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3. When, however, tuberculosis is found to exist in a carcass, 

 great endeavor is to be used to find the herd from whence the 

 animal came, if the beef is of local production or otherwise, the 

 town or State from whence it was procured, and a report as to the 

 facts made to the commission. 



General Suggestions. 



1. If for any reason you desire to know the name and the 

 address of the inspector for any town within this Commonwealth 

 from which animals may have been removed to your district, you 

 can obtain the same by reference to this office. 



2. If during any of your inspections you find any cases of what 

 is called, variously, actinomycosis, big jaw, wen, jaw ail, bone ail 

 or sitfast, in cattle, kindly report its location. 



3. Notify this Board of your action promptly. 



4. Notify this office of, the number of blank certificates that 

 you will possibly require. 



Levi Stockbridge, President, 

 Charles P. Lyman, Secretary, 

 M. O'CONNELL, D.V.S., 



Board of Cattle Cormyiissioners. 



The Law. 



[Public Statutes, Chapteh 58.] 



Section 1. The mayor and aldermen of cities and the select- 

 men of towns may annually appoint one or more persons to be in- 

 spectors of provisions and of animals intended for slaughter. 

 Such inspectors shall be sworn faithfully to discharge the duties of 

 their office, and shall receive such compensation as the city council 

 or the selectmen shall determine. 



Sect. 2. Said inspectors may inspect all animals intended for 

 slaughter, and all meats, fish, vegetables, produce, fruits, and 

 provisions of all kinds, found in said cities or towns or exposed 

 for sale or kept with intent to sell therein ; and may for this pur- 

 pose enter into all buildings or enclosures where said animals, 

 meats, fish, vegetables, produce, fruits, or provisions are kept, 

 stored, or exposed for slaughter or sale. When such animals, 

 meat, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit, or provisions are found on 

 such inspections to be tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed, or 

 unwholesome from any cause, said inspectors shall seize the same, 

 and cause them or it to be destroyed or disposed of otherwise than 

 for food ; but if, at the time of the seizure, the owner of the 

 property seized notifies in writing the inspector seizing the same 



