Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-26
OUR CATTLE IN DANGER.
An Infections Disease Existing In
California and Portions of
Arizona.

The quarantine proclamation issued by
Governor Thornton, relative to the nee
essary steps for protecting our cattle
against disease that is playing havoc in
certain sections of the west, is given be-
low in full, and will explain itself:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Jan. 20, 1896.
Whereas, Information has come to me
which leads me to believe that conta.
gious and infectious disease known as
"splenitc or southern fever" exists
among cattle in the following described
area, to wit: The state of California and
that portion of the territory of Arizona
south OF the IS meridian, and west of the
10 degree of longitude.
| Now therefore, I, W. T. Thornton, gov
ernor of the territory of New Mexico, by
virtue of the authority in me vested by
the legislature of this territory, do hereby
issue and publish this quarantine procla-
nation, provided: The rules and regula-
tions be adapted by the sanitary board of
the territory of New Mexico for the NOV
ing of cattle from tho infected territory
in and through New Mexico hereby de-
clared from the 18th of February to the
18th of November, during each year, no
f, cattle shall be transported from said in
fected area, south or west Of the given
quarantine line above described 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 transport
tation from said area are unloaded above,
north or east 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 dest nation, pens shall be set apart to
receive them, and no other cattle shall be
admitted to said pens; and the regala
tions relating to the movement of Texas
cattle, prescribed by the cattle sanitary
officers of the state where the cattle is un-
loaded, shall be carefully observed. The
cars that have carried said stock shall be
thoroughly cleansed and disinfected be-
fore they are again used to transport,
store or shelter animals or merchandise.
All cars carrying cattle from said area
shall bear placards stating that the said oars
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 reshlpped
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 so stamped. At what
ever points these cattle are unloaded,
they must be placed in separate pens to
which no other cattle shall be admitted.
The cars used to transport such ami
mails, and the pens set apart for their re-
ception at points of destination, shall be
dislnfected in the following manner:
1st-Remove all litter and manure.
This litter and manure may be disinfected
by mixing it with lime or saturatipg it
with per cent solution of carbolic
acid, OF, if not disinfected, it may be
stored where no cattle can come in con-
tact with it until after November Is.
Wash the cars and the feeding ard
watering troughs with water until clean.
Saturete the walls and floors of the
cars, and fencing, troughs and chutes of
the pens with solution made by dis
solving four ounces of chloride of lime
to each gallon of water; or disinfect the
cars with a jet of steam under a pressure
of not less than fifty (5o) pounds to the
square inch.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the territory Of New Mexico, this,
the 25th day of January, A. D. 1897.
W. 4. THORNTON,
Governor of New Mexico.