The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS
Board Issues Bulletins for
Benefit Of Trade.
NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY
Under What Conditions Cattle
May Enter the State.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 1o.-The Livestock
Sanitary Commission has issued the fol-
lowing bulletin for the information Of
railroad and stock yard companies, ship
pers and drivers Of cattle. Regulating
the movement OF cattle south OF the
federal quarantine lire. between the
months of November !, 1853 and aynuary
81, 1864
Section / Notice IS hereby given that
on and after November !, 1868. and until
January 81, 1994. cattle shipped south OF
the federal quarantine line viii be ad-
mitted into Kansas after first having
been carefully inspected and found free
from Texas fever infection (boophHus
bowls by an inspector duly appointed by
this commission. The following places
Of entry have been named for the above
described cattle, to-wit: Kiowa. Caldwell,
arkansas ICY, Elgin, Caney, Coffeyville,
Cnetopa. Edna and Baxter Springs, Kan.
Parties wishing to avail themselves Of
the above inspection viii notify D. r.
Streetor, kiowa: \. NJ. Nelson, Caldwell;
Jonithan McFall. Arkansas City; DaTid
Robinson, Caney & Elgin; VIM Green
well, Coffeyville. Edna and Chetopa.
Chas T. Collins, Baxter Springs, who
will probably inspect the cattle offered
for entry, and issue q bill OF health if
the yare found free from infection, they
will either be turned back or permitted
TO go to the quarantine division at kan
sas Cry for immediate slaughter, cars
tagged as Southern Cattle"
Section >. Cattle will under no condi-
tons be permitted to enter Kansas at
points other than those above named,
where the point Of origin of cattle is
below the federal quarantine line.
Section 3. Nh movements OF cattle not
specifically set out in this bulletin shall
be governed by the rules and regula-
tons for the movement OF cattle adopted
April /. 1908. which will remain in full
force and effect until April l, 1903, or
until new rules and regulations are spub-
ilshed
Section L. An inspection fee Of two
cents per head will be charged on all
cattle offered for introduction into Kan
sas by railroad or trail, irrespective Of
the result of inspection
Section 5. All RAILROAD, live stock, trans
portation and stock yard companies'
their employees, and all other persons,
are forbidden to transport, drive or in
any way handle cattle in Kansas except
in compliance with the foregoing rules.
under the pains and penalties OF tie fol
lowing statute:
Extract from chapter ?. Session Laws
Of 1855: Sec. p. Any person who shall
violate disregard. or evade. or attempt
to violate. disregard, or evade any Of
the rules, regulations, orders. or
directions OF The Livestock Sanitary
Commission establishing and governing
quarantine. shall he deemed guilty OF a
rnisdemeanor, and upon conviction there
Of shall be fined in any sum not less
than 500 nor more than $5oo0.
BY an act supplementary TO and
anendatory of chapter l39 and chapter
142 of the General Statutes of Kansas
1897 the collection Of a fee for the in
spection of cattle IS now statutory
law of Kansas. ard all money so collected
is paid into the state treasury.
Done al our Office in Topeka, Kan
Oct 7th, 1858
NJ. c. CAMPBELL. Chairman
+. II. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary,
II. p. HOOD, Treasurer,
Members Of the Livestock Sanitary
Commission.