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16th.—The meat of a slaughtered diseased or suspected ani¬ 
mal should not be used for food without the permit of the veter¬ 
inarian having charge of the autopsy. 
17th.—The skin should not be used until after having been 
soaked for at least twenty-four hours in a prescribed disinfecting 
solution. 
18th.—Cadavers and remains unfit for food, should be either 
buried or altered so as to be entirely harmless. 
19th.—Stables, fairgrounds, markets and vehicles which have 
been occupied by diseased or suspected animals, should be care¬ 
fully cleaned, washed and disinfected. These various operations 
should be made under the direction of the veterinarian. 
20th.—A stable properly disinfected and ventilated for eight 
days can be used for new stock without inconvenience. 
21st.—Pastures frequented by diseased animals should be 
quarantined for at least forty days. 
22d.—The various tools used in dressing and cleaning, those 
that have been used for ordinary purposes or slaughtering, and 
for the transport and burying of diseased or suspected animals, 
ought to be.destroyed or properly disinfected. Straw and hay 
used in such cases, may be used for horses or other solipeds, with¬ 
out danger. 
23d.— All persons wdio have been soiled by virulent matter 
should wash their hands, and brush or wash their clothing and 
shoes with a disinfecting solution. 
24th. — Diseased or suspected animals and their cadavers 
should, so far as practicable, be rendered inaccessible to persons 
or animals liable to infection or to become vehicles of the peri- 
pneumogenous elements. 
25tli.—It is proper to pay an indemnity to owners ( first ), for 
animals destroyed by order; {second,) fcr subjects which have 
died from the sequelae of inoculation ; and {third,) for subjects 
or property whose destruction has been found necessary. The 
value of this regulation would be in proportion to the liberality 
of its application. 
26th.—Severe penalties should be imposed upon persons who 
resist the execution of the acts of sanitary precaution ordered 
by the authorities. 
