The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-19
FOR The PROTECTION OF CATTLE
Quarantine Line and Rules of the
Board of Control
Against Spienetic or IT, xas Cattle Fever
From February is to November 10 OF
Zach Year NO Cattle Arc to be Trans
ported From Said Area Except by Rail-
or Boat and For Immediate slaurh-
tor.

tor.
Virginia Agricultural aud Mechanical College.
Agricultural Experiment station, Office Of
b Board ,se OF Control, Blacksburg. Va. February
To the Managers and Agents of Railroads. and
Transportation Companies Operating Within
the State stockmen and Others:
In accordance with sections and 2 of
an act Of the general assembly OF Vir-
ginia, approved February 10, 1896. en-
titled "An act to provide for the protec.
ton OF domestic animals and to au-
thorize and empower the board of con-
troll of the agricultural experiments
station of the Virginia Agricultural and
Mechanical College. at Blacksburg, to
establish live stock quarantine rules
and regulations, and to prescribe penal.
ties for violating the same" notice is
hereby given that all countiesfn Vir-
GINA south of line beginning on the
boundary line between Virginia and
North Carolina sc point coinciding
with the summit of the Blue Ridge
mountains, thence following tine sum
NIT OF said mountains northeasterly to
the southern boundary of Bedford
county; Themes following the southern
county to the James river; thence fol-.
lowing the James river to the southeast
ern corner OF Charles City county; thence
5northerly and easterly along the west
ern and northern boundaries of James
City, Gloucester, Matthews and AccomAc
| counties to the Atlantic ocean. are
quarantined against splenetic or Texas
cattle fever, subject to the following
rules and regulations:
FROM the 18th day Of February TO the
18Th day of November Of each year no
cattle are to be- transported from said
area south or below Baid State ouaran-
tine line above described to any portion.
OF the State above said line, except by
rail- or boat, and then only for imme-
date slaughter: and when 80 trans
ported the following regulations must
be observed:
Provided, however, that for the pres
ent only, and until an inspector can be
appointed for Richmond, cattle NAV be
oriven from Manchester over the several
bridges al Richmond only when thew are
inten ed for immediate slaughter in
Richmond or to be shipped TO other
points north of the State quarantine
Line Tor the same purpose, in both of
which cases they must be immediatsly
placed on their arrival in Richmond in
the pens SET apart for infested cattle.
l. When any cattle in course OF trans
portation from said area are unloade6
above, north or west Of this line to be
rea or watered, the places where said
set apart, and NO other cattle shall be
admitted thereto.
q. When cattle from any portion of
the State south or below the above
described line are unloaded at their
points of destination, pens shall be sat
apart to receive them. and no other
cattle shall be allowed to enter said
pens until such time as the pens have
been disinfected, as hereinafter pres
cribed. Said cattle shall not be re-
moved from said pens except as may be
necessary for immediate slaughter or
Tor reshipment, as hereinafter provided,
and then only through such passages az
are not used for susceptible cattle.
8. All cars carrying cattle from south
u or below said quarantine line shall
near placards stating that said cars con.
TAIN quarantine cattle, and each OF the
way bills OF said shipme nts shall have
note upon Its face with similar state
Whenever any cattle have come from
said ares and shall be reshipped from
any point at which they have been un-
loaded to other points OF destination.
the cars carrying said animals shall bear
similar plscards, with like statements.
and the wsybills be so stamped. Al
whatever point these cattle are un.
loaded within the State of Virginia.
they must be placed in separate pens,
IS hereinbefore provided, and NO other
cattle shall be- admitted to said pens.
The person or persons In charge of stock.
yards shall see that said cattle are un.
loaded in pen or pens set apart for such
cattle, and said person or persons shall
enforce oil rules and regulations gov
erning the management of said cattle
while in said pens.
4. The cars and boats used to trans
port said cattle, and the pens in which
they are fed and watered, and she pens
set apart for their reception st points of
destination. shall be disinfeo ted In the
following manner:
(s) Remove all litter and msnure.
This litter and manure may be disin-
fected by mixing 1t with lime, or sAtu-
rating 1t with S per cent. solution of
osfbolic acid or creolin. or. IL not disin-
fecsed. it shall be stored where no cattle
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