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by and with the consent of the Governor, to suspend temporarily 

 the quarantine rules and regulations of the State as to Foot and 

 Mouth Disease, in particular cases or classes of cases, whenever 

 in the opinion of the said Veterinarian and the Governor public 

 interest may so require. 



Now, Thekefore, the undersigned, J. G. Ferneyhough, State 

 Veterinarian, acting with the consent of the Governor, hereby 

 modifies the rules and regulations heretofore enacted by the State 

 Live Stock Sanitary Board, and the Governor of Virginia, acting 

 in his own official capacity, hereby modifies his several proclama- 

 tions to the effect that second-hand bags or similar containers 

 whether empty or filled with unquarantined food stuffs may be 

 received in Virginia from quarantined States, or from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, when such bags or sacks have been disinfected 

 with formalin gas in the manner prescribed in Farmers' Bulletin 

 Mo. 



Provided that the owner or consignor of such sacks shall first 

 file an affidavit with the transportation company at the point of 

 shipment certifying that the facilities used for disinfection have 

 been approved by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 and that the said sacks have been disinfected as aforesaid. 



The rules and regulations of the State Live Stock Sanitary 

 Board and the several proclamations of the Governor shall remain 

 in full force and effect, except as herein and heretofore amended 

 or modified. 



J. G. FERNEYHOUGH, 



State Veterinarian. 



By consent of the Governor, 

 H. C. STUART, 



Governor. 



