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contao-ion exists, the board or iuspeetor shall proceed according to the 

 provisions of sections twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty- 

 six of this act. 



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 aftected Avith or has been exposed to a conta- 

 gious disease, and who, upon the inspection of the carcass thereof, finds 

 or is of the opimon that the same is afl'ected 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 per- 

 son or persons 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 twentj'^-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 antliracoid diseases, sheep scab and actinomycosis. 



Please post this in a cons2)icuous place. 



Austin Peters, Chairman, 



L. F. Herrick, Secretary, 



C. A. Dennen, 



Board of Cattle Commissioners. 

 Boston, July 1, 1899. 



The reports of the Massachusetts Cattle Commission for 

 many years have been printed in the report of the Secretary 

 of the State Board of Agriculture. Prior to 1878 there 

 seems to be no reference to glanders or farcy ; but in that 

 year the powers of the Cattle Commission were made to ap- 

 ply to horses, asses and mules affected with this disease, and 

 the report mentions killing a few diseased animals under the 

 act, and refers to the fact that the disease is not infrequent, 

 and that the owners kill animals of their own free will when 

 veterinarians inform them of its nature, and regrets that 

 sometimes unscrupulous owners sell or trade off these beasts. 



In 1879 the Board ordered 43 glandered horses killed. 



In 1880, 27. 



In 1881, 40 were killed by the commission. 



In 1882, 10 reported killed. 



In 1883, no report. 



In 1884, number not given. 



