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have adopted and do hereby issue the following order, for the 

 purpose of preventing the introduction of tuberculosis and other 

 contagious diseases within the limits of the Commonwealth of Massa- 

 chusetts, and also for that purpose to establish reasonable quaran- 

 tine regulations covering the importation of cattle from without its 

 limits : — 



General Order No. 9. 



First. — General Order No. 3, dated Nov. 20, 1894, is hereby re- 

 pealed. 



Second. — All the States and Territories of the United States, other than 

 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, Canada, 

 Great Britain and all other localities without the limits of this Common- 

 wealth, are hereby declared to be infected districts. 



Third. — All neat cattle brought within the limits of this Commonwealth 

 from any of said localities on and after July 9, 1895, are hereby made sub- 

 ject to the quarantine regulations herein set forth. Except as provided in 

 paragraph 9 of this order, no such cattle shall be brought within the limits 

 of this Commonwealth, nor shall they be unloaded from any car or vehicle 

 upon or within which they have been transported, except in case of acci- 

 dent, for any purpose whatsoever, except upon a written permit therefor 

 duly issued by the Board of Cattle Commissioners or one of its mem- 

 bers. 



Fourth. — Every person or corporation desiring to drive, bring or trans- 

 port, or to cause to be driven, brought or transported into this Common- 

 wealth, from any of the localities designated in paragraph 2 of this order, 

 any neat cattle, shall notify the Board of Cattle Commissioners in writing 

 of his or its intention so to do, which notice shall state the name and resi- 

 dence of the true owner and consignee, the city or town within this Com- 

 monwealth through which it is the intention to enter, or, if said animals 

 are to be transported, then of the city or town at which it is the intention 

 that such animals shall be unloaded, the location of the premises within 

 the limits of such city or town where said animals are to be delivered or 

 kept, the name of the true owner or person in possession of the same, the 

 name of the railroad company by which such cattle are to be shipped, and 

 the time when it is the intention that the animals shall arrive within such 

 city or town. Every such application shall be accompanied by a certifi- 

 cate, executed in duplicate, based on a tuberculin test, that, in the opinion 

 of the veterinarian signing the same, each such animal is free from tuber- 

 culosis. Each such certificate shall give a description of the animal suffi- 

 ciently accurate for easy identification, as well as a brief statement of the 

 condition of such animal found upon a physical examination. It shall also 

 state the preparation of tuberculin used, the quantity injected, the tempera- 

 ture ascertained immediately previous to inoculation, and also the temper- 

 ature at the eleventh hour and every two hours subsequent thereto for a 

 period of at least ten hours, or until the reaction has been completed. The 

 certificate shall be signed by a veterinarian whose competency shall be 



