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tion must be in writing; and specify the number of cattle to be inspected, the owner's 

 name, the place they came f rom and ttieir destination ; also the place where they 

 have been stopped for inspection, and the distance, as near as known, to the nearest 

 of the above-mentioned points of entry where or near which the importer intends 

 to enter the Territory w ith his cattle ; also specifying the time at which he desires 

 the inspection to take place, which must be]not less than ten days from the time the 

 application is made. 



It. Upon any such application the proper inspector shall make or cause to be made 

 the required inspection and investigation and grant or refuse a permit as above 

 provided. 



12. All applications for inspection of cattle destined for entry into New Mexico, 

 across the line mentioned in inspection district No. 1, will be made to S. S. Birch- 

 field, of Deming, N. Mex., who will make the same in person or designate some 

 othei convenient inspector authorized by said board to make the same. 



All applications for inspection of cattle to cross the line named in inspection dis- 

 trict No. 2, will be made to John H. Riley, of Las Cruces, in the Territory of New 

 Mexico, who will make the same in person or designate some other convenient in- 

 spector duly authorized by said board to make the same. 



All applications for inspection of cattle to cross the line in said district No. 8, will 

 be made to Henry Neaius, of Lookout, N. Mex., who will make the same in person 

 or designate some other convenient inspector, duly authorized by said board to 

 make the same. 



All applications for inspection of cattle to cross the line named in said district 

 No. 4, will be made to Carter Temple, of Fort Sumner, N.Mex., who will make 

 the same in person or designate some other convenient inspector duly authorized 

 by said board to make the same. 



All applications for inspection of cattle to cross the line named in said district No. 

 5, will be made to T. G. Duncan, of La Cinta, San Miguel County, N. Mex., who will 

 make the same in person or designate some other convenient inspector duly author- 

 ized by said board to make the same. 



All applications for inspection of cattle to cross the line by rail named in said dis- 

 trict No. 6, will be made to G. E. Lyon, of Raton, N. Mex., who will make the same 

 in person or designate some other convenient inspector authorized by said board to 

 make the same. 



13. In case any of the inspectors above designated to receive applications for in- 

 spection shall be absent from their respective places of residence, they are required 

 to arrange for placing any such application that may be made during such absence 

 in the hands of some other convenient inspector for action. 



All inspectors are hereby required to inspect under the governor's proclamation 

 relating to pleuro-pneumonia, and guard against the entry of any cattle covered by 

 such proclamation, except at the points and under the conditions and restrictions 

 specified therein, as well as under the quarantine law respecting Texas fever. 



14. The foregoing rules and regulations were adopted at a meeting of the cattle 

 sanitary board of New Mexico, held at De"ming, N. Mex., April 17, 1888. 



WARREN BRISTOL, 

 LEWIS LUTZ, 



Members of tlie Board. 



POLICE POWERS. 



While most of the Western States and Territories have live-stock 

 sanitary boards, which efficiently enforce regulations looking to the 

 protection of their live-stock interests from contagious diseases, at 

 the same time some of the States and Territories are yet without any 

 live-stock sanitary laws on their statute-books, and are consequently 

 unable to protect themselves against contagious maladies. It has been 

 a mooted question in the minds of some of our western sanitary au- 

 thorities as to whether they had the right under the police powers they 

 were exercising to question the health of cattle passing through 

 their respective States and Territories, consigned to points outside 

 their territory, if carried through in cars without being unloaded, or 

 if unloaded, in pens provided for their special use and from which 

 native cattle were excluded. If experience has demonstrated that 

 there is possible danger to the health of cattle arising from the passing 



