National Republican., 1883-08-02
IMPORTATION OF CATTLE.
Important Circular from the Treasury
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Important Circular from the Treasury
Department. Upon the Subject.
The Treasury department has issued a cir
cular in regard TO the importation of neat cat
tie, which, after quoting the laws on the sub
iect, says;
although sections 249l and 2l95 of the
Revised Statutes as incorporated in the act
of March 3, 1853, are not materially changed,
they have the force of new law, and the Sec
retary of the treasury, by virtue thereof,
hereby gives public notice that he has OIL
cially determined that the importation of
neat CATTLE subject TO the conditions herein
after prescribed, will not tend to the intro
duction or spread of contagious or infectious
diseases among the cattle of the United States.
The operations of the sections of law prohibit
ing the importation of neat cattle and the
hides of neat cattle into tho United
States are therefore suspended, but upon the
condition that importers and owners of neat
| cattle shall submit to and abide by such
orders and regulations as the secretary of the
treasury has prescribed, or may from time to
time prescribe TO carry the above laws into
| effect. All existing orders of the department
under the sections which have been revised
will remain in force under the present pro-
| Visions except as herein modified.
All neat cattle arriving in the United States
South America will be subjected to a quaran-
tine of ninety days counting from tho date
of shipment. As the Dominion of Canada
maintains quarantine for all imported cattle,
no quarantine for cattle imported from Can
| ada is provided
For general information, it is deemed
proper to state that permanent arrangements
have been completed for quarantine accom-
modations of imported neat cattle as follows:
AT Deering for Portland, Me-, for about 2l5
head; Mt Waltham, for Boston, Mass, for
about 300 head; at Garfield, n. j., for New
York, for about 450 head; and at Baltimore,
Nd, for about $50 head, full grown animals,
and that these arrangements will be extended
as may be deemed necessary.
As each importation is kept isolated from
| all others, full numbers can not always be
accommodated, while larger numbers than
the above estimates of small animals may be
received.
1t is obviously impossible to provide at each
port for all the cattle that may be imported
into the whole country, and all will see the
necessity of using the accommodations where
not only shelter is provided at large expense,
but veterinary inspectors or custodians are
employed at annual salaries
Experience already shows that importers
have preferences as to the place of quarantine,
50 that the station at one port is full while
that at another is nearly empty.
VI CdIlle, tneTelOTe Ill OTuOr TO
secure accommodations at the post where the
cattle are imported, should give notice to the
collector of the expected importation so as to
secure quarantine accommodations which will
be provided in the order in which notice
thereof is given. If, owing to lack of accom-
modations, cattle cannot be quarantined at
the port where they arrive they will be trans
terred at the expense Of the importer to some
other quarantine station where sufficient ac-
commodations do exist, preference being given
to stations where there is no danger of infec-
| tion. Where there are more cattle for quaran-
tine than the regular government stations can
accommodate, special arrangements for quar-
antine outside the stations may be made by the
collector of the port where they arrive upon
consultation with the cattle commission or the
superintendent in charge. The order by
which importers have been allowed to quar-
antine cattle at such points as they might
select, where cattle could be transported by
water, is rescinded, and all imported cattle
will be quarantined at the government sta
tions, except as above provided.
Consular officers abroad TO whom this cir
cular may be sent are requested to Being its
contents to the notice of shippers of cattle
so that they may be fully informed of the
regulations of this department upon the sub
ject before making shipments.