that cattle and other live stock are confined in cars for a period exceeding twentyeight hours, and that at times when they are unloaded they are not allowed the five consecutive hours for rest required by statute. The failure of the railroad companies to conform to this law causes animals great suffering while in transit to points of destination, which it is the intent of the law to prevent. Railroad companies will therefore make such arrangements as are necessary in their train service, and provide the necessary feeding and watering stations to comply with the above-named sections of the Revised Statutes, and any failure to do this will render them liable, on conviction, to the penalty provided in section 4388. JAMES WILSON, Secretary, [B. A. I. ORDER No. 2.] SPECIAL ORDER MODIFYING QUARANTINE LINE FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. C'., March 19, 1897. In accordance with the regulations concerning cattle transportation issued by this Department January 27, 1897, the State of California has located a quarantine line described as follows: "Beginning on the northern boundary of the State at Rhett Lake, at the northwest corner of Modoc County; thence south and east along the western and southern boundaries of said county to the northwest corner of Lassen County; thence south along the western boundary of said county to the northern boundary of Plumas County; thence west and south and southeast along the boundary of said county to the western boundary line of Sierra County; thence following the western and southern boundaries of said county to the intersection with the State boundary line." And whereas said quarantine line as above set forth is satisfactory to this Department, and legislation has been enacted by the State of California to enforce said quarantine line; therefore, in accordance with the regulations of January 27, 1897, the above quarantine line is adopted for the State of California by this Department for the period beginning on this date and ending November 15, 1897, in lieu of the quarantine line described in said order of January 27, 1897, for said area, unless otherwise ordered. JAMES WILSON, Secretary. [B. A. I. ORDER No. 3.] SPECIAL ORDER MODIFYING QUARANTINE LINE FOR THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, In accordance with the regulations concerning cattle transportation issued by this Department January 27, 1897, the Special order modifying quarantine line for the Territory of Oklahoma," dated February 2, 1897, is hereby amended, in order to place Canadian County north of the quarantine line, as follows: "Beginning at the southeast corner of Blaine County, on the Canadian River, at the quarantine line established February 2, 1897; thence southeast along the southern boundary of Canadian County to the southeast corner thereof; thence north along the eastern boundary of said county to the northeast corner of said county, joining the quarantine line established February 2, 1897.” That portion of the quarantine line for the western and northern boundaries of Canadian County established February 2, 1897, is hereby withdrawn. J. H. BRIGHAM, Acting Secretary. 1 See p. 409. 7204-27 2 See p. 413. [B. A. I. ORDER No. 4.] REGULATIONS CONCERNING CATTLE TRANSPORTATION. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Notice is hereby given to the managers and agents of all steamboats and vessels of all descriptions that the regulations dated January 27, 1837, are hereby amended so as to include all vessels which may hereafter carry cattle from the district described in said order, as amended January 28,2 February 2.a 5,1 and 10,5 March 19, and April 26, 1897, to points north, east, and west of said district; and it is further ordered that no vessel having on board cattle from said district shall receive on board cattle from outside of said district. It is also ordered that cattle from sa.d district shall not be received on board when destined to points outside of said district where proper facilities have not been provided for transferring the said cattle from the landing to the stock yards and slaughterhouses without passing over public highways, unless permission for such passing is first obtained from the local authorities. JAMES WILSON, Secretary. [B. A. I. ORDER NO. 5.] TRANSPORTATION OF SHEEP AFFECTED WITH SCABIES. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, To the managers and agents of railroads and transportation companies of the In accordance with section 7 of the act of Congress approved May 29, 1884, entitled “An act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals, and of the act of Congress approved April 23, 1837. making appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, you are hereby notified that the contagious disease known as sheep scab, or scabies of sheep, exists among sheep in the United States, and that it is a violation of the law to receive for transportation, or transport any stock affected with said disease from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State. It is also a violation of the law for any person, company, or corporation to deliver for such transportation to any railroad company, or master, or owner of any boat or vessel, any sheep, knowing them to be affected with said disease; and it is also unlawful for any person, company, or corporation to drive on foot or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any sheep, knowing them to be affected with said disease. All transportation companies and indiv duals shipping, driving or transporting sheep are requested to cooperate with this Department in enforcing the law for preventing the spread of the said disease. Inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry are directed to report all violations of this act which come to their attention. In order to more effectually accomplish the object of the above-mentioned laws, it is hereby ordered that any railroad cars, boats, or other vehicles, which have been used in the transportation of sheep affected with said disease, shall be immediately cleaned and disinfected by the owners or by the transportation companies in whose possession said cars or vehicles may be at the time the animals are unloaded, by first removing all litter and manure which they contain, and then saturating the woodwork with a 5 per cent solution of crude carbolic acid in water. Inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry are directed to see that this order is carried into effect. LAWS OF STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES. ALABAMA. Destruction of abandoned animals. SEC. 429. An agent, officer, or member of a duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, may lawfully destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any animals found abandoned and not properly cared for, which may appear in the judgment of two reputable citizens called by him to view the same in his presence, to be superannuated, infirm, glandered, injured, or diseased past recovery for any useful purpose. Code of 1896. ARIZONA. AN ACT to amend act No. 58, Seventeenth Legislative Assembly, entitled: "Providing for the inspection of and regulating the slaughtering of animals for sale in the Territory of Arizona." