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of cattle, and authorize expenditures for investigation, disinfec 
tion, quarantine, and for the purchase of diseased animals fo 
slaughter. The following are the sections bearing upon this subject 
Section 3. —That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner o 
Agriculture to prepare such rules and regulations as he may deei; 
necessary for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpatio 
of said diseases, and to certify such rules and regulations to th 
executive authority of each State and Territory, and invite sai 
authorities to co-operate in the execution and enforcement of tin 
act. Whenever the plans and methods of the Commissioner o 
Agriculture shall be accepted by any State or Territory in whic 
pleuro-pneumonia or other contagious, infectious, or communic: 
ble disease is declared to exist, or such State or Territory sha 
have adopted plans and methods for the suppression and exti 
pation of said diseases, and such plans and methods shall b 
accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and whenever tb 
Governor of a State or other properly constituted authorities su 
nify their readiness to co-operate for the extinction of any cont 
gious, infectious, or communicable disease, in conformity with t! 
provisions of this act, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereb 
authorized to expend so much of the money appropriated by tli 
act as may be necessary in such investigations and in such disi 
fection and quarantine measures as may be necessary to prevei 
the spread of the disease from one State or Territory into a 
other. (Approved May 29, 1884). 
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
For carrying out the provisions of the act of May 29, 188 
establishing the Bureau of Animal Industry, $100,000; and tl 
Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use ai 
part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, and 
such manner as he may think best, to prevent the spread 
pleuro-pneumonia, and for this purpose to employ as many p< 
sons as he may deem necessary, and to expend any part of tl 
sum in the purchase and destruction of diseased animals whenev 
in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of plow 
pneumonia from one State into another. (Approved Ju 
30, 1886). 
