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trol over the interstate traffic includes also an 

 authority over the strictly intrastate transporta- 

 tion. 



128. Departmental Veterinarians. Inspectors 

 are appointed by the department after a civil serv- 

 ice examination, to which are admitted only the 

 graduates of veterinary schools of approved stand- 

 ing, having courses of at least three years before 

 a degree is conferred. These inspectors supervise 

 the shipment and inspection of the cattle, and 

 their final slaughter for interstate and foreign com- 

 merce, and make the necessary post mortem exam- 

 ination. 



129. GenerEil Quarantine Regulations. Under 

 the acts of 1884, 1903 and 1905, whenever the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture shall determine that the live 

 stock of any section are infected with a contagious 

 or infectious disease, it becomes his duty to declare 

 a quarantine, either upon the entire state, or upon 

 such portion as may seem advisable. In so far as 

 the state quarantine area seems sufficiently pro- 

 tective it is the custom of the Department to adopt 

 the same. The transportation or driving of quar- 

 antined animals from the quarantine area, or the 

 peraiitting them to drift, is strictly prohibited, 

 except under regulations approved by the depart- 

 ment. All pens, or means of conveyance, which 

 have been used by infected animals, or by those 

 exposed to infection, must be thoroughly disin- 

 fected by approved methods before they are used 

 for other animals. This includes also feeding pens, 

 stockyards, chutes and alleys used by infected or 

 exposed animals. When deemed necessary, the 

 interstate shipments of live stock will be stopped 



