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treated as hereafter specified in this regulation. . . . 

 However, if horses intended for importation into the 

 United States are held for six months immediately pre- 

 ceding the date they are offered for importation, on 

 premises known to be free from ticks, they may be ad- 

 mitted for any destination without dipping," etc. 



Disposal of diseased animals. — "Whenever any animal 

 on arriving at the port of entry or in the quarantine sta- 

 tion (healthy horses are not quarantined) is found to be 

 affected with a contagious disease or to have been ex- 

 posed to such disease, said animal and all animals that 

 have been in contact with or exposed to said animal shall 

 either be refused landing or placed in special quarantine. 

 All such animals found to be so diseased or exposed, 

 either on arrival at port of entry or after being placed in 

 quarantine, shall be at once reported to the inspector to 

 the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who will 

 direct whether or not said animal or animals shall be 

 landed and quarantined, and as to whether or not said 

 animal or animals shall be appraised and slaughtered, as 

 provided by section 8 of the act approved August 30, 

 1890." 



