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REGULATIONS OF QUARANTINE. 
Sec. 53. Quarantine stations shall be under the care and subject 
to the orders of the officers. appointed for that purpose hereinafter 
referred to as superintendents, who shall have the general superin- 
tendence and control of the servants or other persons, and of all other 
matters connected therewith. 
Sec. 54. Animals in any quarantine station shall be treated and 
dealt with under the direction of the superintendent of the said sta- 
tion and all articles used for, about or in connection with the said 
animals shall be in like manner subject to his direction and super- 
vision. 
Sec. 55. Cattle six months old or over imported from countries 
other than the United States and Mexico shall not be discharged 
from quarantine until they have been submitted to the tuberculin 
test by the superintendent of the quarantine or other duly authorized 
officer. 
Sec. 56. Cattle reacting to thé tuberculin test, but not showing 
clinical symptoms, shall be permanently marked in the right ear 
with the letter ‘T’ by the officer making the test, and may then be 
released at the expiry of the prescribed period of quarantine if 
found free from all other infectious or contagious diseases. 
Sec. 57. Cattle showing clinical symptoms of tuberculosis shall 
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister may direct. 
Sec. 58. The Minister or the Veterinary Director General may 
authorize the destruction of any quarantined animals or all or any 
portion of the articles used in the care of the said animals,,and such 
destruction shall take place under the supervision of the superin- 
tendent, and in the manner prescribed by him. 
Sec. 59. The expense of feeding, treating and providing for ani- 
mals detained in quarantine, with the exception of those for the use © 
of grounds and shelters, shall be borne by the owner or importer, and 
such expenses shall be paid before the animals are permitted to leave 
the quarantine, and in default of such payment within fourteen days 
after the expiration of the period of quarantine, the superintendent 
may, on fourteen days’ notice in writing, delivered or sent by mail 
to the owner or importer, cauge the said animals to be sold to meet 
the said expenses, together with the expenses of and incidental to the 
sale of the said animals, the balance, if any, to be handed over to the 
owner. 
