The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-08
PlEURO. PNEUMONIA.
Provisions Of the Bill Passed by
the United States Senate.

As amended and passed by tho Senate the
pleuro- pneumonia bill providing for the cstab-
lishmcnt of Bureau OF Animal Industry and
the extirpaton OF contagious cattle diseases
provides that the Commissioner OF Agriculture
shall organize In his department bnr.au OF
animal industry, with chief who shall bc
competent veterinary surgeon and who shall IN
vcstigate aud report the condition Of the domes-
tic animals of the United States and tho causes
OF contagious, infectious, and communicating
diseases among them, lie shall also collect such
other intol nation IN those subjects as NAV he
valuable To the agricultural and commercial
interests nj the United states. For the purposes
OF the bureau the Commissioner OF Agriculture
il auth rixed tn employ forcs not to exceed
twenty persons ut any on. time Tho Commits
siancr h To appoint two competent agents, who
shall he practical stock-raisefs OF men expo
rienced in commercial transactions affecting live
stock, who shall report the best manner Of trans
porting and caring for animals ant the means
TO be adopted 10 suppress and eztirrate pieuro-
pneumonia and ether dangerous contagious or
communicable diseases The compensation Of
such agents il fixed at $40 per day. The com
mission IL tn prepare M early as possible such
rules and regulations rs may b. necessary to
eNtirIato the diseases named, anu certify such
rules, etc. To the executive authority OF each
State and Territory, and invite the eo-orcration
of such executive authority in the execution Of
the act of Congress. When tho rules, ETC.,
shall have been accepted by such executive Au-
thority, the commission may exlend In the State
20 acc, ping 80 much money "a shall be ncces-
sary tor the purposes OF the investigations con-
templated by the act aud for such disinfection
and quarantine measures as may DO ncccs-
sary To prevent the sprcaa III disease from
one State or Territory into another In order
to promote the expectation of livestock, a
special investigation shall DO made ~ Ia the
existence Of CONTAGIOUS diseases Along the Ill.
yidlng line between the United States anu for
eicn countries and along the transportation
lines from all parts of tho United States 10 tho
pofts from which cattle are exported. and re-
Iorts made Ia the Secretary of the Treasury,
who shall cooperate With the state and munict-
pal authorities, corporations, and persons en-
gagged In the transportation Of neat cattle by
land or water. in establishing regulations tor
the safe CONVEYANCE ot cattle and preventing
the spread Of d,seases and the Secretary OF the
Treasury il authorized tn take such steps M
max he necessary. not inconsistent with the act.
to prevent the expectation II eaitls affected
with any contagious disease, especially peuro~
pneumonia
Transportation COM anles are forbidden to
transport cattle affected with any CONTAGIOUS or
communicable disease from one State or Terri
tory tn another, but the sa-ealied snlcnesic or
Texas fever il excepted nom the category Of
communicable diseases Tar regards the
Transportation os cattle To market. Violations
| oil the art hy railroad companies or vessels Il
declared misdcmeanor ON the part OF the man
aver OF captain, punishable ny a hne not TO ex-
ec,d q, oQl OF Imprisonment no, To exceed one
year, or both II Is made the duty Of the United
| States District Attorneys IN prosecute cases
| The sum appropriated for the purposes III the
act il SlaaNa tlnstead Of <2sn,an a. appropriate
| yyt hy the nouset.