SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
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named stock yards ;—Kansas City, Mo. ; Chicago, 111 . ; Buf_ 
falo, N. Y. ; Pittsburg, Pa. ; and at the following ports of 
export, viz :—Boston and Charlestown, Mass. ; New York, N. 
Y. ; Philadelphia, Pa. ; Baltimore, Md. ; and Norfolk and 
Newport News, Va. All cattle shipped from any of the 
aforesaid yards must be tagged before being shipped to the 
ports of export. Cattle arriving at ports of export from 
other parts of the United States will be tagged at said ports. 
3. After inspection at the aforesaid stock-yards, all cattle 
found free of disease and shown not to have been exposed to 
the contagion of any contagious disease, will be tagged under 
the direction of the Veterinary Inspector in charge of the 
yards. After tagging, the cattle will be loaded into cleaned 
and disinfected cars, and shipped through from said yards, 
in said cars, to the port of export. 
4. All animals will be re-inspected at the port of export. 
All railroad companies will be required to furnish for the 
transportation of cattle and sheep for export, clean and disin¬ 
fected cars, and the various stock-yards located at the ports 
of export shall keep separate, clean and disinfected yards for 
the reception of export animals only. 
5. Shippers will notify the Veterinary Inspector in charge 
of yards, of intended shipments of cattle, and will give to 
the said Inspector, when possible, the name of the locality 
from which said animals have been brought, and the name of 
the feeder of said animals, and such further and other infor¬ 
mation as may be practicable, for proper identification of 
the place from which said animals have come. 
6. The Inspector, after passing said cattle, and tagging 
the same, will notify the Veterinary Inspector in charge of 
the port of export of the inspection of said animals, giving 
him the tag numbers, and the number and designation of the 
cars in which said animals are shipped. 
6. Export animals, whenever possible, shall be unloaded 
at the port of export from the cars in which they have been 
transported directly at the wharves from which they are to 
be shipped. They shall not be unnecessarily passed over 
any highway or removed to cars or boats which are used for 
convejdng other animals. Boats transporting said animals 
