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among domestic animals in any part of the United States, and he believes there is 

 danger of such disease spreading to other States or Territories, he shall at once 

 direct an inspector to make an investigation as to the existence of said disease. 



(2) Said inspector shall at once proceed to the locality where said disease is be- 

 lieved to exist and make an examination of the animals said to be affected with 

 disease, and report the result of such examination to the Chief of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry. 



(3) Should the inspector on such investigation find that a contagious, infectious, 

 or communicable disease exists among the animals examined, and especially pleuro- 

 pneumonia, he shall direct the temporary quarantine of said animals, and the herds 

 among which they are, and adopt such sanitary measures as may be necessarv to 

 prevent the spread of the disease, and report his action to the Chief of the Bure'au. 



He will further notify in writing the owner or owners, or person or persons in 

 charge _of such animal or animals, of the existence of the contagious disease, and 

 that said animal or animals have been placed in quarantine, and warn him or them 

 from moving said animal or animals under penalty of sections 6 and 7 of the act 

 of Congress approved May 29, 1884. 



(4) When the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry is satisfied of the existence 

 of any contagious disease among domestic animals in any locality of the United 

 States, and especially of pleuro-pneumonia, and that there is danger of said disease 

 spreading to other States or Territories, he will report the same to the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, who will quarantine said locality in the mode and manner as pro- 

 vided in Rule 12. He shall cause a thorough examination of all animals of the kind 

 diseased in said locality, and all such animals found diseased he will cause to be 

 slaughtered. He shall establish a quarantine for a period of not less than ninety 

 days of all animals that have come in contact with diseased animals, or have been 

 on premises or in buildings on or in which diseased animals have been, or have been 

 in any way exposed to disease ; and shall make and enforce all such sanitary regu- 

 lations as the exigencies of the case may require. He will cause to be disinfected 

 in such manner as he deems best all sheds, corrals, yards, barns, and buildings in 

 which diseased animals have been, and until such premises and buildings have been 

 so disinfected and declared free from contagion by certificate in writing signed by 

 an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, no animal or animals shall be per- 

 mitted to go upon or into said premises and buildings. Should, however, any ani- 

 mal or animals be put upon said premises or into said buildings in violation of this 

 rule and regulation, then such animal or animals shall be placed in quarantine for 

 a period of not less than ninety days, and said premises or buildings be again dis- 

 infected. Said second disinfection and the quarantine of said animals to be at the 

 expense of the owner of said premises or buildings. 



(5) All animals quarantined by order of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry shall have a chain fastened with a numbered lock placed around their horns, 

 or in case of hornless animals placed around their necks; and a record will be kept 

 showing the number of lock placed upon each animal, name and character of ani- 

 mal, and marks of identification, name of owner, locality, and date of quarantine. 

 The Chief of the Bureau, however, may. in his discretion, in place of chaining 

 said animals, cause the animals to be branded in such manner as he may designate, 

 or may place a guard over the same. 



(6) All animals quarantined will be deemed .and considered as "affected with 

 contagious disease," and any person or persons moving said quarantined animals 

 from the infected district will be prosecuted under sections 6 and 7 of the act of 

 Congress establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry approved May 29, 1884. 



(7) Whenever in the judgment of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal ^Industry 

 it becomes necessary to kill animals that have been exposed to the contagious dis- 

 ease known as pleuro-pneumonia, in order to prevent the spread of said disease 

 from one State or Territory to another, he shall cause the same to be slaughtered. 



(8) All animal^ diseased with pleuro-pneumonia, and all animals exposed to pleuro- 

 pneumonia, that have been condemned to be slaughtered, shall be first appraised as 

 to their value at the time of then* condemnation. Said appraisement shall be made 

 in the mode and manner provided for by the law of the State in which they are lo- 

 cated, and such compensation on their appraised value will be paid as is provided for 

 by the law of such State. In case such State has no law for the appraisement of the 

 value of animals diseased with pleuro-pneumonia, or that have been exposed to 

 pleuro-pneumonia, or either, then the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry shall 

 direct an inspector of the Bureau to convene a board of appraisers to consist of 

 three members, one of whom said inspector shall appoint, one to be appointed by 

 the owner of the animal or animals condemned, and these two will appoint the 

 third ; in case the said owner shall neglect or refuse to name an appraiser, then by 

 two appraisers to be appointed by said inspector. This board will appraise the 



