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VIRGINIA STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD, 

 Office or State Veterinarian, 



Richmond. Ya.. June 18, 1915. 



NOTICE TO TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND 

 OTHERS OPERATING IN THE STATE OE 



VIRGINIA. 



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

 approved March 15, 1915, the State Veterinarian is authorized, 

 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, Therefore, the undersigned, J. G. Eerneyhough. 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 cll'ect that hay. straw or similar fodder, and bags or 

 similar containers used for grain or stock feed, may be received 

 in Virginia without any restrictions whatever from those States 

 in which the United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau 

 of Animal Industry, has reduced all counties to areas described 

 as "modified," ''restricted, " or "free," which at this time includes 

 the States of Delaware, Iowa, Indiana, Montana. New Hampshire. 

 Rhode Island, Michigan, West Virginia, and the District of Co- 

 lumbia. In the future Virginia State restrictions will change 

 automatically to conform to modifications made by the Secretary 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture as above described. 

 without official notice thereof from this office, relative to othei 

 States now under Federal and State quarantine on account of 

 Eoot and Mouth Disease. 



s/iitcs From Which Federal Quarantine Ho* /><<u Entirely 



h*< m oral. 



Since an order, signed by the Secretary of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture has declared the following States en- 

 tirely free area: Delaware, Iowa, and New Hampshire, the Vir- 

 ginia quarantine against the said states is hereby also removed. 



