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to be carried forward on the books of 1005 until they cease 

 to react or show physical syniptonis of glanders and are 

 killed. 



During the past two or three years the work of testing 

 with mallein has been carried on with the consent and co- 

 operation of owners ; but in order to give the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau more authorit}^ in instances where owners 

 were too shortsighted to appreciate the value of this work, 

 as well as in stables where horses are boarded, and also to 

 provide for a better condition of blacksmith shops and pub- 

 lic watering troughs, the following order was issued : — 



Cattle Bureau Order, No. 12. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, .June 20, 1904. 



To All Persons ivhom it may concern. 



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

 Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, under the 

 provisions of chapter liO of the Revised Laws and chapter 116 

 of the Acts of 1902, you are hereby notified that glanders or 

 farcy, which is a contagious disease, and is so recognized under 

 the laws of this Commonwealth, prevails extensively among 

 horses and mules in some sections of this State. 



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

 spread, this Bureau has issued the following order : — 



1. In stables or upon premises where horses or mules are 

 kejit in tliis Commonwealth (except Boston) in which cases of 

 glanders or farcy occur, any or all of the animals kept in such 

 stables or upon such premises will be tested Avith mallein in 

 such instances as the Chief of the Cattle Bureau deems it 

 necessary to do so. Animals reacting to the mallein test will 

 be held in quarantine, and the owners are forbidden to sell or 

 dispose of such animals until they are released from quarantine 

 by order of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau; but he will give 

 permission to use animals which do not show physical symp- 

 toms of glanders or farcy. Animals which develop physical 

 signs of glanders or farcy will be killed; animals ceasing to 

 react will be released as soon as the public safety will permit. 



2. When an animal with glanders or farcy has died, or is 

 killed by order of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau or Avith tlie 

 consent of the owner (outside of the city of Boston), no other 



