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INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
places prohibited to them, the police authority may order their 
immediate slaughter. 
§ 26. The removal of cadavers, so that they should be harm¬ 
less, of animals dead from the disease or slaughtered as having 
been sick or suspected, and that of parts of cadavers of said 
animals which are likely to propagate the disease (meat, skin, in¬ 
testines, horns, hoofs, &c.), as well as the bedding, manure and 
all other objects coming from diseased or suspected animals. 
§ 27. Disinfection of stables, sheds and other places where 
these animals were, and disinfection and useful suppression of the 
tools and other objects which have been in contact with those 
animals, particularly also the clothes of persons which have been 
in contact with diseased animals. 
If judged useful, disinfection of persons who have been in 
contact with diseased animals may be ordered. 
The execution of these measures shall take place, according 
to the orders of the official veterinarian and under the survey of 
the police authority. 
§ 28. 9. Interdiction of cattle and horses from markets as 
well as from public shows of animals in the locality or its sur¬ 
roundings where the disease exists, or exclusion from markets of 
some species of animals. 
§ 29. 10. Visits by the veterinarian of animals exposed to con¬ 
tagion, which are in the locality or surroundings where the dis¬ 
ease exists. 
{To be Continued .) 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
BILL TO PREVENT THEIR INTRODUCTION AMONG DOMESTIC ANI¬ 
MALS. 
Mr.Williams introduced in the United States Senate, on Tues¬ 
day, a bill to prevent the introdution or dissemination of infectious 
diseases among domestic animals in the United States. The bill 
makes it unlawful to import or introduce into the United States 
