Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-31
QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION.
Issued Against Diseased Cattle from
Certain Texas Counties.

Certain Texas Counties.
Governor Otero has issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
Whereas, II has been represented
10 the undersigned. the governor of
the territory OF New Mexico, by the
cattle sanitary board OF said territory,
that II has come to the knowledge of
said cattle sanitary board. through
reports of their inspectors and from
other reliable sources. that there are
in certain counties of the state of
Texas. above the United States quar-.
antine line and contiguous to the ter.
ritory Of New Mexico. cattle whose
bodies are infested with liver fever
ticks t~BoophiHus Bovis) that are
known to carry the infection OF
splenic or Texas fever during the
months Of November. December. Jan.
uary and February. thereby endanger
ing the health of the cattle they may
come in contact with in the terri.
tory of New Mexico. and,
Whereas. The said cattle sanitary
board has requested the undersigned.
as governor. to issue MS proclama.
ton establishing the quaIa ntine line
against such infested cattle as set
forth and provided in section 1877 of
the Compiled Laws of 1897 of the ter.
ritory Of New Mexico. the same to
be continued in full force and effect
from November I. 1901, to the 9th
day OF March, 1902.
Now, therefore, |. the undersigned.
Miguel a. Otero, governor of the ter
ritory OF New Mexico, do proclaim
and establish hereby n quarantine
against driving, conveying. transport.
ing. or aiding In driving, conveying.
transporting in the territory of New
Mexico during the time above men.
toned: from the fifth day of Novem-
Der. 1901, to the fifth day of March.
1902, any cattle from any part OF
the state Of Texas south and EAST of
a line commencing at the northwest
orner of the county of Wichita:
thence running due south along the
western line Of Wichita and Archer
counties to the northeastern corner
OF Throckmorton county; thence due
west to the northwest orner of said
county; thence due south to the
southwestern corner of Throckmorton
county; thence due west to the north
western corner of S~hackelford coun-
ty: thence due south TO the south
west corner of said county; thence
due west to the northwest corner of
Taylor county; thence along the north
line of Nolan and Mitchell counties
to the northwest corner OF Mitchell
county; thence due south to the
southwest corner of said Mitchell
county; thence due west along the
south line of the counties of Howard,
Martin and Andrews to n point where
the southeast corner of the territory
of New Mexico and the southwest cor
ner of Andrews county. in the state
OF Texas. meet; thence due west
along the south boundary line of the
territory OF New Mexico TO n point
whore the monuments marking the
boundaries between the state Of Tex.
as, the state of Chihuahua, in the
republic of Mexico, and the territory
of New Mexico, and erected by the
United States boundary commission,
stand and are in place at the date OF
the enactment OF this law, and more
particularly the counties of III Paso,
rresidio. Pecos. Tom Green. Crockett,
Mitchell, Shackelford, Throckmorton,
A.cher and Wichita, in the state of
Texas, and all counties east and south
OF the counties h~ereinbefore men
toned and situated in the aforesaid
state of Texas. and that part of the
republic of Mexico lying north and
east Of the Mexican Central railway
to the twenty.sixth degree Of latitude;
thence east with said line to the Rio
Grande.
Provided, That any cattle that may
be offered for admission to the ter
ritory of New Mexico to remain there
or that may come in contact with
New Mexican cattle that shall have
been inspected and found to be free
from fever ticks (Boophllius Bovls)
or infectious or contagious diseases,
may, upon a permit issued by the
authorized inspector Of the said cattle
sanitary board of New Mexico, and
the payment of the inspection fee.
three cents per head for such inspec-
ton, be admitted into the territory
of New Mexico as healthy cattle. II
SC found and reported TO be upon
such inspection.
Done at the executive Office this
Both day of October. 1901.
Witness my hand and the great seal
of the territory of New Mexico.
tSeaD MIGUEL A. OTERO.
j. w. RAYNOLDS,
Secretary of New Mexico.