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fected under the supervision of the inspector of the port, and the 

 ocean steamer must, before receiving said animals, be thoroughly 

 cleansed or disinfected in accordance \vith the directions of said in- 

 spector. When passage upon or across the public highway is unavoid- 

 able in the transportation of animals from the cars to the boat, it 

 must be under such careful supervision and restrictions as the inspec- 

 tor may direct. 



S. Any cattle or sheep that are offered for shipment to Great 

 Britain or Ireland, or the Continent of Europe, which have not been 

 inspected and transported in accordance with this order and regula- 

 tions, or which having been inspected are adjudged to be infected, or 

 to have been exposed to infection so as to be dangerous to other ani- 

 mals, shall not be allowed to be placed upon any vessel for exporta- 

 tion. 



9. The supervision of the movement of cattle from cars and yards 

 to the ocean steamer at the ports of export will be in charge of the in- 

 spector of the port. No ocean steamer will be allowed to receive "more 

 cattle or sheep than it can comfortably carry. Overcrowding will not 

 be permitted. 



10. The inspector at the port of export will notify the collector of 

 the port of the various shipments of cattle or sheep that are entitled 

 to clearance papers, and certificates of the inspection of said animals 

 will be given to the consignors for transmission with the bills of 



lading. 



J. STERLING MORTON, 



Secretary. 



[HtTiendmeiit to the Order dated february 7, 1895.] 



U. S. Department of .Vgriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C, Dec. 19, 1895. 

 It Is hereby ordered that the Order and Regulations of February 

 7, 1895, above mentioned, be and same are hereby amended as follows: 

 Section 2 is hereby amended by the addition of Port Royal, South 

 Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana, and Galveston, Texas, as ports of 

 export. 



And it is stipulated that transportation companies carrying cattle 

 or sheep to Port Royal, S. C, for export shall establish at that point 

 special stock yards for export cattle and sheep, and such stock yards 

 shall be used for no other purpose. 



The cattle exported from Port Royal, S. C, shall originate above 

 the quarantine line established by the Department of Agriculture and 



