No. 4.] KKPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 295 



At this time it was believed that pet animals, such as cats 

 and dogs, might carry the disease from i)lace to place, and 

 possibly in some instances they did ; also that some persons 

 who had had disease on their premises were careless in going 

 to neighbors in the same clothing and boots that they wore 

 around their own barns. An order was therefore a})proved 

 February 18, giving the Chief of the Cattle Bureau authority 

 to have small animals destroyed if they Avere not kept under 

 proper restraint by their owners, and also to forbid certain 

 persons entering their neighbors' premises ; but happily it 

 was not necessary to take any action under this order, as 

 there were ver>^ few new cases discovered after its approval, 

 and the authority it conferred seemed to have sufficient moral 

 effect. The following is a copy of the order : — 



Cattle Bureau Order, No. 7. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, Feb. 17, 1903. 



To All Persotis ivhom it may concern. 



By virtue of the power and authority vested by law in the Cattle 

 Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, under the provisions of 

 chapter 90 of the Revised Laws and chapter 116 of the Acts of 

 1902, you are hereby notified that foot and mouth disease, which 

 is a contagious disease and is so recognized by tlie laws of the 

 Commonwealth, exists to an alarming extent among cattle, sheep 

 and swine in some sections of this State. 



You are hereby further notified that in order to pi'event its 

 spread this Bureau has issued the following order: — 



1. In localities where foot and mouth disease exists, the Chief 

 of the Cattle Bureau may cause dogs, cats or other small animals 

 running at large to be destroyed, if their owners refuse or neglect 

 to place them under proper restraint after being requested to do so 

 by the Chief of the Cattle Bureau or its authorized agents. 



2. Owners or lessees of premises and the employees where ani- 

 mals have been that were infected with foot and mouth disease are 

 hereby forbidden to enter upon premises where neat cattle, sheep, 

 other ruminants or swine are kept, until the infected premises and 

 the boots and clothing of the above-mentioned persons have been 

 properly disinfected, and it is declared safe by the Chief of the 

 Cattle Bureau or its agents for them to enter places where unin- 

 fected animals are kept. 



