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tion of the neat stock is made ; and that the reports concerning the same 

 shall be forwarded to this office, together with the reports of the ex- 

 amination of neat stock, on or before Dec. 5, 1896. 



Fkkdkkick II. O.sGOOD, Chairman^ 



Charles P. Lyman, Secretary. 



Maurice O'Coxnell, 



Leanukr F. Herrick, 



Charles A. Dennen, 



Board of Cattle Commissioners. 



Notice. — A book containing a number of the required forms will be 

 forwarded to you under separate cover. If more are required, they will 

 be sent upon application. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Board of Cattle Commissioners, 

 52 Village Street, Boston, Dec. 2, 1896. 



General Order No. 16. 

 To the Inspectors of Animals and Provisions. 



Sir: — Inasmuch as the financial year closes on December 15, 

 and the report of the Board of Cattle Commissioners must be in 

 the hands of the Legislature on or before .Jaiiuar}^ 10, and you 

 have not stopped your inspection, in accordance with G-eueral Or- 

 der No. 14, sent you on September 30, which stated that such 

 inspection " is to be commenced on October 1, or as soon there- 

 after as possible, and to be coutiuued with all possible despatch 

 until flnishied, or until December 1, at which time it is hereby 

 ordered closed," it was this day voted that no further inspection 

 of animals should be made by you, or any animals quarantined 

 except by instruction from the Board of Health of your city or 

 town, as provided by section 30 of chapter 491 of the Acts of 

 1894, until the tenth day of January, 1897. 



Frederick H. Osgood, Chairman. 



L. F. Herrick, Secretary. 



John M. Parker, 



Maurice O'Connell, 



C. A. Dennen. 



The reofular inspection was ordered by the Board Septem- 

 ber 30, to begin October 1 and to be clo.scd on December 1. 

 Under this order the inspectors of the cities and towns have 

 reported 8,969 animals suspected of contagious disease, — 

 tuberculosis. These were subjected to the tuberculin test, 

 and 4,694 were condemned and destroyed. 



