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other ruminants, and swine. The words "contagious diseases," when 

 used in these regulations, includes and applies to all or any of the fol- 

 lowing diseases: Anthrax in cattle, sheep, goats, or swine; contagious 

 pleuro-pneumonia in cattle; Texas or splenetic fever in cattle; tuber- 

 culosis in cattle; foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, sheep, goats, and 

 swine; rinderpest in cattle and sheep; sheep pox, foot-rot, and scab in 

 sheep; hog cholera, swine plague, and erysipelas in swine. 



3. All cattle, sheep, and other ruminants imported into the United 

 States from any part of the world shall be accompanied with a certifi- 

 cate from the local authority of the district in which said animals have 

 been for one year next preceding the date of shipment, stating that no 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, or rinderpesthas 

 existed in said district for the past j^ear. And all swine imported into 

 the United States from any part of the world shall be accompanied 

 with a similar certificate relating to the existence of foot-and-mouth 

 disease, hog cholera, and er3sipelas. All such animals shall also be 

 accompanied with an affidavit by the owner from whoiri the importer 

 has purchased them, stating that said animals have been in the district 

 where purchased one j-ear next preceding the date, of sale, and that 

 none of the above-mentioned diseases have existed among them, nor 

 among any animals of the kind with which they come in contact, for 

 one year last past, and that no inoculation has been practiced among 

 said animals for the past two years. Also by an affidavit from the im- 

 porter or his agent supervising the shipment, stating that thej- have 

 not passed through any district infected with contagious diseases af- 

 fecting said kind of animals; that they have not been exposed in any 

 possible manner to the contagion of any of said contagious diseases, 

 and that the animals, when not driven, have been shipped in clean 

 and disinfected cars and vessels direct from the farm where purchased. 



4 The foregoing certificate and affidavits must accompanv' said 

 animals and be presented to the collector of customs at the port of 

 entry, and by him delivered to the inspector of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry stationed at said port, to allow them to be imported into the 



United States. 



5. All neat cattle imported into the United States from any part of 

 the world except Mexico, Central and South America, shall be subject 

 to a quarantine of ninety days, counting from date of arrival at the 

 quarantine station. All sheep and other ruminants, and swine, from 

 any part of the world except North, Central, and South America, shall 

 be subject to a quarantine of fifteen days, counting from date of ar- 

 rival at the quarantine station. 



6. Any person contemplating the importation of animals from any 

 part of the world except North, Central, and South America, or of 



