340 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



of infected or exposed animals Avliere the i)ublic good 



required it. 



On December 5, tliereforc, at a meeting of the Governor 



and Council, the following resolutions and order were 



adopted : — 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Council Chamber, Dec. 5, 1902. 



Whereas, The foot and mouth disease, declared to be a conta- 

 gious disease by the laws of this Commonwealth, exists to an 

 alarming degree among the cattle, sheep and swine of the Com- 

 monwealth ; and, 



Whereas, In the opinion of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, the public good requires the destruc- 

 tion of certain cattle, sheep and swine which have been exposed 

 to said contagious disease ; and. 



Whereas, The Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, by authority of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, has agreed to reimburse the owners of animals 

 destroyed in accordance with law by payment to the owners of 70 

 per cent of the appraised value of such animals, such appraisal to 

 be made by an expert in the value of cattle, who shall be a citizen 

 of the Commonwealth, and appointed by said Chief of the United 

 States Bureau of Animal Industry, and to be based upon the value 

 of such animals when in a state of health ; 



Now, Therefore, It is hereby ordered that the following order of 

 the Chief of the Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture 

 be approved. 



Adopted iu Council, Dec. 5, 1902. 

 E. F. Hamlin, 



Executive Secretary. 



Boston, Dec. 5, 1902. 

 To All Persons whom it rnaij concern. 



By virtue of the power and authority vested by law in the Cattle 

 Bux'eau of the State Board of Agriculture, under the provisions of 

 chapter 90 of the Revised Laws and chapter 116 of the Acts of 

 1902, you are hereby notified that foot and mouth disease, which 

 is a contagious disease, and is so recognized by the laws of this 

 Commonwealth, exists among cattle, sheep and swine in some sec- 

 tions of this State. 



You are hereby further notified that, in order to prevent the 

 spread of this disease, this Bureau has issued the following 

 order : — 



It is hereby ordered that all cattle, sheep or swiu^ which have 

 foot and mouth disease, or Avhich have been exposed to it, shall be 



