The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-02
DENY VIOLATION 0f
CATTLE QUARANTINE
RAILROADS RESIST STATES pETI-
TToS FOR RESTRAINING
ORDERS.
ARGUMENT CONTINUED
STATE LIVESTOCK SANITARY
BOARD. AT INSTANCE OF Gov
ERNoR. BRINGS CASE BEFORE
JUDGE SCOTT.
CONTINUED

After listening for more than an
hour to argument by Assistant At
torney- General e. b. Garnett. for the
Commonwealth. and by Attorneys
Eppa Hunton. Jr.. Randolph Williams
and Henry Taylor. appearing for rail-
roads. Judge X. Carter Scott, Of the
City Circuit Court. in chambers yes
terday afternoon. continued hearins
on the petition of the State of Nir-
GINA for injunction restraining nine
lteen railroads operating in Virginia
from bringing into the State animals.
hides or feeds from States under the
cattle quarantine.
Judge Scott continued the case on
the plea OF the representatives of the
railroads. made defendant In the
States complaint, that the railroads
are not evading or breaking the law
or violating the quarantine and that
they havesno intention OF so doing
That further argument on the petition
Will be heard this morning Ia regard
ed as very probable. and It 10 be-
iieved that, because OF the emergency
presented in the existence In Virginia
OF the foot and mouth disease, de-
cfsion will be given Immediately after
the submission Of the matter today
Plea OF State Livestock Board.
The petition, prepared by the office
OF the Attorney General at the In
stance of Governor Stuart. after nam
ing the defendant railroads. all doing
business in Virginia, presents that the
board of control Of the Experiment
Station at v. p. l. constitutes the State
Livestock Sanitary Board. whose
duties 1t Is. under the laws OF the
State. to protect the domestic animals
of Virginia from all contagious and in
.sf
acter.
The petition Is signed by the Ave
members of the board: j. Thompson
Brown. chairman: w. c. Shackelford,
III. b. Watkins. Joseph A. Turner and
~. ID. Eggleston. Jr.
The provisions of the laws under
which the State Livestock Sanitary
Board operates and under which Il
brings this action are set forth, after
which the petitioners declare:
state Under Quarantine.
1T was ascertained and determtn-
ed by the United States Bureau OF
Animal Industry. ana notice was duly
given to the State Veterinarian Of vir-
ginia. that the contagious. commune
cable disease known as foot and
mouth disease existed in livestock in
the States OF Connecticut. Delaware.
Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Ken
lucky, Maryland. Massachusetts,.
Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire.
New Jersey. New York. Ohio. Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island and Wiscon-
sin. and therenpon the virgia State
Livestock Sanitary Board. acting
under the authority of the statute
aforesaid, issued an order establish
ing a quarantine against the States
above named and directed the enforce
ment of said quarantine by the State
Veterinarian.
The petition sets forth that the
quarantine proclamation issued by
Governor Stuart on February S. and
published in the daily newspapers in
Virginia, was modified In some re-
spects by a second quarantine procla-
nation, issued February Is. which
lconcluded:
T 1--we Poultry Included.
"Ail notifications OF the original
quarantine against the livestock Of the
States above mentioned are hereby
revoked. and absolute quarantine IL
hereby declared against all livestock.
either for immediate slaughter or
l.atherw.iss, cosring thrcugA or from