Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-19

area, to wit: "All that country lying
south, or below line beginning at the
northwest corner of the state of Califor-
mia, thence east, south and southeasterly
along the boundary line of said state OF
said state, thence southerly along the
western boundary line of Arizona to the
southwest corner of Arizona, thence along
the southern boundary lines of Arizona
and New Mexico to the southeastern cor
ner of New Mexico, thence northerly
along the eastern boundary of New Mex
leo to the southern line of the state of
Colorado, thence along the southern boun-
Diary lines of Colorado and Kansas to the
southeastern corner of Kansas, thence
southerly along the western boundary line
of Missouri to the southwestern corner of
Missoari, thence easterly along the south
ern boundary line of Missouri to the
Mississippi river, THENCE southerly along
the Mississippi river to the southern
boundary line of Tennessee, thence east
erly along said boundary line to the
southwestern corner of Polk county,
Tennessee, thence northerly along the
eastern boundary line of Tennessee to the
southern boundary line of Vlginia, thence
west along saiu boundary line to the
boundary line of kentucky at the western
point of Virginia, thence northerly along
said boundary line to the northernmost
point of Virginia where it joins the
southeastern corner of Maryland, at the
Atlantic ocean,"
Now, therefore, I, W. T. Thornton, gov.
ernor of the torritory of New Mexico, by
virtue of the authority in me vested by
the legislature of the territory of New
Mexico, do hereby issue and publish this
quarantine proclamation, provided, the
rules and regulations be adopted by the
sanitary board of the territory of New
Mexico for the moving Of cattle from the
infected territory in and through New
Mexico hereby declared from the 18th
day of February to the 18th day of No
vember during each year, no cattle shall
be transported from said area, south or
below said quarantine line above de-
scribed to any portion of the territory of
New Mexico, except by rail for immediate
slaughter, and when SO transported the
following regulations must be observed:
When any cattle in course of transporta-
ton from said area are unloaded above,
north or west of this line to be fed or
watered, the places where said cattle are
to be fed or watered shall be set apart
and no other cattle admitted thereto.
On unloading said cattle at their points
of destination, pens shall be set apart to
receive them, and no other cattle shall be
admitted to said pens; and the regula-
tions relating to the movement of Texas
cattle, prescribed by the cattle sanitary
officers of the state where unloaded, shall
be carefully observed. The cars that
have carried said stock shall be cleansed
and disinfected before they are again
used to transport, store or shelter animals
or merchandise.
All cars carrying cattle from said area
shall bear placards stating that said cars
contain southern cattle, and each of the
way bills OF said shipments shall have
note upon its face with similar state
ment. Whenever any cattle have come
from said area and shall be reshipped
from any point at which they have been
unloaded to other points of destination,
the cars carrying said animals shall bear
similar placards with like statements, and
the way bills be 80 stamped. Atwhatever
points these cattle are unloaded they must
be placed in separate pens to which no
other cattle snail he aemitted.
The cars used to transport such animals
and the pens set apart for their reception
at points of destination shall be disinfect-
ed in the following manner:
Remove all litter and manure. This
litter and manure may be disinfected by
mixing it with lime or saturating it with
a per cent solution of carbolic acid, or,
if not disinfected, it may be stored where
20 cattle can come into contact with it
until after November Is.
Wash the cars and the feeding and
watering troughs with water until clean.
Saturate the walls and floors of the
cars, and fencing, troughs and chutes of
the pens with solution made by dissolv-
ing four ounces of chloride of lime to
each gallon of water. Or disinfeot the
cars with a jet of steam under a pressure
of not less than fifty pounds to the square
inch.
Cattle from the Republic Of Mexico
may be admitted into the territory Of
New Mexico only in pursuance of, and by
concerning cattle transportation by the
u6partmenG OF agriculture, ana aIter nav
ing been examined and received GER
tificate from the agent of said depart
ment, and also upon examination and
receipt of certificate of good health by
the inspector of this territory.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of
the territory to be affixed.
SEAL W. T. THORNTON,
Governor of New Mexico.