No. 4.] CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 543 



Commissiouers a, copy of every application made to them under 

 section seventeen of this act, and siiall state the doings of said 

 board or officer upon said application ; and shall further send to 

 the Board of Cattle Commissioners the names and addresses of all 

 persons required to make application under section seventeen, who 

 were engaged in such business on the last day of the previous 

 April, and who failed to make application as provided in said 

 section." 



I beg to state further that this Board has not, as j^et, received 

 the required notices from you in this connection, and to ask that 

 they be sent without further delay. In answering, kindly give 

 not only the required copy of any "application" that may have 

 been made to you, together with a statement of your doings 

 thereon, but also and particularly " i/ie names and addresses of all 

 persons in your totvn required to make application under section 17, 

 and icJio have failed to make application as provided in said section" 



An early and full reply is earnestly desired. 



Respectfully, Charles P. Lyman, Secretary. 



The following is the form issued for reports from city and 

 town officials charged with the duty of licensing slaughter 

 houses : — 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Return of Licensed Slaughter-houses. 

 City or Town of Mat, 189 . 



To the Board of Cattle Commissioners for the CommomveaUh of Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Gentlemen: — In accordance with the provisions of section 18 

 of chapter 491 of the Acts of the year 1894, as amended by sec- 

 tion 4 of chapter 496 of the Acts of the year 1895, we submit 

 the following statement in relation to slaughter-houses Avithin the 

 limits of our city or town. 



The names of all persons licensed to carry on the business of 

 slaughtering for the following year, a copy of whose application 

 for a license is sent herewith, are as follows : — 



* See note on page 514. 



