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among cattle of the several States and Territories of the United 

 States, the District of Columbia and Canada; and such localities 

 are, in the opinion of this Board, infected districts. 



You are hereby further notified, that, in order to pi-event the 

 importation of diseased animals, and as a means of suppressing 

 such disease within this Commonwealth, this Board has passed 

 the following order : — 



First. — No neat cattle brought from any State or Territory of the 

 United States, the District of Columbia, Canada or any other country 

 without the limits of this Commonwealth, shall be brought within the 

 limits of this Commonwealth except for delivery directly to the Union 

 stock yards in the town of Watertown, the Boston & Albany stock yards 

 in Brighton, within the city of Boston, or the premises of the New 

 England Dressed Beef and Wool Company in the city of Somerville, 

 except upon a permit signed by the Board of Cattle Commissioners or 

 some one of its members ; and no neat cattle so brought for delivery at 

 any of said points shall be unloaded, except in case of accident, at any 

 point other than the said Boston & Albany stock yards in Brighton, the 

 Union stock yards in Watertown, or the New England Dressed Beef and 

 Wool Company in Somerville. 



Second. — All neat cattle brought within the limits of this Common- 

 wealth from any place designated in paragraph 1 hereof, except for 

 delivery as provided in the preceding paragraph, must be accompanied 

 by a permit issued by this Board or some member thereof; and you are 

 hereby forbidden to receive for transportation animals other than those 

 designated in such permit. 



TJiird. — If for any cause any such neat cattle are received by any of 

 your agents within the limits of this Commonwealth at any place other 

 than the Union stock yards in Watertown, the Boston & Albany stock 

 yards in Brighton, or the New England Dressed Beef and Wool Com- 

 pany in Somerville, not accompanied by a permit, as provided in para- 

 graph 2 hereof, you will immediately notify this office, giving the place 

 where said animals were received for shipment, the name of the con- 

 signee and destination of said animals. You will not remove said 

 animals or permit them to be removed from the car or vehicle in which 

 they are contained without a permit from this Board or some member 

 thereof; except that if, by reason of the crowded condition of the car or 

 because of the long confinement of said animals within the same, or for 

 accident or otherwise, it is deemed expedient by you or your agent to 

 unload the same, such animal or animals may be removed by you from 

 said car or vehicle without such permit; but in such case you will 

 notify this office, and you will not allow said animal or animals to go 

 out of the possession of your agent or off of your premises where said 

 animals are unloaded, except upon obtaining such permit. 



Fourth. — All neat cattle brought within the limits of the premises in 

 Brighton, Watertown and Somerville, designated in paragraph 1 hereof, 

 are hereby declared to be quarantined. 



