The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-02

Regulations Of the State Board Of Agriculture, for
the year of foTo the same to remain in force Until
further Rules and Regulations are Promulgated.
To the managers, agents and employees Of rail-
road companies in the State Of Oklahoma, and all
TRANSPORTATION companies entering Oklahoma, stock
men and others:
You are hereby notified that the State Board Of
Agriculture in accordance with authority conferred
upon ii BIZ the State Constitution and Laws of the
State Of Oklahoma did on the Goth day of April,
1910 make the following Rules and Regulations and
establish the following quarantine lines:
The fact has been determined by the State Board
of Agriculture and notice is hereby given, that a
contagious and infectious disease known Splenetc
Southern OF Texas Fever exists among cattle in the
following named states towit California, Oklahoma,
Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi,
Tennessee Alabama, Virginia North Carolina,
Georgia Florida, and South Carolina and more fully
described In B. A. T. Order No. I6S, issued by the
United States Department Of Agriculture, March
18th 1910. and effective April i, 1910, and that
cattle infested with Margaropus Annuatus South
ern Cattle Tick1 disseminate the contagion of Spene
tic Or Southern Fever. Therefore, cattle which are
infested with Margaropus Annulatus (Ticks), or
cattle originating in the area quaranned BY B. A. l.
Order No I68 shall be considered infested cattle,
and shall be quarantined when found in any part Of
Oklahoma protected by the following quarantine regu-
lations:
Rule i In conformity with said B. A. I. Order
No f6S, quarantning certain areas Of Oklahoma, the
following quarantine line is hereby established:
Beginning at point where the Arkansas river crosses
the s7h parallel Of North Latitude at the north line
Of the State OF Oklahoma; thence in southeasterly
direction following the course OF said river to the
line between townships 2s and "a north; thence west
glang said line to the Achson, Topeka and Santa Fe
kswag thence south and west following the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to the township
fine between townships 2I and % north; thence east
on said township line to the range line between ranges
q and east T. NJ, thence south said range line to
the lirle between townships 20 and Fl north; thence
east on said township line TO line between ranges
and s east l. M, thence south on said range line to
line between townships 70 and 20 north; thence west
on said township line to line between ranges 3 and
4 east !. NJ, thence south on said range line to line
between townships IS and 10 north; thence west on
said township line to the line between ranges and
east i. M, thence south said range line to line
between townships II and IS north thence west on
township line to line between ranges I and east
I'm; thence south said range line to the north
west corner Of Lincoln County; thence continuing
south on the west line of Lincoln ahd Pottawatomie
Counties, to the line between townships z and
north; thence west on said township fine to the South
Canadian river; thence northerly and westerly, fol-
lowing the upward of said river, to the north
west tcorner of Grady County; thence south and west
On Tile west ilIle OF GIduy OOuity 10 tie MdSulll
branch of the G. r. l. & P. Railway; thence westerly
along said railway to the east line of Kiowa County
thence north on the east line of Kiowa County to the
northeast corner Of Kiowa County; thence west ON
the north line of Kiowa County to the northwest
corner of Kiowa County; thence southerly down the
course of the North Fork Of Red river to the right
of-way of the Kansas City Mexico & Orient Rail
way; thence southery along said railway to Red
river; thence westerly, following the course Of Red
hundredth Meridian.
Rule q During the continuance Of the above line
as described in Rule T. no cattle originating in the
duafatned area of the United States as specifically
set forth in B. A. T. Order No 1853, issued March II,
1910, and effective April t. 1910 or in any of that
part of Oklahoma below or south OF the above
described line shall be permitted to be moved to any
part of Oklahoma above said quarantine line except
as hereinafter provided
Cattle may be moved by rail at any time from the
quarantned area of the United States and from the
area Of Oklahoma south and below the line described
in Rule I, to points above north OF said line TO
recognized slaughterng eenters for the purpose of
immediate slaughter or for feeding purposes, and
then unoaded only in such pens as are apart and
used only for quarantned cattle, and which shall have
first been approved by the United States Department
of Agriculture, The proper officers of the transpor-
tasion companies shall securely afx TO both sides of
all cars carrying quarantined cattle under the pro-
visions of this regulation durable pacards not less
than five and half by eight inches in SIZE which
shall be printed with prominent black ink and in bold
faced letters not less than one and onehalf inches in
height the words SOUTHERN CATTLE" These
pacards shall also show the names Of the place from
which shipment was made, the date of the shipment
the name Of the transportation company the name OF
the place of destination, and on each Of the weigh
bils conductors inanifests, memoranda, and bills of
iading pertaining to such shipments by cars, the
words Southern Cattle shall be plainly written or
stamped on the face
Cars which have carried cattle of the area quaran-
tined on account of Spenetic fever to point above
anv of the niaranfine lines In Oklahoma shall as soon