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or inspectors. The court sustained this view of the case, and 

 dismissed it. Hence the law is defective, and further legis- 

 lation is necessary to perfect it. Steps will be taken to have 

 the present Legislature so amend section 11 of chapter 90 of 

 the Revised LaAvs as to render it operative. 



In order to obtain evidence and prepare some of these 

 cases for prosecution, it was found necessary to olitain the 

 services of some one having detective ability and police ex- 

 perience. The Cattle Bureau has been fortunate in securing 

 the sei'vices of a retired Boston police sergeant, Mr. Walter 

 E. Bruce of Townsend, who has had an extensive police 

 experience in the Boston courts, and has been of great assist- 

 ance in securing evidence which resulted in conviction in a 

 number of the cases cited above. 



There were fewer stables where the mallein test was applied 

 during 1906 than during the preceding year, only half a dozen 

 in all, but the number of animals tested was larger, as one 

 stable comprised 69 horses. 



The following table shows the amount of work done in 

 testing horses in stables where outbreaks of glanders have 



occurred : — 



Stable Tests ivith Mallein. 



Reports from rendering establishments, as required by sec- 

 tion 111 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws, continue to be of 

 value, as in this way a nunil)er of cases of glanders or farcy 

 arc heard of that would not have l)een reported in any other 

 way. This atfords an opportunity for seeing that stables from 



