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tested with tuberculin, and either tested or certified as sound 
4th. The establishment of regular quarantine stations a 
which all animals brought within the limits of the Common 
wealth should be delivered in quarantine. 
5th. The forbidding of the importation of all neat stocl 
within the limits of this Commonwealth unless delivered a 
these points, except upon written permit of the Board. 
6th. The branding, in a distinct way, of all animals tha 
had successfully passed the tuberculin test. 
7th. A systematic examination, by the use of tuberculin 
of all animals within the State, beginning with the countie 
of Nantucket, Dukes and Barnstable. 
This policy of the Board was first made public at Wor 
cester on October 25th, 1894, and came into force one montl 
later, on November 25th, and this meeting at Worcester wa 
the first intimation to either the general public or the veteri 
nary profession that any such radical measures were proposed 
On the adoption of this policy by the Commissioners th< 
work of the Board, as stated in their Annual Report, may b< 
subdivided into four distinct heads, as follows : 
1st. The attending to the inspection of all animals reporte( 
by the local inspectors as suspected, and the testing by tuber 
culin of all such as are reported to be tuberculous. 
2d. The quarantining of all neat cattle which are deliverer 
at the quarantine stations at Watertown, Brighton or Somei 
ville, and the testing with tuberculin of such of them as ar 
not to be immediately slaughtered at the Brighton abattoii 
or which are not to be immediately transported to point 
without this Commonwealth, which calls for a weekly servic 
extending over three days. 
3d. The systematic examination with tuberculin of al 
herds within the State, which includes the test by tuberculir 
the destruction of all diseased animals, the disinfecting of th 
contaminated premises, and the branding of all animals fount 
free from disease. 
4th. The granting of permits for the transportation c 
animals from without the limits of this Commonwealth t 
various points within the State, where they are immediatel 
