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terstate movement of horses, mules and asses, is directed to the 
provisions of section 6 of the act of Congress approved May 29, 
1884, entitled “An Act for the establishment of a Bureau of Ani- 
mal Industry,” etc. This section reads in part as follows : 
Sec. 6. That no railroad company within the United States 
or the owners or masters of any steam or sailing or other vessel or 
boat, shall receive for transportation, or transport from one State 
or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of 
Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock 
affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, 
and especially the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia ; nor shall 
any person, company or corporation deliver for such transporta- 
tion to any railroad company, or master, or owner of any boat or 
vessel, any live stock, knowing them to be affected with any con- 
tagious, infectious, or communicable disease ; nor shall any per- 
son, coiupany, or corporation drive on foot or transport in private 
conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from any 
State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any 
State, any live stock, knowing them to be affected with any con- 
tagious, infectious or communicable disease, and especially the 
disease known as pleuro-pneumonia. (23 Stat. L. 32.) 
Under this section it is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and 
imprisonment, for any person or corporation to deliver for trans- 
portation, receive for transportation, transport, drive on foot, or 
otherwise remove from one State or Territory or the District of 
Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of Colum- 
bia any horses, mules, or asses which are affected with glanders, 
as disclosed by a physical examination or by the mallein test. 
It is suggested that common carriers engaged in such interstate 
transportation require the shipper of such animals in all cases to 
sign a statement to the effect that the animals offered for ship- 
ment are not affected with glanders. 
James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
A certificate showing that animals to be shipped to this Terri- 
tory have passed a satisfactory mallein or tuberculin test issued 
by a veterinarian authorized by the Federal Bureau of Animal 
Industry and countersigned or approved by the Federal Inspector 
in charge of the port of shipment, will be accepted by any trans- 
portation company as proof that the animals in question are not 
affected with either glanders or tuberculosis. 
GENERAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE IM- 
PORTATION OF LIVE STOCK TO THE TERRITORY 
OF HAWAII. 
For the information of all concerned in the interstate move- 
ment of live stock, and more particular in the transportation and 
