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purpose, may be received in Virginia from quarantined States and 

 from the District of Columbia : 



Provided, that the owner or consignor shall first file an affidavit 

 with the transportation company at the point of shipment certify- 

 ing that the bags or containers in which grain for seed and mill- 

 ing purposes, or in which stock feed is offered for shipment, are 

 new and have not been used for any purpose up to that time and 

 have not been exposed to contamination through live stock, their 

 excretions, or by-products; 



Provided, further, that the waybill is endorsed bv the agent 

 of the transportation company accepting said shipment with the 

 statement that affidavit aforesaid is on file in the office of said 

 transportation company at the point of shipment, a copy of which 

 affidavit, certified by the said agent of the transportation com- 

 pany as a true copy, shall also be attached to said waybill. 



Xo bags or similar containers which have been previously 

 used shall be received in Virginia from quarantined States or 

 from the District of Columbia. 



All modifications of the original quarantine against the said 

 Jive stock of the States above mentioned are hereby revoked, and 

 absolute quarantine is hereby declared against all such live stock, 

 •either for immediate slaughter or otherwise, coining through or 

 from the States named in this proclamation, and through or from 

 Jthe District of Columbia, including also live poultry of all kinds. 



Given under my hand, and under the Lesser Seal of the Com- 

 monwealth, at Richmond, this the sixth day of April, 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, 



Governor. 

 By the Governor: 



B. O. JAMES, 



Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



vrPCTMA STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD, 

 Office or State Veterinarian, 



Richmond, Ya.. April 22, L915. 

 Whereas, by the provisions of an act of the General Assembly 

 approved March 15, l!>ir>, the State Veterinarian is authorized, 



