The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-13
ANIMALS MUST
HAVE A CLEAN
HEALTH BILL
Continued From Page one)

| framed the rules so as to be effective
even If the proposed arrangement
should not materialize. I would espe-
cially call attention to the fact that
under these new rules stock may be
| imported through any Of the ports of
entry of the Territory without coming
to Honolulu first for inspection, pro-
vided that in case no inspector is pres
ent to meet incoming consignments of
livestock, the animals must be kept
secluded until the accompanying pa
pers have been forwarded to this office
for approval and a permit Of admission
to the Territory has been issued and
returned to the owner or consignee Of
the animals.
az am fully aware that there is a
certain amount of risk in leaving 1t
to the owner or eonsignee to decide
as to whether the animals are free
from CHAMBERS or not and it is, there
fore, to be hoped that the improved
veterinary service above referred to
will be established.
LAS long as the veterinary sanitary
conditions in San Francisco remain in
the condition they are in at the pres
ent time, there is always danger Of
horse stock becoming infected while
they are being held for testing or while
awaiting the departure of the vessel
on which they are to be shipped.
'I called the attention of DR.. Baker
in San Francisco to this matter and
think, no doubt, that he will take ev-
cry step possible to see to it that the
detention corrals and stables are regu-
larly disinfected. Two consignments
of mules which had been tested in San
Francisco have arrived here with
CHAMBERS among them. That they be-
came infected while detained in san
Francisco cannot be doubted, as the
disease manifested itself eleven TO
fourteen days after the test was made
which is the regular time of tneuba-
ton for CHAMBERS in a mule.
TT must, therefore, be left to the
importers of horse stock to watch the
animals for sometime after their ar
rival and to report the appearance or
any suspicious symptoms to the Terri
toriaI Veterinarian or eventually to his
nearest representative.
The new rules read as follows:
In order to prevent the further in
PRODUCTION of CHAMBERS and farcy into
this Territory, it is hereby ordered
that:
No horse stock, (including mules and
asses), shall be admitted to the Terri
tory unless accompanied by certifi-
cate of health showing that the ami
mails in question have been submitted
to the mallein test and found to be
free from CHAMBERS. said test must be
made and certificate issued by veter-
marian in the employ of the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry.
Any person contemplating the i'm
portation of horse stock to this Ter
ritory shall notify the Territorial Vet
erinarian, his assistant or the local
Livestock Inspector of the approximate
time of arrival of such stock, the name
and address of the consignee, the name
of the vessel and the port of entry.
Upon arrival of the stock the Terri
torial Veterinarian or his local repre-
sentative shall be notified at once and
the stock held as directed in Rule L
until the same and the accompanying
papers have been examined by him and
a permit of landing issued.
In order to prevent the further in
PRODUCTION of tuberculosis in cattle 1t
is hereby ordered. that:
No cattle above the age of six months
shall be admitted to the Territory I'M
| less accompanied by certificate of
health showing that the animal or ami
mails have been submitted to the tuber-
culin test and found to be free from
| tuberculosis. The said test must be
made and certificate issued in the
same manner and by the same author
tiles as prescribed for the importation
! of horse stock, and the same general
| rules governing the latter shall apply
to the Importation of cattle.
In case horse stock or cattle should
be landed at a port of entry where no
local representative of the Division of
Animal Industry is stationed and
where it would be impossible for him to
be reached within a reasonable time af-
ter the arrival of the stock the owner
or consignee shall be allowed to re-
move the animals to convenient prem
ises where care can be taken of them
and where they can be kept isolated
from other stock of the same kind,
upon the following conditions:
The owner or consignee shall with
out delay notify the Territorial Veter-
marian or his nearest representative
by telephone, wireless or otherwise of
the arrival of the stock and the place
where he has taken them to. II so
directed he shall forward the papers
accompanying the stock for examfna-
ton by the Territorial Veterinarian or
his representative.
Until the arrival of either of these
officials or until he receives notification
that the accompanying papers are sat
isfactory, the owner or consignee shall
consider the animals quarantined,-
that is, they shall be kept in a stable
or enclosure where no other animals
of their kind are kept and where they
cannot come in contact, direct or in
direct, with any such animals
Special care should be taken that the
imported animals are not watered
where other stock drink, but that a
separate watering place is provided or
the animals watered with a bucket
used for no other purposes.
No animal shall leave the stable or
enclosure until officially admitted to
the Territory.
If any horse stock shall be found by
the Territorial Veterinarian or his rep
resentative upon arrival in the Terri
tory, TO be infected with glandersor any
cattle to be infected with tuberculosis,