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of such State or Territory shall forward to the Secretary of Agriculture 

 a true map or description of such line and a copy of the laws for enforce- 

 ment of same, duly authenticated and certified. 



Such States or Territories as now have a line established as last above 

 mentioned can immediately forward certified copies of said line and laws 

 for the enforcement thereof; and, if satisfactory to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, the same may be adopted at once, and the Federal line so 

 modified. 



From the fifteenth day of February to the fifteenth day of November, 

 inclusive, during each year, no cattle are to be transported from said 

 area south or below said Federal quarantine line above descvibed to any 

 portion of the United States above, north, east or west of the above- 

 described line, except by rail for immediate slaughter, and when so 

 transported the following regulations must be observed : — 



1. When any cattle in course of transportation from said area are 

 unloaded above, north, east or west of this line, to be fed or watered, 

 the places where said cattle are to be fed or watered shall be set apart, 

 and no other cattle shall be admitted thereto. 



2. On unloading said cattle at their points of destination, pens, sufii- 

 ciently isolated, shall be set apart to receive them, and no other cattle 

 shall be admitted to said pens ; and the regulations relating to the move- 

 ment of cattle from said area, prescribed by the cattle sanitary ofiicers of 

 the State where unloaded, shall be carefully observed. The cars that 

 have carried said stock shall be cleansed and disinfected as soon as pos- 

 sible after unloading and before they are again used to transport, store 

 or shelter animals or merchandise. 



3. All cars carrying cattle from said area shall bear placards stating 

 that said cars contain southern cattle, and each of the way-bills of said 

 shipments shall have a note upon its face with a similar statement. 

 Whenever any cattle have come from said area and shall be reshipped 

 from any point at which they have been unloaded to other points of des- 

 tination, the cars carrying said animals shall bear similar placards with 

 like statements, and the way-bills be so stamped. At whatever point 

 these cattle are unloaded, they must be placed in separate pens, to which 

 no other cattle shall be admitted. 



4. The cars and boats used to transpoi't such animals, the chutes, 

 alleyways and pens used during transportation, and at points of desti- 

 nation, shall be disinfected in the following manner : — 



(a) Remove all litter and manure. This litter and manure may be 

 disinfected by mixing it with lime or saturating it with a five per cent, 

 solution of carbolic acid ; or, if not disinfected, it may be stored where 

 no cattle can come into contact with it until after November 15. 



(b) Wash the cars and the feeding and watering troughs with water 

 until clean. 



(c) Saturate the walls and floors of the cars, and fencing, troughs and 

 chutes of the pens with a solution made by dissolving four ounces of 

 chloride of lime to each gallon of water ; or disinfect the cars with a 

 jet of steam under a pressure of not less than fifty pounds to the square 

 inch. 



