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(B.A.I. Order 259.) 
United States Department of Agriculture; 
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE 
OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, SWINE, AND OTHER 
ANIMALS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. 
Effective May 1, 1918. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Office of the Secretary, 
District of Columbia, April 23+1918. 
Under authority of sections 7, 8, and 10 of the act of Congress ap- 
proved August 30, 1890, entitled " An act providing for an inspection 
of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated 
articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make 
proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes" (26 Stat., 
414) ; of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1903, entitled " An 
act to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually sup- 
press and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases 
of live stock, and for other purposes" (32 Stat., 791) ; and of the 
act of Congress approved March 4, 1911, entitled " An act making 
appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1912" (38 Stat, 1240), the following regulations, 
which for the purpose of identification are designated as B. A. I. Or- 
der 259, are issued, superseding previous regulations on the same sub- 
ject, known and designated as B. A. I. Order 209, and all amend- 
ments thereto, and shall become and be effective May 1, 1918. 
D. F. Houston, 
Secretary. 
Approved : 
L. S. Rowe, 
Acting Secretary of the Treasury. 
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