the disposition of actinomycotic cattle in the union stock yards. 5S9 
k finally became a question as to who should be credited 
with defrauding the shipper and the consumer of meat, the lump- 
jaw buyers or the contracting butcher. 
After trying in many ways to remember this evil, it eventu- 
, : st y atlo C i am f < ;, neCeSS T y t0 enf ° rCe " radiCal Chan ^ e in the admin- 
i strati on of this work or to wholly abandon it. 
Iol °p ‘ 5 ? 3 d 0 -y of January, ,894, His Excellency, Governor 
J a P. Altgeld, the members of the Board of Live Stock Com- 
missioners, and Dr. Arthur Reynolds, the Health Commissioner 
of Chicago met the members of the Live Stock Exchange in 
their hall at the Union Stopk Yards, and informed them that the 
card of Live Stock Commissioners would positively withdraw 
rom this work if the members of the Exchange did not lend 
leir <xi in reporting all the diseased cattle for examination that 
were consigned to them. 
After many conferences and delays the following rules were 
adopted by the Live Stock Exchange : 
RULE TWENTY-FOUR OF THE CHICAGO LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE. 
Section i—No member or members of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange shall 
buy, sell, or dispose of, or weigh to any customer or purchaser thereof, or cause to be 
ently affec ed°with SP ft ed * " ' Veighed *° 1,17 thereof - animal appar- 
y affected with actinomycosis, commonly called “Lumpy-Jaw,” or having any 
he StaTe S Ve e t ^ UP ° U ^ Until ‘ he Said " has been inspected by 
State Veterinarian, and such inspection shall be made prior to the time when such 
animal is weighed, or if not weighed, then before it is delivered. Only such animals 
cepted and pTmTT" P ™ A ° mCe ‘° be free from the aa M disease shall be ac¬ 
cepted and paid for by any members who may have purchased the same. 
or an FX 'l 2 ' 5 * M * Exchange ha ™S possession or control of any animat 
the head 1 1P|M "t nt l V^i^ W ’' h ^ d ‘ SeaSe or havin K any lump or swelling upon 
such animal „ ’ 'T ^ Veterinarian at his office for inspection of 
such animal or animals, and if upon such inspection, such animal is found to be free 
om disease the member or members having such possession or control, may proceed 
ccemeTbr; aiU "t in the ‘i egUlar C0urse ° f bllSine5S > and ‘he said a’nim.i shdl hl 
ccepted by any member purchasing or who may have purchased the same. If such 
dernned by IT ^ •“ ^ f ° U ” d fr ° m disease > but either shall be con¬ 
demned by said veterinarian or Assistant State Veterinarian, or shall upon inspection 
ahve or upon foot, be deemed doubtful by him, such animal shall not ta bought, sold" 
° f r: d ° f , 7 any member ° f thii Excha ”ge. on foot or alive, or shall the carcass 
f such animal, nor any part thereof, be bought, sold, or disposed of in any way by 
any member of this Exchange unless, and until there has been a post-mortem examhl 
