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failure so to do shall be piinislied by a line not exceeding one hundred 

 dollars : provided, however, that no such notice shall be given in the city 

 of Boston relating to the diseases known as glanders, farcy and rabies, 

 which diseases shall be cared for by the board of health of the city of 

 Boston. 



Section 34. Every person who kills or causes to be killed, with the 

 consent of the owner or person in possession thereof, any animal under 

 suspicion that the same is affected with or has been exposed to a con- 

 tagious disease, and who, upon the inspection of the carcass thereof, 

 finds or is of the opinion that the same is affected with a contagious 

 disease, shall notify such owner or person in possession thereof of the 

 existence of such disease, and shall also immediately notify the board of 

 cattle commissioners, its agent or inspector, of the same, and of the 

 place where the animal was found, the name of the owner or owners, or 

 person or j^ersons in possession thereof, and of the disposal made of such 

 carcass. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 

 subject to the same penalties as are provided in section twenty-eight of 

 this act. 



Section 35. Contagious diseases under the provisions of this act 

 shall include glanders, farcy, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, tuberculosis, 

 Texas fever, foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, hog cholera, rabies, 

 anthrax or anthracoid diseases, sheep scab and actinomycosis. 



This applies to Tenderers as well as to other persons. You will, 

 therefore, in the future report all such cases to this Board. 



Kenderers within the limits of the city of Boston do not have 

 to report cases of glanders, farcy or rabies to this Board, but to 

 the Boston board of health, if said cases are found within the 

 city limits ; but all cases of glanders and farcy brought from 

 without the limits of the city of Boston to such rendering estab- 

 lishments must be reported to the Board of Cattle Commissioners, 

 together with the names and addresses of the owners. 



Per order Massachusetts Cattle Commission, 



Austin Peters, 



Chairman. 



The rendering establishments to which letters were sent, 

 together Avith blanks for answers and stamped envelopes, 

 were these ; — 



N. Ward Company, 



Brighton Abattoir, 



Parmenter & Polsey, 



Muller Brothers, . 



Swift Rendering Company, 



Lowe Brothers, 



Bartlett's Rendering Works, 



South Boston. 



Brighton. 



Peabody. 



North Caiubridge. 



Lowell. 



Fitchburg. 



Worcester. 



