298 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



At the same time the following order wa.s approved, 

 removing the quarantine of Massachusetts against Rhode 

 Island, because the United States Secretary of Agriculture 

 had declared the latter State to be free from foot and mouth 

 disease : — 



Cattle Bureau Order, No. 10. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, May lo, 1903. 



To T ransportntion Companies and All Persons whom 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 the order of the Cattle Bureau 

 of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, approved Nov. 

 19, 1902, forbiddiug bringing neat cattle, sheep or swine from 

 Rhode Island into Massachusetts, because of the prevalence of 

 foot and mouth disease, is hereby revoked, as the Secretary of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture has declared the State 

 of Rhode Island to be free from foot and mouth disease. 



Persons can bring such animals into Massachusetts, subject to 

 the regulations of the Cattle Bureau ; that is, persons wishing to 

 bring neat cattle into Massachusetts must obtain a permit from 

 the Chief of the Cattle Bureau before doing so. All neat cattle 

 brought from Rhode Island into Massachusetts are subject to the 

 tuberculin test, excepting calves under six mouths old or beeves 

 for immediate slaughter. 



Inspectors of animals throughout the Commonwealth shall pub- 

 lish this order by posting a printed copy thereof in one or more 

 public places within the limits of their respective cities or towns. 



This order shall take effect upon its approval. 



Austin Peters, 



Chief of Cattle Bureau. 



Approved in Council, May 13, 1903. 

 E. F. Hamlin, 



Executive Secretary. 



These two orders of May 13 were the last found necessary 

 in connection with foot and mouth disease, until the final 

 order of July 15, 190o, Avas issued, stating that the disease 

 had been stamped out, and that no further restrictions were 

 necessary on account thereof. 



