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iO) Cars wliich have carried catlie within the 

 moditied quarantine area of any State or Territory 

 or the District of Columbia shall he cleaned and dis- 

 infected before heins taken to any point in another 

 State or Territory or the District of Columl)ia not in 

 the moditied quarantined area. This provision shall 

 not api)ly to cars containing cattle in the course of 

 interstate transportation for innnediate slaughter, in 

 accordance with these regulations. 



Regulation 15. Cattle infested with the BoopliUuft 

 annHliitu.s, or southern cattle tick, disseminate the 

 contagion of splenetic, southern, or Texas fever ; there- 

 fore cattle not of th^} modified quarantined area which 

 are infested with the BoopliUus (Dinuhitus ticks shall 

 be considered as infected cattle and shall be subject 

 to the regulations governing the interstate movement 

 of cattle of the modified quarantined area. 



Regulation 16. Stock-yard companies receiving in- 

 terstate shipments of cattle infested with the said 

 ticks shall place the said cattle in the pens set aside 

 for the use of cattle of the modified quarantined area, 

 and transportation companies are required to clean 

 and disinfect, in accordance with the requirements of 

 these regulations, all cars and boats used in interstate 

 transportation which have contained the infected 

 cattle. 



Regulation 17. Cattle of the moditied quarantined 

 area, or other cattle infested with ticks, which have 

 been properly dipped in Beaumont crude petroleum, or 

 otherwise treated in a manner approved by the Sec- 

 retary of Agricidture, under the supervision of an 

 inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and 

 which have been examined and certified to be free of 

 infection by the said inspector, may be shipped inter- 

 state at any time, subject only to such restrictions as 

 may be imposed by State, Territorial, or District of- 

 ficers at points of destination : Provuled, That when 

 cattle are to be dipped, as specified herein, they shall, 

 within six hours immediately prior to dipping, be 

 given an opportunity to drink sufficient water to 

 quench their thirst. Shipments of cattle that have 

 been dipped or treated as herein provided shall be 

 forwarded in clean, disinfected cars, shall be accom- 

 panied by certificates of dipping or treatment issued 



