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ference, the following proclamation was issued from the offices of 

 the Chief Executive of the state: 



GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION 



RELATIVE TO THE 



SHIPMENT AND QUARANTINE OF HOGS 



WHEREAS, the State Veterinarian in a communication under date 

 September 22, 1913, submitted an official report to me which states that hog- 

 cholera, a contagious and infectious disease, is prevalent and widespread among 

 hogs in all counties of the State of Missouri, except Pettis, and 



WHEREAS, on September 23, 1913, 1 called the State Board of Agriculture 

 and the State Veterinary Surgeon to meet together in Sedaha, Missouri, for 

 the purpose of arranging and adjusting such rules and regulations as they 

 deem wise, and as safety demanded for the movement of hogs into Pettis 

 Coimty from the above-named localities, and 



WHEREAS, in pursuance of said call, the State Board of Agriculture and 

 the State Veterinarian met together in Sedalia, Missouri, on September 26, 

 1913, and, after due consideration of the said official report of the State Veter- 

 inarian, arranged and adjusted rules and regulations for the safe movement of 

 hogs into Pettis county from the above-named localities where hog-cholera, a 

 contagious and infectious disease, was found to exist, and 



WHEREAS, on the 9th day of October, 1913, the said rules and regulations 

 so adopted were by me approved. 



NOW, THEREFORE, by authority in me vested by law, and in accordance 

 with Section 718, R. S. 1909, I, Elliott W. Major, Governor of the State of 

 Missouri, having approved the rules and regulations controlling the shipment 

 into and the quarantine of hogs in Pettis County, do hereby schedule and quar- 

 antine against each and every other county in the State of Missouri, in 

 which hogs are considered capable of carrying hog cholera, a contagious and 

 infectious disease, and prohibit the movement into or the unloading in Pettis 

 County of any hogs from the other counties in the State of Missom-i, except 

 under the following rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture 

 and the State Veterinarian on the 26th day of September, 1913. 



Rules and Regulations 



(1) Hogs brought from the quarantined area into Pettis County 

 for immediate slaughter must be unloaded on the premises where they 

 are to be slaughtered, or hauled by wagon to such premises, and 

 slaughtered within forty-eight hours after arrival. 



(2) Each lot of hogs shipped or moved in any manner into Pettis 

 County for feeding, pasturing, or breeding purposes shall be accom- 

 panied by a certificate of health issued by a graduate veterinarian 

 stating that they have been immunized against hog-cholera; Provided, 

 that this rule shall not apply to hogs intended for exhibition at the 

 Missouri State Fair at Sedalia, Missouri. 



