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INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
shall organize a “ Bureau of Animal Industry,” and appoint as 
its chief some competent veterinary surgeon, approved by the 
National Board of Health, whose duty it shall be to collect and 
report all such information upon the subjects referred to as may 
be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the 
country. For the purpose of investigation, and the prevention 
and cure of such diseases, he is authorized to call to his aid 
the National Board of Health, and to employ in addition to an 
agent in each State and Territory for the collection of local 
information, two Commissioners, one of whom shall be a practical 
stock-raiser, and one an experienced business man, familiar with 
questions pertaining to commercial transactions in live stock, 
whose duty it shall be to advise with regard to the best methods 
of treating, transporting, and caring for animals, and of provid¬ 
ing against the spread of contagious diseases. Tiie bill further 
provides that it “ shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agri¬ 
culture, through the chief of the bureau, in connection with the 
National Board of Health, to prepare such rules and regulations 
as they may deem necessary for the speedy and effectual suppres¬ 
sion and extirpation of said disease, and to certify such rules and 
regulations to tiie executive authority of each State and Territory, 
and whenever any State or Territory shall accept the same, then 
it shall be the further duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
through the said chief of bureau, to assist in the execution of such 
rules and regulations.” It is made the duty of the Secretary of 
the Treasury to establish quarantine stations at such points as 
may be necessary, and to “ establish and carry into effect such 
regulations, consistent with State laws, as may be necessary to 
prevent the spread of said diseases by importations from abroad,” 
and he is authorized to employ Customs officers and revenue ves¬ 
sels for these purposes. The bill further provides that “ it shall 
be unlawful to import or introduce into the United States from 
foreign countries, or into one State or Territory from another, or 
to offer for sale, any domestic animal affected with contagious dis¬ 
ease, or which has been presumably exposed thereto, except in 
accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regu¬ 
lations adopted in pursuance thereof.” To meet the expenses 
