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(14) All rules and regulations heretofore made are hereby revoked, and these rules 

 and regulations will be in full force and effect on and after the 15th day of April, 

 1887. 



NORMAN J. COLMAN, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture. 



These rules were accompanied by a certificate and request for co- 

 operation, of which the following is a copy: 



WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15, 1887. 



I, Norman J. Colman, Commissioner of Agriculture, do hereby certify to the 

 executive authority of the State of = the foregoing rules and regulations pre- 

 pared by me for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpation of contagious 

 diseases among domestic animals of the United States, by virtue of section 3 of an 

 act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled "An act for the establishment of 

 a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to 

 provide means for the suppression and'extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other 

 contagious diseases among domestic animals," and I do hereby invite the executive 



authority of the State of to co-operate in the enforcement and execution of 



said act and of these rules and regulations, made by authority of and in pursuance 

 of the provisions of said act. 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 To his excellency, 



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Governor of the State of . 



The following form of acceptance was inclosed for the signature 

 of the governors accepting the rules and regulations : 



188. 



I, , governor of the State of , and chief executive officer thereof, 



do hereby acknowledge the receipt of the rules and regulations certified to by the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture of the United States, as having been prepared by him 

 April 15, 1887, in pursuance of the authority of section 3 of an act of Congress 

 approved May 29, 1884, establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, and further 

 acknowledge the receipt of the invitation to the executive authority of the State 



of to co-operate in the enforcement of the provisions of said act, and of said 



rules and regulations. 



And on behalf of the State of , and by virtue of my authority as the chief 



executive officer thereof, I do hereby accept the rules and regulations prepared by 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture, April 15, 1887, for the suppression and extirpa- 

 tion of contagious diseases of animals, and agree that the executive authority of the 



State of will co-operate with the Bureau of Animal Industry in carrying out 



the provisions of the act of May 29, 1884, to the full extent of its authority; and that 

 I will direct the sheriffs and other peace officers of the State to render all necessary 

 aid and assistance to the inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the per- 

 formance of the duties imposed upon them by the said rules and regulations. 



Hon. NORMAN J. COLMAN, Governor of th.e State of . 



Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



The governors of thirty-four States and Territories at once accepted 

 these rules and regulations and agreed to co-operate with the De- 

 partment in the extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia. 



At this time, however, very few States had statutes authorizing 

 the governors to accept such rules and regulations, and some of the 

 governors were doubtful of their power to accept without a special 

 authorization from the legislature. There were also many States 

 which had no laws for the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia, or, 

 having such laws, they were too defective for the enforcement of 

 the proper measures to secure the prompt extirpation of the plague. 



To overcome this deficiency in State legislation a form of law 

 suited to meet this emergency was suggested to the legislatures then 

 in session. This act was passed by the legislatures of New Hamp- 



