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during October, or as soon as possible after the animals come in 

 from pasture ; the other during April, or just before the animals 

 are turned to pasture. That inspectors also be ordered, and 

 advised, to make inspections of any herds of animals within their 

 district whenever any emergency arises, or whenever, in their 

 judgment, because of numerous changes or otherwise, it is better 

 for the service for them to do so." 



By order of the Board, 



Charles P. Lyman, 



Secretary. 

 To the Insjjector of Animals, etc., in . 



This order met with the decided approval of the inspect- 

 ors, in that it saves them a great deal of hard, unsatisfactory 

 work ; and with the town officers, in that it reduces the cost 

 of inspection by more than one-half, for both inspections 

 can now be made within about the expenditure of time for- 

 merly required in the summer inspection alone. 



While in these ways the interest of the officers of many 

 of the towns had been gained, and good work was being- 

 done under their direction, there were still so many towns 

 (nearly half) that had not, so far as the Commission were 

 aware, complied with the provisions of the law, that in Octo- 

 ber it was deemed necessary to issue the following order : — 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



Board of Cattle Commissioners, 



Secretary's Office, 50 Village Street, 



Boston, Oct. 27, 1893. 



To the Mayor and Aldermen of Cities and Selectmen of Toivns. 



Gentlemen : — At a regular meeting of the Board of Cattle 

 Commissioners, held on Friday, Oct. 27, 1893, it was 



Voted, That, in the opiuion of this Board, in order to extirpate 

 tuberculosis among the cattle of the State, it is necessary that 

 thorough and regular inspections be made of all animals ; and the 

 Board being of the opinion that proper inspections have not been 

 made in the following towns, to wit, Acton, Alford, Amesbury, 

 Arlington, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashfield, Athol, Attleborough, 

 Avon, Barnstable, Barre, Becket, Bedford, Beilingham, Berlin, 

 Billerica, Boxborough, Boylston, Braiutree, Brewster, Bridgewater, 

 Brimfield, Brookfield, Buckland, Carlisle, Carver, Charlemont, 

 Chatham, Chelmsford, Cheshire, Chester, Chicopee, Clarksburg, 

 Cohain, Conway, Dana, Danvers, Dartmouth, Dedham, Deerfield, 

 Douglas, Dracut, Dudley, Eastham, Egremont, Erving, Everett, 

 Freetown, Gay Head, Georgetown, Goshen, Gosnold, Granville, 



