Fergus County argus., 1901-02-06
FOR STOCK PROTECTION.
Gov. TooIe issues the Annual ProcIama
tons ConcernInq Stock importations.


the proclamations establishes n quar-
antine against cattle coming from the
area OF country south or west OF the
line known az the United States gov
ernment quarantine line for southern
or splenetic fever. Theproclamatlon
prohibits the importation into Mon
tana of cattle from the area described
from January 18th to November 18th
Of each year.
The proclamation provides that
all railroad, steamship and trans
portation companies in this state
transporting such cattle into or
through the state, or who shall re-
cclvc or ship such cattle that have,
prior to such shipment, been shipped
or driven out OF the scheduled terri
tory To the point where they are re-
ceived, shall, by their way-hill or bill
of lading, state explicitly the point
from whence the cattle were origin
ally shipped or derived, and shall
stamp in large letters the words,
From the scheduled district"
All transportation companies that
shall receive and ship such cattle shall,
Immediately after the cattle are un-
loaded, and before the cars are used
for any other purpose, cleanse and
disinfect the cars Orq1arters in which
the cattle were shipped, first remov-
ing all manure and litter thoroughly
from the floor, and the sides of the
bovine species.
All companies that shall hereafter
unload such cattle in yards along the
lines of their roads or routes Of travel,
shall unload them in pens set apart
especially for them, and shall allow
no other cattle to enter into or be
placed in the pens.
All stockyard companies in the
state of Montana receiving cattle
shall set apart certain portions OF
their yards for the cattle described
In the governors proclamation, and
shall cpnspicuously mark them, and
shall provide separate chutes, alleys
and scales for such cattle, and where
the way bills or bills OF lading Of all
the railroads delivering the same
shall show that they are the kind OF
cattle before described they shall be
placed in that portion Of the yards
set apart for such cattle, and In no
case shall such cattle be unloaded by
any railroad, steamboat or trans
portation company In yards or pens
other than those set apart for the
exclusive receiving and yarding OF
such cattle.
All stock yard companies in the
state receiving cattle from the sched-
uled district shall yard the cattle
only in pens set apart for their ex-
elusive use, and shall not permit the
driving of such cattle through any
alleys or over any scales other than
those exclusively set apart for that
purpose; and the stockyard compan-
les shall not permit any cattle that
have been imported from the sched-
ued district to leave the yard. to be
driven into, over or across any pub.
lie street, highway, alley orcommon.
Cattle may be imported from the
scheduled localities when they ars
destined for immediate slaughter In
this state, in which case such cattle
shall not he driven over any public
highway. range or common.
Cattle from the scheduled districts
may, while in transit through the
state, be unloaded for the necessary
time required for feeding and water
ing, only in pens and feed yards set
apart for the exclusive use 0f such
cattle.
In case persons are dcsirous OF pur-
chasing any Of the prohibited cattle
for the purpose oi feeding and graz
ing within the state, such person
shall make application to- the state
veterinarian for permission to do 80,
when such cattle shall be placed in
quarantine for the period Of ninety
days, at the owners expense, under
such rules and regulations as shall be
prescribed by the state veterinarian.
All cattle coming into this state in
violation OF any Of the rules shall be
liable to quarantine at the expense
of the owner or consignec, and be
disposed of in accordance with the
law.
Any cattle shipped into the state
that shall be found infected with
Texas fever ticks shall be deemed to
have originated and been shipped
from the district scheduled by the
governor, and shall be yarded and
treated as southern cattle.
AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
The quarantine proclamation In
regard to- cattle tuberculosis is most
stringent. 1t applies to bulls, cows
or calves shipped into the state for
breeding purposes from all other
states, territories and foreign coun-
tries, and prescribes they can only be
imported under restrictions men-
toned in the proclamation and pre-
scribed by the state veterinary de-
, partment. The conditions under
, which they may be imported are as