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the owners of such animals that this certificate is not a guaranty that 

 these animals are free from disease, or that they will remain so in the 

 future, hut that it is simply a certificate based upon a })hysical exami- 

 nation made by you, shoiving that upon such examination you fail to 

 detect the presence of any contagious disease. This certificate should 

 be made upon form No. 2, '95, which will be furnished you by this 

 office, and a careful record of the facts contained in such certificate 

 should be entered in the stub thereof. 



It is also provided under the law enacted this year (see section 4) 

 that you shall inspect barns, stables and other premises where 

 animals are kept, whenever directed so to do by this Board. Sep- 

 arate forms will be furnished you later, with instructions in relation 

 to this inspection. 



It is also your duty to quarantine any animal whenever you are 

 directed so to do by the board of health of your city or town or by 

 this Board or any of its members. All quarantines imposed by you 

 must be upon the premises of the owner or of the person in whose 

 charge the animal is found, unless you have specific directions to the 

 contrary from this Board or from your board of health. In imposing 

 these quarantines great care should be taken by you, because every 

 such animal, when properly quarantined, is deemed to be diseased so 

 long as the quarantine lasts, and severe penalties are imposed for the 

 breaking of any such quarantine (see section 34) . Forms for these 

 quarantines will be furnished you by this Board, and we desire to 

 call your especial attention to these and to the manner in which the 

 quarantine should be imposed. When you find an animal which j^ou 

 suspect or believe is affected with any of the contagious diseases 

 named in the act, you should first ascertain, if possible, the owner of 

 the animal, and to this end you should make yourself familiar with 

 the cattle and other animals within your city or town. If you are 

 unable to find the true owner, you will quarantine the animal, and 

 direct your order to the person whom you find to be in possession of 

 the animal at the time, first ascertaining from him, as far as possible, 

 his control over the animal. Having ascertained these facts, you will 

 then proceed to impose the quarantine. 



You will note that the book of quarantine blanks which is fur- 

 nished you contains three different kinds of blanks, printed upon 

 different colored paper, and you will find upon the inside cover of 

 this book brief directions as to these blanks, and upon what animals 

 they are to be used. 



> Whenever an animal which you desire to quarantine is a cow in 

 milk which you suspect or have reason to believe is tuberculous, you 

 will use the form printed upon pink-tinted paper {No. 3 a, '95), but 

 this form shoidd never be used upon any other animals. Under the 



