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(B. A, I. Order 332) 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
RULE 1, REVISION 30— TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 
SPLENETIC OR TICK FEVER IN CATTLE 
Effective on and after December 1, 1931 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
Office of the Secretary. 
The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture and notice is 
hereby given that the contagious and infectious disease known as splenetic or 
tick fever exists in cattle in Ouachita Parish, La., and that said mentioned 
disease still exists among cattle in other portions of the State of Louisiana, and 
also in the following States and Territory, to wit : Arkansas, Florida, Texas, 
and Porto Rico. 
Now, therefore, I, Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, under authority 
conferred by section 1 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 
1264), do hereby quarantine the areas hereinafter described, and do order by 
this rule 1, revision 30, under the authority and discretion conferred on the 
Secretary of Agriculture by section 3 of the said act of Congress, approved 
March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1265), that the interstate movement of cattle from the 
areas herein quarantined shall be made only in accordance with the regulation 
of the Secretary of Agriculture for the prevention of the spread of splenetic or 
tick fever in cattle. 
AREAS QUARANTINED 
The following areas are quarantined for splenetic or tick fever in cattle: 
ARKANSAS 
The following counties and portion of a county are quarantined: Ashley, 
Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Drew, Ouachita, and Union, and that portion of Desha 
County south of the Arkansas River. 
FLORIDA 
The following counties and portion of a county are quarantined: Brevard, 
Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, De Soto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, High- 
lands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, 
Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, and Sumter, and that part 
of Lake County lying south of the boundary line between township 17 south 
and township 18 south. 
LOUISIANA 
The following parishes and portions of parishes are quarantined: Acadia, 
Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Cameron, Calcasieu, Cald- 
well, Catahoula, De Soto, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Jeffer- 
son Davis, Lafayette, La Salle, Livingston, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, 
Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, Red River, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, 
St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washing- 
ton, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn ; that portion of Ascension Parish 
lying north and east of the Mississippi River; and that portion of Iberville 
Parish lying west of the Mississippi River. 
PORTO RICO 
The entire territory is quarantined. 
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