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must be inspected and an investigation made by our inspector or other authorized 

 person for the purpose of deter mining whether any of such cattle have or have 

 not come from any place or district in the State of Texas south or east of said line. 



4. In conducting such investigation the inspector will bea-r in mind that the object 

 of inspection as to the cattle disease known as Texas fover is not to determine 

 whether the cattle are infected with that disease, which can not be determined by 

 an inspection, but to deteimine whether the cattle, or any of them, are or are not 

 from any part of the proscribed territory of Texas, and for the purpose of determin- 

 ing whether the cattle destined for importation into New Mexico are or are not from 

 any place, district, or locality quarantined against. All cattle which by any route, 

 direct or circuitous, could have come from any such place, district, or locality, are 

 subject to inspection. 



5. If, upon investigation, it shall be ascertained that the cattle so inspected have 

 not come from the aforesaid proscribed territory of Texas, or any part thereof, the 

 inspector before whom the investigation is had will give the person in charge of the 

 cattle a permit in writing 01 print, or 'partly in writing and partly in print, and 

 issued by the inspector, to pass such cattle into the . Territory to their destination 

 therein, or to pass the same through the Territory when their destination shall be 

 beyond the limits of the Territory; otherwise the inspector will refuse such permit, 

 unless the cattle are to be transported entirely through the Territory of New Mexico 

 by rail, under the conditions and restrictions prescribed by the quarantine law; in 

 such case no inspection or permit will be required. 



6. All permits to pass cattle into or through the Territory must contain the name 

 of the owner, the name of the person in charge of the cattle, as owner, agent, or 

 employe, a description of their cattle by their brands and ear marks, the place they 

 came from, and their destination. 



7. Cattle to be inspected as above required must be stopped before entering the 

 Territory, at or within a reasonable distance of either or any of the following 

 points of entry for the purpose of convenient inspection, and until otherwise pro- 

 vided, and notice published, no permits will be granted to pass cattle into or through 

 the Territory, except at or near such points, viz: 



Any part of the line between New Mexico and the State of Chihuahua, in the 

 Republic of Mexico, within 200 miles of the city of El Paso, which is hereby desig- 

 nated as -inspection district No. 1. 



Any part of the line between New Mexico and the State of Texas, in the vicinity 

 of El Paso in that State, which is designated as inspection district No. 2. 



The point at or near which the Pecos River crosses the line between New Mexico 

 and the State of Texas, designated as inspection district No. 3. 

 * The point at or near which the Fort Sumner and Texas road crosses the line 

 between New Mexico and the State of Texas, designated as inspection district No. 4. 



The point at or near which the Canadian River crosses the line between New 

 Mexico and the State of Texas, designated as inspection district No. 5. 



The point where the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway crosses the line 

 between New Mexico and the State of Colorado, in the vicinity of Raton, N. Mex., 

 designated as inspection district No. 6. 



Provided, however, If the owner of the cattle to be inspected shall so elect and 

 inform the proper inspector, an. inspection may be made and a permit in like man- 

 ner may be granted to pass cattle into the Territory at any other point designated 

 by the importer, upon his paying the necessary expenses of inspection and the in- 

 vestigation, and by advancing to the inspector before the commencement of the 

 investigation a sum of money sufficient to cover his per diem and traveling expenses, 

 the amount thereof to be determined by the inspector. 



8. Inspectors will not go beyond the boundary line of the Territory to inspect cat- 

 tle upon the application of the owner or agent in charge except for the purpose of 

 viewing the cattle and taking a description of them. 



All oaths to witnesses must be administered and all necessary testimony taken 

 within the Territory, and for this purpose the proper inspector will require the im- 

 porter of cattle to be inspected to furnish within the Territory all the testimony 

 which he may desire to offer, and which may be required for the purpose of inspec- 

 tion and investigation, to determine whether the cattle have or have not come from 

 the aforesaid proscribed territory in the State of Texas. 



9. All testimony taken before any inspector in any such investigation must be re- 

 duced to writing and reported to the sanitary board. 



10. Any person having in charge any cattle destined for introduction into the 

 Territory, and required to be inspected as above provided, may make application to 

 the inspector designated at a place nearest to any of the above-mentioned points of 

 entry where he desires to import his cattle in.to the Territory for an inspection of 

 his cattle, and to make an investigation for the purpose aforesaid. Such applica- 



