REPOET 



STATE BOARD OF CATTLE COMMISSIONERS. 



To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives. 



In accordance with the requirements of section 51 of chapter 

 491 of the Acts of the year 1894, the Board of Cattle Com- 

 missioners begs to present the following report of its work for 

 the year 1895. 



In the report of this Board presented to your honorable body 

 on Jan. 10, 1895, and printed as Public Document No. 51 of 

 that year, an extended report was given of the work of this 

 Board conducted under the law r of 1894 (chapter 491) up to 

 Dec. 15, 1894. The law of 1894 as a whole has continued to 

 be the basis of the work of this Board during the year 1895, 

 except in so far as certain sections of that act were changed by 

 an act passed by the Legislature of 1895, being chapter 496 of 

 the Acts of that year. 



At the time of the submission of the last report, the work 

 of this commission was being conducted under the following- 

 heads : — 



First. — The general direction and supervision of the large 

 corps of inspectors of animals and provisions appointed by the 

 cities and towns under the provisions of that act. 



Second. — The examination of all reported cases of animals 

 suspected of being afflicted with the contagious diseases enum- 

 erated under that law, other than tuberculosis. 



Third. — The examination of neat stock for the detection of 

 the presence of tuberculosis, the work in tuberculosis being the 

 main work of the commission. This division of the work was 

 being conducted in four different ways : — 



1. The examination of all cases quarantined by local in- 

 spectors, suspected of being tuberculous, reports of which 

 were received by the Board. 



2. The examination of animals coming into the markets of 

 Brighton, Watertown and Somerville for sale. 



