492 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The cases which the Board would not otherwise have heard 

 of were all outside of Boston, as in Boston this work is in 

 the hands of the board of health. The co-operation of the 

 renderers in this work has been a valuable assistance to the 

 Board, and their willingness to help is highly praiseworthy ; 

 and, while the commission has a legal right to require these 

 returns, yet the cheerful readiness with which they have been 

 furnished is exceedingly commendable, and deserves the 

 heartiest thanks of the Board, which it takes this opportunity 

 to express. 



On account of the number of cases of glanders called to 

 the attention of the commission early in the summer, and be- 

 cause of the passage of the new law relating to infectious 

 diseases of animals, it seemed important that persons should 

 be informed as far as possible concerning the proper course 

 to pursue in case of outbreaks of this disease. The following 

 notice was therefore sent, about July 1 (printed in large 

 type), to all the postmasters in the country towns in the 

 State, to the chiefs of police in many of the larger places, and 

 to some of the inspectors of animals in towns where glanders 

 was specially prevalent, asking them to post it where people 

 would see it : — 



Notice. 



Attention is hereby called to the following sections of chapter 

 408- of the Acts of 1899 : — 



Section 14. Whenever in any city or town the board of health or 

 any member or agent thereof, or any other person, except the members 

 of the board of cattle commissioners, who has knowledge of or has good 

 reason to suspect the existence of any contagious disease among any 

 species of domestic animals within the limits of this Commonwealth, or 

 that any domestic animal is affected with any such contagious disease, 

 whether such knowledge is obtained by personal examination or other- 

 wise, shall immediately give written notice thereof to the board of cattle 

 commissioners or any of its members, agents or inspectors, and for fail- 

 ure so to do shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dol- 

 lars : iwovided, 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 15. Upon the receipt of such notice from any person the 

 board of cattle commissioners shall inspect or cause to be ins2)ected by 

 its authorized agent any such animal or animals, and if upon such insiiec- 

 tion said board or such inspector suspects or has reason to believe that 



