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3. The examination of animals coming from without the 

 State, upon special permit. 



4. The systematic examination of all animals within local- 

 ities specially designated and quarantined by the Board for 

 that purpose. 



At the time of the making of the report of last year, the 

 Board was making all examinations of neat stock for the pres- 

 ence of tuberculosis with the aid of the diagnostic a°;ent known 

 as tuberculin, this work having been begun on Oct. 4, 1894, as 

 stated in the report of that year. 



Inspectors. 



Under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of the law of 1894, 

 the cities and towns of the Commonwealth are obliged to 

 appoint annually, in the month of March, one or more persons 

 to be inspectors of animals and provisions. These inspectors 

 have general supervision of the matter of the inspection of 

 domestic animals within the limits of their cities or towns, 

 and are under the supervision of the Board of Cattle Com- 

 missioners. 



The law further provides that each city and town shall send 

 to the Board of Cattle Commissioners, on or before the first 

 day of April, a true and correct list of the duly appointed and 

 qualified inspectors of animals and provisions, which notice 

 shall give the name and address of each such inspector, and 

 his usual business occupation, as far as the same is known. 

 Under this provision three hundred and fifty-three, or all, of 

 the cities and towns have appointed four hundred and fifty- 

 eight inspectors, whose business occupations, so far as they 

 are given, are as follows : — 



