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cxocution and onforctTucnt of this act. Whenever the phms 

 and methods of the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be 

 accepted by any State or Territory in which pleuro-pneu- 

 monla or other contagious, infectious, or communical)Ie dis- 

 ease is declared to exist, or such State or Territory shall have 

 adopted plans and methods for the suppression and extirpa- 

 tion of said diseases, and such plans and methods shall be 

 accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and whenever 

 the governor of a State or other properly constituted authori- 

 ties signify their readiness to cooperate for the extinction of 

 any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease in con- 

 formity with the provisions of this act, the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture is herel)y authorized to expend so much of the 

 money appropriated by this act as may be necessary in such 

 investigations and in such disinfection and quarantine meas- 

 ures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the dis- 

 ease from one State or Territory into another. 



See. 4. That in order to promote the exportation of liv? 

 stock from the United States the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture shall make special investigation as to the existence of 

 pleuro-pneumonia, or any contagious, infectious, or commu- 

 nicable disease, along the dividing lines between the United 

 States and foreign countries, and along the lines of trans- 

 portation from all parts of the United States to ports from 

 which live stock are exported, and make report of the results 

 of such investigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, who 

 shall from time to time establish such regulations concerning 

 the exportation and transportation of live stock as the re- 

 sults of said investigations may require. 



Sec. 5. That to prevent the exportation from any port of 

 the United States to any port in a foreign country of live 

 stock affected with any contagious, infectious, or communi- 

 cable disease, and especially pleuro-pneumonia, the Secretary 

 of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to take such 

 steps and adopt such measures, not inconsistent with the pro- 

 visions of this act, as he may deem necessary. 



Sec. 6. That no railroad company v/ithin the United States, 

 or the owners or masters of any steam or sailing or other 

 vessel or boat, shall receive for transportation or transport, 

 from one State or Territory to another, or from any State 

 into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any 

 State, any live stock affected with any contagious, infectious, 

 or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as 

 pleuro-pneumonia ; nor shall any person, company, or corpo- 

 ration deliver for such transportation to any railroad com- 

 pany, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, any live 

 stock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, in- 

 fectious, or communicable disease ; nor shall any person, 

 company, or corporation drive on foot or transport in private 

 conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from 

 any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District 

 into any State, any live stock, knowing them to be affected 

 with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, 

 and especially the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia : Pro- 

 vided, That the so-called splenetic, or Texas, fever shall not 



