The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-31
NEW QUARANTINE LINE.
Huies and Regulations Regarding rrans
uortation Of Live stock.

water Agricultural college completed
its labors yesterday and made and ap-
proved the following quarantine re-
port
Rules and regulations governing the
transportation Of live stock through
ard into Oklahoma territory or any
part thereof from any foreign country
or parts thereof, where dangerous, in
fectious or contagious diseases may ex-
ist, adopted by the board OF regents OF
the Agricultural college and the Terri
torial Veterinarian l.. L. Lewis, in
regular session assembled at still
water, Ok. on July 90, 1896, in accor.
dance with a call by the governor Of
Oklahoma territory under chapter 80
Of the session laws Of oklahoma 1s)5.
Whereas, it appearing to the board
Of regents from reports of the terrific
rial veterinarian, DIR. L. l., Lewis, and
from other information brought to
this board Of residents OF the territory,
that certain portions OF said oklahoma
territory are infected with conta-
gious and infectious disease among
cattle, known as Texas, splenlc or
Spanish fever, il is deemed by the
board TO be to the best interests OF the
people Of the territory and for the pre-
vention OF the spreading of said dis
ease TO establish certain rules and reg
ulations governing the importation
and transportation Of cattle into and
through said territory and parts there
Of, and to put into force aud effect
chapter so, of the session laws of Ok
lahoma territory for the year 1895,
which said rules are hereby directed
to the probate judges and sheriffs Of
all the counties in Oklahoma territory
with the direction that they shall
strictly enforce the same and furnish
all assistance within their power TO
the territorial veterinarian, who is
hereby authorized and directed 10 as
sist in the enforcing Of the same. and
Whereas, it has been proven to this
board and veterinary surgeon that
Texas, splenetic or Spanish fever,
which is an infectious and contagious
disease, exists in certain localities and
that the cattle therein are capable Of
transmitting said disease, which are
described as follows: All Of that ter
ritory within the state of Texas and
Oklahoma territory lying south and
east OF what is now the established
national quarantine line, which in
Oklahoma territory begins on Red river
At the southeastern corner OF the
| county OF Greer; thence northerly fol.
LOWING the course of the north fork OF
| thc Erd river TO It's intersection with
the aOu uthern boundary line of Roger
Mills county; thence easterly along
the sOuihern boundary Of Roger Mills
sud Naabits counties to the south.
| eastern corner of Washita county;
I thence nortuery along the eastern
! boundary Of Nashlla county to the
northeast corner of said county; con-
tiuuing IN northerly direction along
the eastern boundary Of the county Of
sc" TO the southwestern corner OF
/ the county OF Blaine; thence easterly
along the southern boundary of Blaine
! county TO the southeast corner of said
/ county; thence north on the eastern
/ boundary Of SAID county TO the north.
/ west corner Of Canadian county:
/ thence east on the northern boundary
/ Of said county to the northeast corner
Of said county; thence north along
/ the eastern boundary OF Kingfsher
| county TO the northeast corner OF said
county; thence east along the south
ern boundary OF Garfield county "a
/ the southeast corner of SAID county;
/ thence north along the eastern boun.
/ Diary Of Garfield county to the north.
east corner Of said county; thence east
/ along the southern boundary of Kay
/ county to the west line of the Ponca
/ Indian reservation; thence north on
/ the west line Of said reservation 10
/ the northwest corner OF said reserva.
/ uOn' thence east along the northern
boundary Of the Ponca reservation 10
/ the Arkansas river; thence in a north.
/ erly direction following the course OF
said river 10 its intersection with the
1 thirty-seventh parelell of the north
/ latitude At the southern boundary
/ line of Kansas, which said territory Is
included In the Kiawa and ComnanchC
and Apache Indian reservations and
/ the Wichita Indian reservation, and
/ In the counties of Cleveland, Potta,
watomie, Canadian, Oklahoma, Lin
/ coin, Logan, Payne, Noble, Pawnee
and the Ponce, Otoe and Missouri and
. Usage and Kansas Indian reservations
also all those counties or parts o
/ counties I'm the state of Texas lying
south and east Of what is now the
/ established national quarantine line
and that unless rules and regulation,
are prescribed and enforced for the
/ transportation in and importation into
/ that par. OF Oklahoma lying north and
west OF the line and country herein be
fore described, said country may be-
come infected with said Texas, spleni,
OF spanish fever TO the great loss and
damage OF the inhabitants thereof,
Therefore, be IL resolved by the
board and said veterinary surgeon, II
legal session assembled, that the fol
lowing rules a.j rcgnlatlons shall bS
enforced by the proper authorities un
III December J., 1896:
Rule =. All persons and corpora
tions are prohibited from driving anC
transporting any cattle from .he local
tiles lying south anu cas-. OF the lin,
herein before described 20 any plac,
north and west of snid line, within
the limits OF okla homa Territory
except when shlppel or transported
by railroad for immediate slaughter.