No. 4.] REPORT OF CATTLE BUREAU. 247 



Wherever inspectors examine animals and find them free from 

 contagious disease they will give owners certificates of health, 

 as provided for in section 18 of the law, from the book of 

 blanks (Form No. 2) furnished for that purpose. Books will 

 also be provided (Form No. 1) for carrying out the provisions 

 of sections 17 and 34 of chapter 90 of the Revised Laws. 



Inspectors will make a full and complete report on every 

 place inspected, including all dimensions and measurements 

 provided for on the blank, and answer in full all questions as 

 to the light, ventilation, sanitary surroundings and water sujj- 

 ply, as well as the number of cattle kept in each stable, and 

 give complete lists of other animals in places provided for in 

 book. 



Lispectors of animals are not to quarantine any cattle as 

 tuberculous unless they show sutficient evidence of disease to 

 make it possible to condemn them on a physical examination. 

 The only exception to be made is in case a milch cow shows 

 evidence of tuberculosis of the udder; such an animal can be 

 quarantined and the duplicate notice sent to this office. 



It is also requested that, if cases of tuberculosis in animals 

 are found, inspectors keep a record of them for a few days, and 

 then when animals are quarantined several can be quarantined 

 at once and duplicates sent here, so that the agent of the Cattle 

 Bureau can see a number at one visit, instead of having to go 

 every two or three days to see one animal at a time, thus avoid- 

 ing running up expenses as much as possible. 



It is also the duty of inspectors of animals to quarantine 

 cattle brought into this State from without the limits of tlie 

 Commonwealth, if the owner has not had a permit from tliis 

 Bureau, the same to remain in quarantine until this office is 

 furnished with a satisfactory certificate of tuberculin test. 



Inspectors of animals are reminded that tuberculosis among 

 cattle is not the only contagious disease with which they are 

 called upon to deal, but in case they suspect the presence of 

 any contagious disease among any species of domestic animals, 

 they are to quarantine such animals and send duplicates to the 

 Cattle Bureau office, in accordance with the provisions of sec- 

 tion 19 of chapter 90 of the Revised Laws. Rabies is just now 

 very prevalent in various parts of the State ; and glanders and 

 farcy is a dangerous disease, over which a constant surveillance 

 must be exercised. 



Section 28 of chapter 90 of the Revised Laws provides as 

 follows: "Contagious diseases, under the provisions of this 



