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ful inspection to be made by a suitable officer of all imported 
animals described in this act, to ascertain whether such ani¬ 
mals are infected with contagious diseases or have been ex¬ 
posed to infection so to be dangerous to other animals, which 
shall then either be placed in quarantine or dealt with accord¬ 
ing to the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture; 
and all food, litter, manure, clothing, utensils, and other 
appliances that have been so related to such animals on 
board ship as to be judged liable to convey inlection shall 
be dealt with according to the regulations of the Secretary 
of Agriculture ; and the Secretary of Agriculture may cause 
inspection to be made of all animals described in this act 
intended for exportation, and provide for the disinfection of 
all vessels engaged in the transportation thereof, and of all 
barges or other vessels used in the conveyance of such ani¬ 
mals intended for export to the ocean steamer or other ves¬ 
sels, and of all head-ropes and other appliances used in such 
exportation, by such orders and regulation as he may prescribe ; 
and if, upon such inspection, any such animal shall be adjudged, 
under the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, to be 
infected or to have been exposed to infection so as to be 
dangerous to other animals, they shall not be allowed to be 
placed upon any vessel for exportation ; the expense of all the 
inspection and disinfection provided for in the section to be 
borne bv the owner of the vessels on which said animals are 
exported, 
Approved August 30, 1890. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS, 
ILLINOIS VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
WEDNESDAY SESSION. 
The eighth annual meeting of the Illinois Veterinary Medical Association 
was held at the Sherman House, Chicago, November 5-6, 1890. 
The meeting was called to order at two p. m. on the 5th, President Wil¬ 
liams in the chair. The following members were in attendance during the meet¬ 
ing, twelve of whom responded to roll-call: Drs. A. H. Baker, S. S. Baker, J. 
T. Nattress, Jno. Casewell, Wm. Jinks, J. A. Judson, J. F. Pease, J. F. Reid, 
J. F. Ryan, J. D. Robinson, J. Stallman, J. S. Spangler, C. E. Sayre, H. Thomp¬ 
son, W. F. Weese, W. L. Williams, S. H. Kingery, and associate member T. D. 
Hinebauch. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
