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accept the hidcinnity price (»ttVred by the Departinent, 

 the inspector shall arraiij^e for a b(jard ot three ap- 

 praisers, who shall detenniue the price to be paid for 

 the condemned animal. This board shall be consti- 

 tuted as follows: An inspector or other employee of 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry, one person chosen by 

 the owner of the animal or animals to be appraised, 

 and the third member to be chosen by the two herein 

 provided for. 



Regulation 41. The Department will pay the sum 

 of $50 for authentic information leading to the dis- 

 covery of the ownership and location of a stallion or 

 a jack affected with the contajjious venerenl disease 

 known as maladie du coit, and the sum of $25 for 

 authentic information leading to the discovery of the 

 ownership and location of a female animal affected 

 with the disease: Provided, That when such informa- 

 tion is received from more than one person as to the 

 location of the same animal and owner, tlie sum above 

 named shall be paid to the first informant, and when 

 doubt exists or a dispute arises as to who was the 

 first informant, no reward shall be paid. \Yhen more 

 than one diseased animal is found belonging to the 

 same owner or on the same premises, only one reward 

 shall be paid. 



REGULATIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 

 HOG CHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE. 



Effective April 15, 1907. 



Regulation 42. No swine which are diseased with 

 hog cholera or swine plague, or which have been ex- 

 posed to either of the diseases l)y contact with dis- 

 eased animals or by confinement in infectious cars, 

 pens, or other premises, shall be transported, trailed, 

 or driven from one State or Territory (ir the District 

 of Columbia into another State or Territory or the 

 District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided. 

 AH persons intending to shii) swine interstate shall 

 ascertain before offering them for such shipment that 

 the animals are not diseased and have not been ex- 

 posed to the contagion of either disease. 



Regulation 43. Swine which are not diseased with 

 hog «holera or swine plague and which have not been 



