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loaded upon the premises of the New England Dressed Meat and Wool 

 Company, and are hereby declared quarantined therein upon the prem- 

 ises of the owner, consignee or person in possession. Such quarantine, so 

 long as the same continues, shall be at the expense of the owner, consignee 

 or person in possession. 



Tenth. — Every such animal shall be accompanied with duplicate certifi- 

 cates that such animal is, in the opinion of the veterinarian signing the 

 same, free from tuberculosis. Such certificates shall in all respects as to 

 the form, contents and execution, correspond with the certificate required 

 by paragraph 4 of this order, and shall further contain a statement signed 

 by the person shipping said animal, setting forth the name in full and resi- 

 dence of the true owner of the same and of the consignee thereof. Blank 

 forms of such certificates will be furnished by this Board upon application. 

 Upon the arrival of all such neat stock, the owner, consignee or person in 

 possession shall immediately deliver to the Board of Cattle Commissioners 

 or one of its members or to some agent thereof thereto duly authorized the 

 duplicate certificates above provided for, which shall not be separated by 

 such owner, consignee or person in possession, and shall point out the ani- 

 m.d to which such certificate is claimed to belong. If such animal shall be 

 found to correspond with the description contained in such certificate, and 

 if said certificate is satisfactory to this Board or such commissioner, said 

 animal will be immediately released from quarantine, and the duplicate 

 certificate will be returned to such owner, consignee or person in posses- 

 sion. 



Eleventh. — All neat cattle brought from any point without the limits of 

 the Commonwealth, designated in paragraph 2 of this order, delivered at 

 any of the premises designated in paragraph 9 hereof, not accompanied 

 wilh a certificate of soundness provided for in paragraph 10 hereof, satis- 

 factory to the commission or a member thereof, will be continued in quar- 

 antine upon the premises of the owner, consignee or person in possession 

 thereof within the limits of said premises, and at the expense of such 

 owner, consignee or person in possession, until such animal has been 

 subjected to the tuberculin test, and has been killed or freed, as provided 

 in paragraph 7 hereof. Such test will be applied upon Monday of each 

 week, but no such animal shall be tested until after the same has remained 

 under quarantine restrictions and regulations for a period of at least six 

 days. 



Twelfth. — All neat cattle brought within this Commonwealth consigned 

 directly to the Brighton Abattoir for slaughter shall be confined by them- 

 selves for identification, and shall not be released except as herein provided 

 in paragraph 7, or for immediate slaughter. 



Thirteenth. — No person shall slaughter or offer or expose for sale (or 

 have in his possession, except under quarantine) within the stock yards at 

 Brighton and Watertown, or within the premises of the New England 

 Dressed Beef and Wool Company at Somerville, any neat cattle brought 

 within the limits of this Commonwealth after the passage of this order, 

 from any point designated in paragraph 2 hereof, which have not been 

 released from quarantine by the Board of Cattle Commissioners or one of 



