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state or Territory or the District of Columbia and 

 aiiotlier State or Territory or the District of Co- 

 luiiihia." 



Regulation 2. When the Secretary of Agriculture 

 shall tleterniine the fact that rattle or other live stock 

 in a State or Territory or the District of Columbia are 

 affected with any contagious, infectious, or com- 

 nuuiicable disease notice will be given of that fact. 

 A rule will be issued placing in quarantine all or a 

 portion of the State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia in which the disease exists, and this rule will 

 either absolutely forbid the interstate movement of 

 live stock from the quarantined area or will in- 

 dicate the regulations under which interstate move- 

 ments may be made. 



Regulation 3. Before offering cattle or other live 

 stock for interstate transportation, or so transporting 

 them, or introducing them into any public stock yards 

 or upon routes of traffic for interstate transportation, 

 all persons or corporations are required to exercise 

 reasonable diligence to ascertain that such animals are 

 not affected with any contagious or infectious disease, 

 and have not been exposed to the contagion or in- 

 fection of disease by contact with other animals so 

 diseased or by location in or upon pens, premises, cars, 

 or other vehicles that have contained diseased ani- 

 mals. 



Regulation 4. Premises, cars, boats, and other ve- 

 hicles that have contained diseased or exposed cattle 

 or other live stock shall not be used in the interstate 

 transjwrtation of healthy animals until the said 

 premises, cars, boats, and other vehicles shall have 

 been cleaned and disinfected as hereinafter provided. 

 If the facilities for cleaning and disinfecting cars can 

 not be provided at the point where the diseased or 

 exposed cattle or other live stock are unloaded there- 

 from, the transportation company shall seal and for- 

 ward the infectious cars to a point to be agreed upon 

 l>etween an agent of the company and a representative 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall there 

 clean and disinfect the said cars in the presence of 

 an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



Regulation 5. Cars, boats, and other vehicles for 

 use in the interstate transportation of healthy and 



