The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-08-14
PLEURo-PNEUMoNIA.
The Rules and Regulations Adopted
for Its Suppression.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Commissioner
Colman has prepared circular containing
rules and regulations for cooperation be-
tween the United States department of
agriculture and the authorities of the sew
eral States and Territories for the suppress
sion and extirpation of contagious pleuro-
pneumonia in cattle. The circular quotes
the provisions of the law approved May
20, 1884, and of that approved June 80,
1886, the latter appropriating 100000,
to be employed in such manner as the COM
missioner may think best to prevent the
spread of pleuro-pneumonia. The rules
and regulations are as follows:
l. The necessary inspectors will be fur
nished by the bureau of animal industry of
the department of agriculture
2. The properly constituted inspectors
of the bureau of animal industry, which are
assigned to the respective States, are to be
authorized by proper State authorities to
make inspections of cattle under the laws
of the State; they are to receive such pro-
lection and assistance as would be given to
State officers engaged in similar work and
shall be permitted to examine guarantees
herds whenever so directed by the commits
sioner of agriculture or the chief of the
bureau of animal industry.
3. All reports Of inspection will be made
to the bureau of animal industry, and
copy of these will then be made and for
warded to the proper State authorities.
When, however, any inspector discovers a
herd infected with contagious pleuro-pneu-
monia, he will at once report the same to
the proper State authority, as well as to the
bureau of animal industry.
f. The inspectors, while always subject
to orders from the department of agricul-
ture, will cordially cooperate with State
authorities, and will follow instructions re-
ceived from them.
5. When contagious pleuro-pneumonia
is discovered in any herd, the owner or
person in charge is to be at once notified
by the inspector, and the quarantine regula-
tons of the State in which the herd is To-
Gated are to be enforced from that time.
The affected animals will be isolated, when
possible, from the remainder of the herd
until they can be properly appraised and
slaughtered.
g. To insure perfect and satisfactory
quarantine, chain fastened with a num-
bered lock will be placed around the horns,
or with hornless animals around the neck,
and record will be kept showing the num-
Der of the lock placed upon each animal in
the herd.
Z. The locks and chains will be furnish
ed by the department Of agriculture, but
they will become the property of the State
in which they are used, in order that any
one tampering with them can be proceeded
against legally for injuring or embezzling
the property of the State.
s. Quarantine restrictions once imposed
are not to be removed by the State author
tiles without the consent of the proper
officers of the department of agriculture.
8. The period of quarantine will be at
least ninety days, dating from the removal
of the last diseased animal from the herd.
During this period no animal will be al
lowed to enter the herd or to leave it, and
all animals in the herd will be carefully
isolated from other CATTLE When possible
all infected herds a to be held in quar-
antine and not allowed to leave the infested