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now in said yards may be slaughtered in the adjacent abattoirs 

 under direct inspection of the United States Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. No live stock now in said yards or in transit shall be 

 moved out of said yards except for slaughter as above provided. 



(riven under my hand, and under the Lesser Seal of the Com- 

 monwealth, this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord 

 one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of the Commonwealth 



the one hundred and thirty-ninth. 



H. C. STUART, 

 By the Governor: Governor. 



B. O. JAMES, 



Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 



Governor's Office, 

 Ricpimoxd. 



MODIFIED QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION. 



Against States Where Contagious Foot and Mouth Disease Exists 

 in Cattle, Sheep, Other Ruminants and Swine. 



Whereas, it has been determined by the United States Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, and notice has been duly given to the State 

 Veterinarian of Virginia, that the contagious, communicable disease 

 known as Foot and Mouth Disease exists in live stock in the States 

 of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mary. 

 land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jer- 

 sey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin; 

 and 



Whereas, by authority conferred by Section 1599, paragraph 

 4, of an act of the General Assembly approved March 12, 1908, 

 authorizing the Virginia Sta-te Live Stock Sanitary Board to es- 

 tablished and maintain such quarantine against all contagious dis- 

 eases affecting live stock in other States, as said Board may deem 

 necessary to protect the domestic animals of this State, said Board 

 has issued such order establishing quarantine against the States 

 hereinbefore named, and has directed its enforcement by Dr. J. G. 

 Ferneyhough, State Veterinarian ; 



Now, Therefore, I, H. C. Stuart, Governor of Virginia, do 

 hereby declare the State of Virginia quarantined against the States 



