SANITARY YETERINRY REGULATIONS IN MASS. 
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The recent death of a citizen of this. State from that loath- 
Dme and fatal disease, glanders, contracted from a diseased horse 
lleged to have been surreptitiously removed from isolation ; the 
do general negligence of horse owners, veterinarians and others 
i giving notice of the suspected existence of contagions diseases, 
nd the lax or indifferent action of municipal officers in taking 
ossession or control of animals within their jurisdiction sus- 
ected of being infected with contagion, makes it imperative that 
? e call the attention of all good citizens to the statutes provided 
Dr the suppressions of contagion among domestic animals, and 
lat we issue and publish the following 
Regulations for the Guidance of the Mayors and Aldermen of 
the Cities and the Selectmen of the Towns of the State. 
The commissioners therefore do hereby order the mayors and 
ldermen of cities and the selectmen of towns in this Common- 
lonwealth, when notified of the existence of any contagious dis- 
ase among any domestic animals in their respective cities or 
owns, or of any animals suspected of being infected with such 
ontagious or infected disease, to isolate and securely hold such 
nimals till they are released by order of the commissioners. 
Horses suspected of having the disease known as glanders or 
arcy may only remain in the custody of their owners, and in the 
tails or on the premises previously oecupied by them, when, in 
lie judgment of the mayor and aldermen or selectmen, such own- 
rs can be relied on with full confidence , and when such stalls or 
remises are deemed by the mayor and aldermen or selectmen 
intable places for holding such diseased or suspected animals til_ 
aken in charge by the commissioners. 
Levi Stockbridge, Amherst, 
A. W. Cheeyer, Dedham, 
J. F. Winchester, D.Y.S., Lawrence, 
Commissioners on Contagious Diseases Among Domestic 
inimals. 
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