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out the State ; but, up to the first day of December, returns 

 had been received from sixty-nine towns, showing the follow- 

 ing results: total number of herds examined, 4,769; total 

 number of cattle examined, 26,756 ; total number of sheep 

 examined, 5,412; total number of swine examined, 13,061; 

 making the total number of all animals so far examined 

 45,229, with 285 cities and towns yet to be heard from. 



Slaughter-house Inspection. 



Under the law of 1894 it was provided, for the first time, 

 that the proprietors of slaughter houses and similar establish- 

 ments eno-ao-ed in the slaughter of cattle should take out a 

 license to conduct such business. The result of this division 

 of the work, to Dec. 15, 1894, will be found upon pages 

 16-18 of the report of this Board for the year 1894. 



As will be seen, this law required licenses to be taken out 

 only in the case of persons engaged in the slaughter of cattle. 

 Under an amendment contained in section 3 of the law of 

 1895, the act of 1894 was extended to include : — 



The proprietor or proprietors of every slaughter house, canning, 

 salting, smoking or rendering establishment, and of every establish- 

 ment used for the manufacture of sausages or chopped meat of any 

 kind, engaged in the slaughter of neat cattle, sheep or swine, the 

 carcass or any of the meat or product of which is to be sold or used 

 for food . . . 



By the provisions of section 1 of the same law it was further 

 provided : — 



Nothing in this act shall apply to the inspection of sheep or swine 

 slaughtered in wholesale slaughtering establishments, or to the obtain- 

 ing of a license for the slaughtering of such sheep or swine. 



It will be understood, therefore, that as a result of the 

 amendment of 1895 all establishments theretofore required to 

 take out licenses were still subject to the same law, and the 

 law was extended to include those slaughtering sheep and 

 swine, unless such person was the proprietor of a wholesale 

 slaughtering establishment. 



Upon July 1, 1895, this Board issued a general order to 



