Arizona republican., 1915-04-15
PROCLAMATION OF QUARANTINE
Executive Department State of
 Arizona

i WHEREAS, the Live Stock Sanitary 1 Board of the State of Arizona has reported to me that q certain con- tagious maady known as foot and mouth disease" still exists among live stock in portions of the United States, ard in few of the fact that, in the | absence of proper precautions. such 1 disease may he communicated through i infected shipments of live stock and commodities to the domestic animals 1 of the State of Arizona. has rec commended that the quarantine proc ] lamations issued by the Governor of Arizona on March II, 1915, and March 27. 1915. respectively, he continued in ! full force and effect, excepting as their provisions are applicable to ship ments of the live stock and com modfties mentioned in the aforesaid proclamations. when coming from the States of Texas. New Mexico and Colorado. and to importations of~grain 1 from such States as are free from l foot and mouth disease, the necessity 1 for the enforcement of the above mentioned quarantine restrictions against shipments from the foregoing States having ceased to exist
 1 NOW. THEREFORE. Geo. w. r. Hunt. Governor of Arizona. by virtue , of the authority in me vested by law. land in view nf the necessity of pro ] tecting the live stock of Arizona against the ravages of infections and 1 conta gious disease. do hereby pro hibit the impbrtation of all kinds of live stock, hay, grain. straw, hides, articles packed in hay or straw. anti ! hog cholera serum and hog-choiera virus into the State of Arizona; pro- vided. however, that the terms of this proclamation shall not apply to any live stock, poultry, hay grain, hides l or any other commodities shipped from the States of Colorado. New l Mexico or Texas.
 All transportation companies are, l furthermore. prohibited from trans porting into the State of Arizona all kinds of live stock. poultry, hay. grain straw. hides. articles packed in hay or straw. anti-hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus, excepting such ship ments of the above mentioned live stock. poultry and commodities as shall originate in the three states above mentioned. or shall be merely en route across the State of Arizona to and from other states.
 It is, furthermore, provided thai interstate shipments of live stock passing through the State of Arizona. shall be unloaded only in pens set aside and equipped according to the ! al, nf Q State Veterinarian. and that grain from such states as are free from foot and mouth disease may be shipped into the State of Arizona upon permit oi the State Veterinarian of Arizona eX- pressly authorizing such shipments. ] It is furthermore. directed. under the terms of this proclamation, that any and all cars. which have been used in the transportation of live stock and poultry shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected with a for mula prescribed by the Bureau of Animal Industry. before entering the State of Arizona; this proclamation tp be effective from this date.
 l IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arizona to be hereunto affixed.
 Done at the Cityfof Phoenix, the Capital, this 14th day of April A. D.. 1915. tSEAL)
 GEO w. P. HUNT,
 Governor of Arizona. | SIDNEY P. OSBORN,