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for inspection and disposition, and all persons hav- 

 ing the animals in charge must submit to the in- 

 spection of the stock. Whenever in order to pre- 

 vent the spread of a disease it becomes necessaiy 

 to slaughter any diseased or exposed stock the 

 United States is authorized by law to purchase 

 such live stock, and the compensation is either by 

 jDrivate agreement with the owner, or by an ap- 

 praisement in the manner provided by the law of 

 the state in which the owner has his legal resi- 

 dence. In practice it is customaiy for the state 

 and the nation to share in this compensation. In- 

 spections are made by inspectors of the Depart- 

 ment, in the Bureau of Animal Industry, and such 

 inspection and certification as may be required 

 will be performed without the payment of inspec- 

 tion fees. Shipments from a quarantined area, not 

 accompanied with a certificate of an inspector 

 showing freedom from disease or exposure thereto, 

 are not permitted to be diverted for feeding, stock- 

 ing, or breeding purposes, unless first inspected 

 and certified by an inspector of the bureau. Cer- 

 tificates of inspection and treatment must accom- 

 pany the stock to the destination, and they then 

 become the property of the transportation com- 

 pany and must be filed for reference. 



No dead animal may be shipped, or offered for 

 shipment, interstate, in the same car with live 

 animals from the original point of shipment in any 

 state, teri'itory, or the District of Columbia. 



130. Texas Cattle Fever. The quarantine 

 against certain areas for the splenic, or Texas cat- 

 tle, fever is in force throughout the year. Inter- 

 state shipments of cattle from the quarantined 



