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may be done by the addition of cold water. The pine tar shall then 
be added in a small stream while the solution is thoroughly stirred, 
after whieh the solution shall be immediately diluted with clear water 
sufficient to make 500 gallons of dip. 
CATTLE. 
Regulation 48. — All cattle imported under these regulations from 
the Republic of Mexico and other countries of North America below 
the southern cattle quarantine line must be inspected at the port of 
entry by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and found 
free from disease. No cattle shall be imported for any purpose from 
any district or area infested with cattle ticks into a tick-free area of 
the United States. Cattle for breeding purposes, milk production, 
grazing, or feeding imported into a tick-free area of the United 
States shall be accompanied by an affidavit made by the owner stating 
that such cattle have been in the district from which shipped for 60 
days next preceding the date of importation, and that no contagious, 
infectious, or communicable disease has existed among them for 
60 days last past, and that no cattle ticks have been found on such 
cattle or any animals with which they have come in contact for at 
least 60 days last past ; also they shall be accompanied by an affidavit 
made by the importer, or his agent supervising the shipment, stating 
that such cattle while en route to the port of entry have not passed 
through any district or area infested with splenetic, southern, or 
Texas fever, or any other contagious, infectious, or communicable 
disease affecting cattle, and that they have not been trailed or driven 
through any district or area infested with cattle ticks, and if trans- 
ported by rail or water, that they have been shipped in clean and dis- 
infected cars or vessels, and, in any event, that they have not been ex- 
posed en route from the point of origin to infection of splenetic, 
southern, or Texas fever, or an}^ contagious, infectious, or com- 
municable disease affecting cattle, or to cattle ticks, in any manner 
whatsoever. 
Regulation 49. — Paragraph 1. All tick-infested cattle offered for 
importation under these regulations from the Republic of Mexico 
into that part of Texas below the southern cattle-quarantine line 
shall be imported only through the following ports: Eagle Pass, 
Laredo, Rio Grande City, Edinburg, Brownsville, Galveston, Port 
Arthur, and Texas City, and be accompanied by an affidavit of the 
owner, stating that such cattle have been in the district from which 
shipped for 60 days next preceding the date of importation; that 
no contagious, infectious, or communicable disease has existed among 
them or among any animals with which they have come in contact 
