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M. R. TRUMBOWER. 
for food under the personal supervision of the committee above provided for Sard 
committeee shall report to the State Veterinarian or Assistant Veterinarian, and also 
to the Secretary of the Ltve Stock Exchange, the result of the killing. All caicasses 
found after slaughter to be healthy shall be held subject to the order of the owner or 
his agent. . . ... 
Rule ii.-N othing in the above rules shall be construed as abrogating the right 
as the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners or its agents to make such mspec ion 
of the yards as they may desire for the purpose of ascertaining whether all catde 
afflicted with actinomycosis are duly reported to the veterinarian and subsequently 
rendered unfit for food. 
The above rules were adopted by the State Board of Live 
Stock Commissioners at a meeting held in Chicago, July i6th, 
1894, to go into effect July 23d, 1894. 
(Signed) C. D. Bartlett., 
C. W. Piatt, 
J. H. Paddock, 
_ Commissioners. 
Attest. 
A. M. Brownlee, Secretary. 
I hereby certify that the above rules are a correct copy 01 
the rules adopted by the State Board of Live Stock Commis- 
sioners at a meeting held by said board in Chicago, Ill., Ju > 1 , 
1894, all members being present, and said rules were to go into 
effect on Monday, July 23, 1894. 
A. M. Brownlee, Secretary. 
Springfield, Ill., July 1 7 > l $ 94 - 
The board ordered a daily examination by an Assistant State 
Veterinarian of all cattle arrested since October I, 1893. They 
also placed an additional number of agents in the yard to hunt 
up the affected animals, but all was of no avail towards securing 
satisfactory results. 
Since the newly adopted regulations have gone into effect, 
our work has been eminently satisfactory, and we trust that 
everything connected with this system will continue to grow in 
The new system went into effect on the 23d day of July, and 
we are able to show the following results for weeks ending 
