The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-02-13
CENTRAL QUARANTINE

antine adopted by the State Livestock
Sanitary Board OF Pennsylvania, jan
uary 81, 1915, supersedes the order of
general quarantine adopted December
80, 1914, and shall become effective
February l, 1915.
The fact has been determined by the
State Livestock Sanitary Board and
notice is hereby given that Foot-and-
Mouth Disease which has been and is
adjudged and proclaimed by the said
Board to be of transmissible charac-
ter, exists in livestock in certain sec
tions of Pennsylvania and it is deem
ed advisable to release from quaran-
tine all territory in Pennsylvania eX-
cept the counties of Lancaster, Leb-
anon, Lehigh and York, also the town.
ships of Berwick, Conewago, Germany,
Hamilton, Mt Pleasant, Oxford, Read
ing and Union in Adams county;
Baldwin, also the boroughs of Mill
vale and Spring Garden, also the 14th,
goth, 23d, oath, and Goth wards, City
of Pittsburgh in Allegheny county;
South Beaver in Beaver county; Al
bany, Alsace, Bethel, Brecknock, Caer-
narvon, Cumru, Greenwich, Feidel-
berg, North Heidelburg, Hereford,
Jtll eISOll, Mdlucll SieSh, Wal loii,
Maxatawney. Muhlenberg, Ontelaunee,
Penn, Richmond, Robson, Rockland,
Spring, Tulpehocken, Upper Tulpe-
hocken, Washington and Windsor in
Berks county; Bedminster, Bridge
ton, Durham, East Rockhill, Haycock,
Hilltown, Milford, New Britain, Mock
amixon, Ulumstead, Richland, Spring
field Tinicum, Warrington, West
Rockhill and all territory in Bucking-
ham and Solebury north of the Doy-
lestown and New Hope Pike in Bucks
county; East Penn and Mahoning in
Carbon county; Birmingham, East
Bradford, West Bradford, East Bran
dywine, West Brandywine, Cain, East
Cain, West Cain, Elk, East Fallow-
field, West Fallowfield, East Goshen,
West Goshen, Highland, Honey Brook,
Londonderry, London Grove, East
Marlboro, West Marlboro, East Maui
tmeal, West Nautmeal, Newlin, East
Nottingham, Lower Oxford, Upper
Oxford, Penn, Pennsbury, Pocopson,
salisbury, Thornbury, West salisbury,
Upper Uwchlan, Valley, Wallace, War
wick, Westtown, West Whiteland and
Willistown in Chester county; Madi-
son in Columbia county; Lower Allen,
Monroe, Silver Spring, Southampton
and Upper Allen in Cumberland
county; Conewago, Derry, East Han
over, South Hanover, West Hanover,
Londonderry, Lower Paxton, Swatara
and Lower Swatara in Dauphin
county; Aston, Bethel, Birmingham,
Concord, Darby, Upper Darby, Edg-
mont, Haverford, MARBLE, Middletown,
Neither Providence, Upper Providence,
Springfield, Thornbury and Tinicum
in Delaware county; Antrim, Greene,
Guilford, Peters, Montgomery and
Southampton in Franklin county;
Fairfield and Loyalsock in Lycoming
county; Granville, North Derry, South
Derry, and West Derry in Mifflin
county; Douglass, Franconia, Freder-
lex, Upper Gwynedd, New Hanover,
Upper Hanover, Hatfield, Limerick,
Marlborough, Montgomery, East Nor
riton, West Norriton, Perkiomen, Lo-
.wer Providence, Upper Providence,
Stafford, Lower Stafford, Upper Sal
ford, Skippack, Towamensing and
Worcester in Montgomery county; An
thony, Derry, Limestone, Mahanoy
and Valley in Montour county; Beth
lehem, Forks, Hanover, Lower Sau-
con, Palmer, Washington and Will
liams in Northampton county; Jack
son, Jordon, and Lower Mahanoy in
Northumberland county; Center. Mil
Ter and Oliver in Perry county;
Branch, North Mannheim. South Man
helm, Fine Grove, Reilly, fremont,
Washing ton and Wayne in Schuylkill
county, and Derry in Westmoreland
county, Including al! cities and Dor
oughs located within the aforesaid
area.
Therefore the State Livestock SAM
rary Board under the authority con-
ferred by law does hereby establish a
general quarantine throughout the
aforesaid area, including all cities and
hOroughs located within the said area
Subjecting to said quarantine all cat
tie, sheep, other ruminants and swine,
also hay, straw or similar fodder,
hides and skins
The said quarantine area is divided
as follows:
(a) Closed area: All territory
within a radius of three miles of an
infected premise that has been disin-
fected for less than fifteen days.
<b) Exposed area: Al! territory
in township or municipality beyond
he limits of a closed area, also all
townships or municipalities containing
an infected premise that has been dis
infected for less than thirty days.
(c) Modified area: All territory
not included in closed or exposed
area.
1t is hereby ordered, First: The
movement of cattle, sheep, other ru-
minants and swine from or within any
closed area is absolutely prohibited,
and the movement of dressed car
casses of such animals, the hides,
skins, or hoofs of such animals, and
all hay, straw or similar fodder may
be moved only on official permit.
Second: The movement of cattle,
sheep, other ruminants or swine from
or within any exposed area is permit
ted for immediate slaughter after in
Spection and certification, and into
which such animals may be moved for
apu pupppca. alCo from which tho