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ready to relieve from quarantine. A. "W. Clieever moved that the 

 list be accepted, and that the horses therein named be relieved 

 from further restrictions. The vote was carried, Dr. Winchester 

 voting in the negative. Dr. Winchester next moved that the 

 quarantine be removed from all the other quarantined horses. 

 The motion was lost, Ex-Presidcnt Stockbridge and A. W. Cheever 

 voting in the negative. A. W. Cheever moved that the Secretary 

 be instructed to notify the railroad that the following list of quar- 

 antined horses are relieved from further restrictions, and the other 

 quarantined horses must be held for further examination, which 

 will be made forthwith. Motion carried, Dr. Winchester voting 

 in the negative. 



List of horses to be relieved from quarantine : at Baldwin 

 Street stable, 1070, 2010, 1095, 1807, 18.32; Summer Street, 

 2107, 2097, 2099, 2038, 2034, 20G2, 23G0, 2029, 2064, 2071, 2087 ; 

 Mt. Auburn, 539, 340, 585, 157G, 1600, 489 ; Eighth Street, 2656, 

 41, 256, 1632, 982; Brighton, 1379, 1329, 1686; Oak Square, 

 1956, 1817, 1412; Stiles's, 1643, 149, 966, 903, 929, 969, 2074, 

 981 ; Beacon Street, 2157, 2167, 2192 ; Spring Street, 825, 854, 

 823, 1070; Harvard Square, 325, 2337; Murray Street, 1648, 

 1918, 2312, 2275, 2273, 2300, 2261, 2297, 2307, 1764; North 

 Avenue, 2601, 665, 398, 704; West Somervilie, 1899, 1996, 1990, 

 736, 775, 2613, 758, 1834, 772 ; Port stable, 322-, 334, 1162, 1846 ; 

 1186, 499, 1581, 263, 1743, 366, 278, 1204, 2413, 1884; River- 

 side, 1292, 1250, 1271, 1155, 1121, 1191, 259. The meeting of 

 the Board was then adjourned to to-morrow morning, at half-past 

 nine, in the Commonwealth Building. 



The following letter is the form of notice sent to the superin- 

 tendent of the railroad : — 



Dedham, Oct. 20, 1887. 



At a meeting of the Cattle Comraissioners held this day to take action 

 concei'ning the disposition of horses in the service of your road, and 

 recently quarantined by order of the Board because it was judged that 

 a contagious disease known as glandci's or farcy existed among them, it 

 was voted tliat tlio Secretary notifj- you that the horses known by the 

 above recorded numbers are relieved from quai'antine restrictions. 

 Quarantined horses not in this list you will hold subject to further ex- 

 amination by the Board, which examination will be made forthwith. 

 I am truly yours, A. W. Cheever, 



Secretary of Massachusetts Cattle Commissioners. 



A letter was also sent to J. R. Taylor, Somervilie, notifying 

 him that the Board had voted to remove quarantine restrictions 

 from his horse kept at the Beacon Street stable. 



Oct. 21. Board met at the Boston office at 9.30 a. m. On 

 motion of Dr. Winchester, the Secretary was instructed to commu- 



