248 BOARD OF AGRlCULTUliE. [Pub. Doc. 



1. No neat cattle brought from any State or Territory of the 

 United States, the District of Cohimbia, Canada or any other coun- 

 tiy without the limits of this Commonwealth shall be brought within 

 the limits of this Commonwealth, except for delivery directly to the 

 Union Stock Yards in the town of Watertown, the premises of the 

 Brighton Stock Yards Company in Brighton, within the city of 

 Boston, or the premises of the New England Dressed Meat and Wool 

 Company in the city of Somerville, except upon a permit signed by 

 the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, and no neat cattle so brought for 

 delivery at any of said points shall be unloaded, except as provided 

 in paragraph 3, at any point other than the said premises of the 

 Brighton Stock Yards Comj^any in Brighton, the Union Stock Yards 

 in Watertown, or the premises of the New England Dressed Meat 

 and Wool Company in Somerville. 



2. Ail neat cattle brought within the limits of this Commonwealth 

 from any j)lace designated in paragTaph 1 hereof, except for deliv- 

 ery as provided in the preceding paragraph, must be accompanied 

 by a permit issued by the Chief of the Cattle Bureau. 



3. If, for any cause, any such neat cattle are received by any of 

 your agents within the limits of this Commonwealth at any place 

 other than the Union Stock Yards in Watertown, the premises of 

 the Brighton Stock Yards Company in Brighton, or the premises of 

 the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company in Somerville, 

 not accompanied by a permit, as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, 

 you will immediately notify this office, giving the i^lace where said 

 animals were received for shij^ment, the name of the consignee and 

 destination of said animals. You will not remove said animals or 

 permit them to be removed from the car or vehicle in which they 

 are contained without permission from the Chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau, or one of his agents, except that if, by reason of the 

 crowded condition of the car, or because of the long confinement of 

 said animals within the same, or for accident or otherwise, it is 

 deemed expedient by you or your agent to unload the same, such 

 animal or animals may be removed by you from said ear or vehicle 

 without permission, but in such case you will notify this office, and 

 you will not allow said animal or animals to go out of the possession 

 of your agent or off from your pi'emises where said animals are 

 unloaded except upon obtaining svich permission. 



4. All neat cattle brought within the limits of the premises in 

 Brighton, Watertown and Somerville, designated in paragraph 1 

 hereof, are hereby declared to be quarantined until released by an 

 agent of the Bureau. 



5. All cattle except those for immediate slaughter, or calves under 

 six months old, intended to be kept in the State permanently, must 

 be tested with tuberculin by an agent of the Cattle Bureau after 