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona: Appointment of stock inspectors. mission of the Territory of Arizona, on petiSECTION 1. The Live Stock Sanitary Comtion therefor, signed by at least five persons, each of whom are engaged in the business of owning and breeding neat cattle in the Territory of Arizona, shall have power to and shall appoint live stock inspectors to reside in or near each city, town, or village, or at any point where cattle are slaughtered in the Territory of Arizona, who shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the commission. No person or persons engaged or employed in the butchering business shall be eligible to hold the office of inspector under this act. SEC. 2. Any person who shall receive an appointment to Bond of inspector. the office of inspector under this act, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall take the oath of office prescribed by law, and shall file a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars with the county recorder in the county of his district, executed by himself, and with two good and sufficient sureties, to the Territory of Arizona, which must be approved by the board of supervisors of such county, conditioned upon the faithful performance by him or by his regularly appointed deputy, of the duties of his office. SEC. 3. Any person or persons, firm, or corporation, engaged Slaughterhouse. in the slaughtering of neat and horned cattle for sale in any city, town, or village in the Territory of Arizona, shall slaughter all such animals in a fixed and definite slaughterhouse or slaughter pen, to be kept by such person or persons for that purpose; said slaughterhouse or slaughter place must be within four miles from the limits of said city, town, or village. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of any person, Location of slaughterhouse, etc. persons, firm, or corporation, carrying on the business of slaughtering said animals, to notify and acquaint the nearest live-stock inspector appointed under this act, of the location of his or their slaughterhouse or slaughter place, and of the time and times when such person or persons propose to slaughter any neat or horned cattle. Supervision of slaughtering places. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the livestock inspector appointed under this act, to keep a general supervision of such slaughtering places, to notify the chairman of the commission and the district attorney of the proper county, of any person, persons, firm, or corporation, who is, or are evading any of the provisions of this act, to personaliy, or by regularly appointed deputy, inspect and brand the hides of all neat or horned cattle slaughtered for sale in their respective districts, branding them on the left side of the neck with a brand furnished by the commission, and shall receive as compensation therefor the sum of twenty-five cents for each hide of neat or horned cattle inspected and branded, to be paid as hereinafter provided; to keep a record of their general description of their marks and brands, ages and sex of all such slaughtered animals, as determined by examination of the hide and horns, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. Said book shall at all times be open for inspection to any person desiring to inspect the same. A duplicate record of all inspection shall be sent to the secretary of the commission at such times and under such rules and regulations as the commission may adopt Compensation for inspection. tion who shall offer for sale for slaughtering SEC. 6. Any person, persons, firm, or corporapurposes any neat or horned cattle shall first cause the animals to be inspected, and shall immediately pay to the live-stock inspector who inspects the same the sum of twenty-five cents for each animal so inspected when the number is ten or less. When it is more than ten or less than twenty-five, the fee for inspecting shall be fifteen cents per head, and for all animals over twenty-five head, the fee shall be ten cents per head, and the inspector shall furnish to the person, persons, firm, or corporation a certificate of inspection, which certificate shall be kept by the butcher or person purchasing the animals for slaughtering. And any butcher or slaughterer killing or slaughtering any animal or animals without first demanding and procuring from the vendor said certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Such certificate shall at all times be open to the inspection of any person desiring to see the same and compare it with the hides. SEC. 7. Any ranchman, trader, or any other person, Inspection prior to sale. not regularly engaged in carrying on the business of slaughtering neat or horned cattle at some known and established slaughtering place within four miles of some city, town, or village, within the limits of this Territory, who shall slaughter any neat or horned cattle for sale on their ranches or elsewhere, shall before offering the meat for sale in any city, town, village, within the limits of this Territory, take such meat, together with the hide, to a regularly appointed inspector and shall have the hide inspected and branded, immediately paying therefor twenty-five cents for each hide so inspected and branded. License tax. SEC. 8. Any person, persons, firm or corporation who may slaughter animals for sale in any town, village, or city in the Territory of Arizona, he or they shall pay in advance a quarterly license tax of ten dollars, and shall keep the license-tax receipt posted in a conspicuous