(B. A. I. Order No. 144.) 



RULE 1, REVISION 2.— TO PREVENT THE 

 SPREAD OF SPLENETIC FEVER IN CATTLE. 



Effective on and after Ai)ril Id, 1901. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary. 



The fact has been determined by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, and notice is hereby given, that a con- 

 tagious and infectious disease, ivnown as splenetic, 

 southern, or Texas fever, exists among cattle in the 

 following-named States and Territories, to wit : 



California, Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Texas. 

 Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi. Tennessee. Ala- 

 bama, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, and Florida. 



Now, therefore. I, James Wilson, Secretary of 

 Agriculture, under authority conferred by section 1 

 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1905 (33 

 Stat., 1264), do hereby quarantine the following area, 

 to wit : 



All territory situate within the boundaries of Cali- 

 fornia, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas, Arkansas, 

 Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia. 

 North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, and Florida. 



It is ordered by this Rule 1, Revision 2, under the 

 authority and discretion conferred on the Secretary 

 of Agriculture by section 3 of the act of Congress 

 approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat, 1265), that the 

 interstate movement of cattle of the area herein 

 quarantined to any point not located in the said 

 quarantined area shall only be made in accordance 

 with the Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 designated as B. A. I. Order No. 143, promulgated 



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