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of the same when necessary. The amendments are practi- 

 cally contained in one section of the new order, a copy of 

 which section follows : — 



Section 5 of Cattle Bureau Order No. 28. 



All cattle, excejjt those for immediate slaughter or calves under 

 six months old, intended to be kept in the State pennanently^ must 

 be tested with tuberculin either prior to shipment or after arrival 

 at destination. 



Certificates of tuberculin test made by qualified veterinarians re- 

 siding in other States will be accepted, pro.vided the test is made 

 with tuberculin furnished or approved by State or federal govern- 

 ment, and provided also that the certificates are approved and en- 

 dorsed by the official in charge of live-stock interests in the State 

 from which the cattle are shipped, or by his deputy. 



The Chief of the Cattle Bureau may in his discretion retest any 

 or all tested cattle brought within the limits of the Commonwealth 

 from other States. 



All tests made upon cattle after arrival within the limits of the 

 Commonwealth must be made by agents of the Cattle Bureau, with 

 tuberculin furnished by the Bureau. Such testing will be free of 

 exf)ense to citizens of Massachusetts, and at cost for other persons. 



Cattle brought to the quarantine stations at Watertown, Brighton 

 and Somerville, upon which a test is required, will be held and tested 

 by the agent of the Cattle Bureau in charge of these stations, unless 

 released by such agent on certificates of test approved and endorsed 

 as hereinbefore described. 



All cattle upon which a test is required, coming to points outside 

 the limits of the quarantine stations, are to be held in quarantine at 

 the risk and expense of the owner until released by order of the 

 Chief of the Cattle Bureau. 



Cattle returning from out-of-State pastures or boarding places, 

 satisfactory as to sanitary conditions to the Chief of the Cattle Bu- 

 reau, will not be subjected to a tuberculin test if they have not been 

 out of the State over six months, provided they bear ear tags fur- 

 nished for this purpose by the Massachusetts Cattle Bureau, the 

 numbers of which have been forwarded to the office of the Bureau 

 prior to the cattle being sent out of the State. 



Cattle being returned to Massachusetts from without the State 

 will not be considered as returning from out-of-State pastures un- 

 less they are returned to the farm of the person who originally sent 

 them out of the State. 



Cattle bi'ought in from foreign countries, which have passed a test 

 given by an agent of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, 



