3S8 INSPECTION, GOVERNMENT AND STATE. 



■cattle from the Dominion of Canada, must first obtain from the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture two permits, one stating the number and kind of 

 animals to be imported, the port and probable date of shipment, which 

 will entitle them to clearance papers on presentation to the American 

 consul at said port of shipment; the other, stating the port at which 

 said animals are to be landed and quarantined, and the approximate 

 date of their arrival, and this will assure the reception o:^the number 

 and kind specified therein at the port and quarantine station named, at 

 the date prescribed for their arrival, or at any time during three weeks 

 immediately following, after which the permit will be void. These per- 

 mits shall in no case be available at any port other than the one men- 

 tioned therein. Permits must be in the name of the owner of, or agent 

 for, any one lot of animals. When more persons than one own a lot of 

 animals for which permits have been issued, a release from quarantine 

 will be given each owner for the number and kind he may own, and 

 this release will be a certificate of fulfillment of quarantine regula- 

 tions. Permits will be issued to quarantine at such ports as the im- 

 porter may elect, so far as facilities exi.'st at such port, but in no case 

 will permits for importation at any port be granted in excess of the 

 accommodations of the Government quarantine station at such port. 

 United States consuls should give clearance papers or certificates for 

 animals from their districts intended for exportation to thft United 

 States only upon presentation of permits as above provided, with dates 

 of probable arrival and destination corresponding with said permits, 

 and in no case for a number in excess of that mentioned therein. When 

 such shipments originate in the interior of a foreign country, these 

 permits should be submitted to the consul of that district and through 

 the forwarding agent to the consul at the port of embarkation. 



7. Cattle and sheep from the Dominion of Canada for export from 

 the United States may be entered at the ports of Island Pond and 

 P.eecher Falls, Yt., in bond for Portland, Jle., for export from the lat- 

 ter port only, provided said animals are accompanied by the health 

 certificate and affidavits required by section 3, and provided, further, 

 that suitable pens are furnished by the railroad companies at the ports 

 «of entry for their unloading and proper inspection. 



8. All animals, imported into the United States shall be carefully 

 inspected by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and all 

 animals found to be free from disease and not to have been exposed to 

 any contagious disease, shall be admitted into the United States, sub- 

 ject to the provisions for quarantine as established in paragraph 5. 

 Whenever any animal is' found to be affected with a contagious dis- 

 ease, or to have been exposed to said disease, said animal, and all ani- 