place in the place where the slaughtered meat is exposed for sale. The sheriffs of the several counties of the Territory shall be ex officio license-tax collectors, as now provided by law, and shall receive as full compensation for such services as collectors. five per cent of the license tax so collected. Slaughterer to give bond. SEC. 9. Before any person, persons, firm or corporation shall begin, enter upon, or carry on business of slaughtering animals for sale, or for the sale of meat, such person, persons, firm or corporation shall first give bond with two or more good and sufficient sureties to the Territory of Arizona, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which such business is proposed to be carried on, conditioned that such person, persons, firm or corporation shall not slaughter or export for sale any neat animal, or the meat thereof, without first being the legal and equitable owner thereof, as well in law as in fact and that in case such person, persons, firm or corporation shall slaughter or sell, or expose for sale, any neat animal, or the meat thereof, that such person, persons, firm or corporation is not the owner thereof, as aforesaid, shall pay therefor double the value of any such animal, the same to be recovered by action on said bond in the name of the true owner of such animal. The amount so recovered shall be paid as follows: One-half to the owner of such animal; one-fourth to the inspector or person discovering the wrongful possession or slaughtering of such animal, and the remaining one-fourth to the live stock sanitary commission of Arizona. Penalty. SEC. 10. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not less than ten days or more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; but nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal any existing law imposing penalties for the unlawful taking, driving, killing, branding, defacing of brands, or other unlawful handling of any of the kinds of animals mentioned in this act. Duty of prosecuting attorney. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting Duty of prosecuting attorney. attorney of the proper county to prosecute, où behalf of the Territory, all criminal cases arising under this act. SEC. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 13. This act to take effect and be in force thirty days after its passage and approval. Approved this 21st day of March, 1895. AN ACT to amend Title LIX, chapter 3, stock and sanitary law, approved March 10, 1887, Revised Statutes of Arizona. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona: Appointment of commissioners; bond; term of office. tified with the live-stock interest of the Territory of Arizona, shall be appointed SECTION 1. Three commissioners, iden by the governor, who shall constitute the live stock sanitary commission of the Territory of Arizona. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissicner shall take and subscribe the oath of office, according to law, and file the same with the secretary of the Territory; and each commissioner, before entering upon the performance of his duties, shall execute a bond, to be approved by the governor, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and file the same with the secretary of the Territory. The term of office of said commissioners shall be for the period of two years from the first day of April, 1895, next succeeding their appointment, and the governor shall have the power to fill any vacancy in said commission. Said commissioners shall elect one of their number chairman, and the Territorial veterinary surgeon, hereinafter provided for, shall be ex officio secretary of said commission. The commission shall keep a full and complete record of their proceedings, and make such report to the governor as may from time to time be required. The members of the commission appointed by the governor, as herein before provided, shall receive three dollars per day for the time by them necessarily employed in discharging the duties required by this act, and each member of the commission herein before provided for shall receive eight cents for each and every mile actually traveled, which per diem and expenses shall be paid on the warrant of the auditor, to be issued on the filing in his office of an itemized account thereof, properly certified to by such member, duly countersigned by the secretary with the seal of the commission, and approved by the chairman. Appointment of veterinary surgeon; salary; fees. and by and with the advice and consent SEC. 2. The governor shall nominate, of the legislative council, appoint a skilled veterinary surgeon for the Territory, who at the date of such appointment shall be a graduate in good standing of a recognized college of veterinary surgeons in the United States, and who shall hold his office for the term of two years unless sooner removed; the salary of said veterinary surgeon shall on no account exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum and eight cents per mile for each actually and necessarily traveled in the discharge of his duties. Before entering upon the duties of his office the Territorial veterinarian shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties of his said office, and shall execute a bond to the Territory of Arizona in the sum of five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, which bond and sureties thereto shall be approved by the governor; and said bond, together with his oath of office, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the Territory. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of any owner or person Duty of citizens; penalty. in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that any of his domestic animals, or domestic animals in his charge, are affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately notify such fact, belief, or suspicion to the commission or to any member of it, or to the Territorial veterinarian; and it shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of another to report the same to the live stock sanitary commission or Territorial veterinarian; and any attempt to conceal the existence of such disease, or to willfully or maliciously obstruct or resist the said sanitary commission or Territorial veterinary surgeon in the discharge of their duties as herein set forth, shall be deemed a misdemeanor; and any person or |