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means of a further appropriation, to compensate the owners 

 for their losses and destroy the animals." 



To prevent as much as possible this unnecessary expense, 

 the Board adopted General Order No. 12, and forwarded it 

 to all the inspectors, in the following" comnninicatiou : — 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Board of Cattle Commissioners, 

 Secretary's Office, 52 Village Street, Boston, Feb. 3, 189G. 



To Inspectors of Animals and Provisions. 



The Board of Cattle Commissioners regrets having to inform 

 you that the appropriation of money for carrying out the provi- 

 sions of chapter 491 of the Acts of 1894, as amended by chapter 

 496 of the Acts of 1895, has become exhausted, and that because 

 of this fact the Board is compelled, under the provisions of the 

 statutes, to do everything in its power to stop further expenditures 

 under the said acts. 



In accordance with these facts, at a meeting of the Board held 

 on Jan. 29, 1896, the following order was passed : — 



General Order No. 12. 



It is hei'eby ordered that the farther inspection of animals directed to 

 be made by the inspectors of animals and provisions for the several 

 cities and towns of this Commonwealth, under section 4 of chapter 491 

 of the Acts of 1894, as amended by section 1 of chapter 496 of the Acts 

 of 1)^95, and in accordance with General Order No. 6 of this Board, com- 

 municated to you in a circular letter dated July 22, 1895, shall be stopped 

 imtil further notice from this Board. 



Frederick H. Osgood, Chairman. 



Charles P. Lyman, Secretary. 



Maurice O'Connell, 



Leander F. Herrick, 



Charles A. Dennen, 



Board of Cattle Commissioners. 



In spite of these precautions, however, before the ai)pro- 

 priation authorized by the Legislature was availal)le there 

 were 1,043 such cattle in quarantine, scattered through all 

 parts of the State. These animals had been kept in quaran- 

 tine, awaiting the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, 

 at an expense to the State of $28,223.43. On June 5 the 



