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domestic animals have been enacted piecemeal to meet 

 sudden emergencies, that their provisions might be adapted 

 to the peculiarities of different diseases or in compliance 

 with public opinion ; and some of them are not in harmony, 

 others are incongruous or obsolete, and others are too rigid 

 and confer too much power or do not direct it wisely. We 

 recommend that the law in its different provisions l)e re- 

 arranged, modified and made more elastic to meet contin- 

 gencies liable to occur, and to be in harmony with them- 

 selves, believing that its administration will thereby be 

 simplified, made more effective, and the public good pro- 

 moted. 



LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, 



A. W. CHEEVER, 



J. F. WINCHESTER, D. V. S., 



Cattle Commissioners. 

 BosTox, Jan. 7, 1887. 



