 

 veterinarian for the District of Columbia, and empowering the in- 

 spectors to make an examination of all cattle in the District: 



OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 



Washington, July 18, 1887. 



ORDERED : The Commissioners having learned that a dangerous communicable 

 disease prevails among domestic animals in the vicinity of the District, which by 

 contagion or transportation may affect the general health and safety, the Commis- 

 sioners, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of the act approved May 29, 1884, 

 order the following measures for the prompt suppression of the same. 



1. Upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief of 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture is 

 hereby authorized and empowered to act as veterinarian for the District of Colum- 

 bia for the purposes named in the act above quoted. 



2. So much of the rules and regulations prepared by the Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture in accordance with the requirements of the act aforesaid, and published 

 under date of April 15, 1887, as are applicable to the District of Columbia are hereby 

 approved and adopted by the Commissioners as regulations for the District : Pro- 

 vided, That wherever said regulations require report to and action by the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, acting as veter- 

 inarian for the District, shall submit the requisite reports and recommendations for 

 the consideration of and action by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 



3. The legally appointed agents and inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 are hereby empowered, under the direction of the Chief of the Bureau, to discharge 

 corresponding duties for the District of Columbia, and all citizens of the District are 

 hereby directed and required to recognize and respect the said Chief of the Bureau 

 and his duly appointed agents, as lawful officers of the District. 



4. The said Chief of the Bureau and his agents are authorized to inspect any 

 premises in the District of Columbia where it is believed there exists any contagious, 

 infectious, or communicable disease among any domestic animals, and if found 

 needful to order the temporary quarantine of said animals, to cause premises to be 

 disinfected, and if necessary to condemn the animals to be killed in order to prevent 

 the spread of disease. 



