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SANITARY LEGISLATION, 
caster, in the State of Pennsylvania; in the counties of Bergen, 
Hudson, Morris, Essex, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, Middlesex, 
Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, 
Passaic and Atlantic, in the State of New Jersey; in the county 
of Newcastle, in the State of Delaware; in the counties of Cecil, 
Harford, Baltimore, Howard and Carroll, in the State of Mary¬ 
land ; in the District of Columbia; in the county of Fairfax, in 
the State of Virginia; in the counties of Callaway, Boone, Cole, 
Audrian, Montgomery and Osage, in the State of Missouri, and 
in the couuty of Travis, in the State of Texas; and 
Whereas, It is a well-estabished fact that cattle from the 
following States, viz.: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 
and from portions of Texas, Indian Territory, Tennessee, Arkansas 
and South Carolina, have the capacity to infect cattle of the states 
and territories lying to the northward of them with a fatal disease, 
known as Texas or splenic fever, especially when cattle from such 
localities have been brought to the states and territories with such 
speed as to prevent their losing the power to communicate said 
disease; and 
Whereas, Owners of cattle from said infectious districts are 
in the habit of driving such cattle a portion of the way and then 
shipping them to Wyoming Territory, to the danger and detri¬ 
ment of Wyoming Territory ; * * * 
Whereas, Neat cattle from said infected districts have been, 
at divers times since the discovery of the existence of said disease 
therein, sold and transported to other sections, without any regard 
paid to said disease, or the exposure of such cattle thereto, very 
many of which are now held and owned by persons whose inten¬ 
tion it is to transport the same into or through this territory, and 
by reason of such unrestricted traffic, it is impossible to determine, 
with the certainty the gravity of the situation demands, without 
the aid of such owners or persons in charge, whether the said 
cattle thus intended for Wyoming, or for transportation through 
said territory, came from or through any of said scheduled local¬ 
ities or not, or whether they, or any of them, have been exposed 
to said disease or not; either in said localities or in others not 
herein specified. ******* 
