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along the west line of Mitchell County; then following the Government line to the 

 Pecos River, and down that river to its mouth. 



All cattle shall be entitled, to a bill of health, if, on inspection, they are found free 

 from disease, and proof is made that the regulations of this section have been com- 

 plied with. 



SEC. 3. In order that a bill of health can be procured from the State veterinary 

 sanitary board, affidavits must be presented to the State veterinary surgeon, or his 

 duly appointed inspector, setting forth the following facts, to wit : The State and 

 county where the stock was raised and where they have been ranged during the 

 previous ninety days, said affidavits to be accompanied by a certificate from the 

 county clerk as to the owner or owners of the brand upon the stock, and by inspect- 

 or's certificate. 



The above affida\ 7 its must be made by the owner or owners of the stock before a 

 legally authorized notary public, and affiant's reliability be certified to by the county 

 clerk of the county where the animals range, and must in all cases accompany the 

 stock. The person in charge of the stock must state under oath the route over 

 which they have been driven, and must satisfactorily answer questions that may at 

 the time be suggested. 



SEC. 4. Cattle being shipped from south or east of the above defined lines through 

 this State to the ranges of other States and Territories can be unloaded within this 

 State only to be fed and watered, which feeding and watering must be done only 

 in pens kept for that especial purpose, and kept properly disinfected by the several 

 lines of transportation, which pens, as to location and construction, shall be approved 

 by the veterinary sanitary board. 



SEC. 5. In order to defray the expenses of inspection, as provided for by law, a 

 charge of H cents per head will be charged upon all cattle and horses inspected. 



F. P. ERNEST, President. 



CHARLES G. LAMB, 



Secretary, State Veterinary Surgeon. 



Regulations of the cattle sanitary board of New Mexico, adopted April 17, 1888. 



1. Until further provided no one will be employed to inspect cattle unless he is 

 known to be a practical cattle raiser and owner in the Territory and directly inter- 

 ested in the cattle industry, except at places where persons of that class can not be 

 found willing to serve. All inspectors are required to observe the strictest economy 

 in incurring expenditures and are enjoined to avoid all unnecessary and unreason- 

 able expenses in the performance of their duties. 



2. Whenever it shall become necessary to seize and quarantine cattle that have 

 been driven or transported into the Territory in violation of the law, any inspector 

 for that purpose shall call to his aid a sufficient number of persons, expert in the 

 handling of cattle, as may be necessary for that purpose; in which case all expenses 

 of inspection and quarantine are to be borne by the owners of the cattle and for 

 the payment of which there will be a lien on the cattle so seized. 



3. From the 1st day of March to the 1st day of November of each year, all 

 cattle before being imported into New Mexico, except as above provided, which, by 

 any route, either direct or circuitous, could have been driven or transported from 

 any part of the State of Texas, south and east of a line commencing at the north- 

 west corner of the county of Wichita; thence running due south along the western 

 line of Wichita and Archer Counties to the northeastern corner of Throckmorton 

 County; thence due west to the northwest corner of said county; thence due south 

 to the southwest corner of Throckmorton County; thence due west to the north- 

 west corner of Shackelford County; thence due south to the southwest corner of 

 said county; thence due west to the northwest corner of Taylor County; thence 

 along the north line of Nolan and Mitchell Counties to the northwest corner of said 

 Mitchell County; thence due south to the southwest corner of said Mitchell County; 

 thence due west along the south line of the counties of Howard, Martin, and 

 Andrews, to a point where the southeast corner of the Territory of New Mexico 

 and the southwest corner of Andrews County, in the State of Texas, meet; thence 

 due west along the south boundary line of the Territory of New Mexico to a point 

 where the monuments marking the boundaries between the State of Texas, the 

 State of Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico, and the Territory of New Mexico, 

 and erected by the United States Boundary Commission, stand and are in place at 

 the date of the enactment of this law, and more particularly the counties of El 

 Paso, Presidio, Pecos, Tom Green, Crockett, Mitchell, Shackelford, Throckmorton, 

 Archer, and Wichita, in the State of Texas, and all the counties east and south of 

 the counties hereinbefore mentioned, and situated in the aforesaid State of Texas, 



