Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
A PROCLAMATION

By the Governor Of South Dakota, Qua
rantining Certain Localities on Account
of the Disease Known a. Necrotic Der
mathis in Sheep.
State of South Dakota, Executive De-
partment.
Pierre, s. D.. Feb. ], 1909.
Whereas, information has been fur
nished this department by the United
States Department Of Agriculture, Bu-
reau Of Animal Industry, under recent
date that an Infectious disease known
as Necrotic Dermatities in sheep, exists
in sheep in the area described as Crook
county. Wyoming, and Custer county Of
the state Of Montana. and believing that
the introduction of said disease into the
state of South Dakota would result in
great loss of property and would en-
danger the public health OF the citizen
ship of our state.
Now therefore, I. r. 8. Vessey, gov
ernor of the state of South Dakota, for
the purpose of preventing the introduc-
ton and spreading of said disease in this
state, do by virtue of the authority
vested in me, hereby proclaim and
quarantine until further notice the i'm
portation from the said Crook county,
Wyoming. and Custer county, Montana,
and prohibit the bringing into this state
from said counties any sheep of any
kind for the purpose of selling or placing
upon the market for sale either by driv-
ing the same in bands or any other
means of transportation.
Further, hereby prohibit the bring
ing of any sheep from the above
named counties into this state for any
purposes whatsoever save and except
that sheep loaded in cars within the
above named counties consigned TO
points outside and beyond the state of
South Dakota may be transported in
said cars through the state of South
Dakota by the most direct line of rail-
way to the point of destination, provided
the said sheep so consigned shall not,
under any circumstances, be unloaded
from said cars within the boundaries of
the state of South Dakota.
Further, hereby prohibit the bring
ing into this state of sheep from the
above named counties for the purpose
of grazing, or trailing the same over the
lands of South Dakota, or for the pur-
pose of loading the same for transporta-
tion to other points.
Further, all railroad and Transports
tions companies must, after having used
any Of their cars for transporting sheep
from the above named counties and
before said cars are brought within the
state of South Dakota for use, properly
disinfect the same as provided by the
rules and regulations provided by the
Bureau of Animal Industry for all such
cases.
Further, all companies or individuals
owning stock yards in this state in
which yards sheep from the above
named counties have been confined,
shall at once disinfect the same az pre-
vided by the rules and regulations pre-
scribed by the Bureau of Animal In.
dustry for all such cases, and shall from
the date of this proclamation refuse to
receive sheep, from the above named
counties into their yards, and If said
sheep are offered the owner of such
yards shall at once notify DR.. Thomas
Hicks, state veterinarian, at Milbank,
S. D., giving the number Of sheep, the
name of the owner or person in charge,
and the point from which said sheep
came.
This proclamation shall 90 into effect
and be in full force from and after the
1st day of February, A. D., 1909.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great seal Of South Dgkota.
Done at Pierre, this 1st day of
February, A. D., 1909.
Z. s. VESSEY,
Governor.