No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 437 



law now in force (section 27 of the pamphlet herewith) the Common- 

 wealth will pay the actual expense of quarantine of all cows in milk 

 which is incurred after the tenth day from the date when the quaran- 

 tine is imposed, because in such case the owner is forbidden to use 

 the milk, and therefore while the quarantine lasts he is subjected to a 

 loss from his failure to market this product. In the case of dry 

 cows, bulls, oxen and all other animals, except when your quarantine 

 is imposed in pursuance of a direction from this Board, you will, in 

 quarantining such animals, use the form printed on white paper (No. 

 3 b, '95). In this case the owner suffers no loss while the animal 

 is in quarantine, because there is no immediate product which he 

 is prevented from selling, and here the expense of the quarantine is 

 borne by the owner, as heretofore. 



Whenever you are directed to quarantine any animal by this Board 

 or any of its members, either by general order or special directions, 

 it is made your duty to quarantine such animal, irrespective of any 

 judgment that you may have as to the existence of disease (see sec- 

 tion 7) . In such case you will use the form printed on blue paper 

 (No. 3 c, '95), unless you receive specific directions to the contrary. 

 The animals quarantined by order of the commission will usually be 

 animals which have been brought from without the limits of the 

 Commonwealth contrary to the quarantine regulations imposed by the 

 commission, and, although such animals may be cows in milk, the 

 owner is not forbidden to dispose of such milk, because the animal is 

 not quarantined as actually suspicious of being tuberculous. 



Your attention is specially called to General Order No. 9, issued 

 by this Board July 8, 1895, relating to cattle brought into this 

 Commonwealth. You will carefully note the contents of this circular, 

 and see, so far as possible, that its terms are carried out within the 

 limits of your city or town. If you have any reason to believe that 

 any person proposes to bring any neat cattle into your city or town 

 without obtaining a permit for the same, you will send to this office 

 all the information that you can obtain bearing upon the matter. If 

 you find that any cattle have been brought into your city or town 

 contrary to the regulation, you will quarantine all of the same upon 

 the premises of the owner or person in charge, using quarantine form 

 No. 3 c, '95, printed on blue paper. In case the permit issued by this 

 Board for entry of any such cattle within the limits of your city or 

 town orders the owner or consignee to notify you upon the arrival of 

 such animals, you will inspect all of the same as soon after their 

 arrival as practicable. In such case your duty is simply to see licit 

 each animal is accompanied by a permit issued by this Board. If 

 the permit is accompanied by a certificate of a veterinarian, which 



