The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-11
To Transportation Companies, Corporations and All Persons
 Whom It May Concern.

Rules and regulations fer the inn portation of horses, asseas mules, cat
 c1e, sheep, other ruminants and swine.
 In effect on and after OctGker 5, 1915. | Whereas, The disease sKnown as the Foot and Mouth Disc Ase'' is again
 prevalent in certain secti pms of the United States, thereby, ewing to it's infectious nature. endalgering the 1 safety of all animals susceptible to such disease within this state.
 Now, be it known, that. by the au- thority vested in the Com1rissioner of Domestic Animals by ChkEJter 227 of the Public Acts of 1915, tasF following orders and regulations sLFe hereby
 made and declared to be ia force from this datei Section 1. No horses, s,sses, mules, cattle, sheep, other rusnInants or swine shall be brought i1sto the state | of Connecticut by any Individual or | common carrier without the written permission of the Commissioner on Domestic Animals; such written per- init must accompany all way-bf1ls or ] if animals are driven or carted over l the highways must be iIr the posses | sion of man in charge zsf such ani- malls
 Sec. 9. All horses, asses and mules brought into Connecticut must, in ad- 1 dition to complying wit7 the rules
 and regulations dated ,Janury IS, 1914, be properly disinfpcted before | by the authorities having Jurisdiction of such matters in the state from which shi pment is male. showing 1 that such disinfectfon WAS properly | made, must be furnished the Com | missioner of this state before such animals are released from quarantine. Sec. 8. All cattle, sheek- other rum inants, swine. when got for inn mediate slaughter must, il. addition to all other requirements ntsw in effect, l be held in strict quarantipe and sep arated from all other ant511als at the | expense of the owners for sS period of | twenty-five days and until released by | the Commissioner on DQanestic Ami l mals or his agent.
 Sec. 4. All boats, clra, crates,
 wagons. vans, or other voEicles used | in the transportation of Iye animals
 must be thoroughly c1eaEeG and dis infected before such animals are placed in same for shtpmsne into this | state and 8 certificate furnished to the Commissioner on Domestic Animals in 1 the same manner as provided in Sec non 2, before such anirrahs are re- | leased from quarantine.
 Sec. 5. The CommissioLse. may re-
 fuse to grant permits to import ami malls from any and all sections or
 areas which, in his opinzoa1 are in
 fected with a contagious disease, and said ConTnissi oner may, a any time, revoke any permit, previously issued and then outstanding, for the fmpor- tation into this state Cs- animals. which in his opinion of sad Commis-
 sioner are so infected, and all dam ages caused or claimed to have been caused by such revocation shall be 1 borne by the owner.
 ' Sec. 6. The foregoing rules and regulations do not apply to horses, asses and mules that enter Ehe state in their daily work, or to such animals as are being transported through the state by common carriers aboard cars when from area, classified by the Fed
 eraI Government as FREE; but none of such animals while in transit shall, 1 if unloaded for any necessary purpose, be permitted to go beyond the care and control of such common carrier. Sec. T. Notice of these rules and
 regulations shall be given by pub1i- 1 copies to transportation companies doing business within this State, by
 general distribution among dealers in animals, and, by furnishing copies to applicants for permits to be issued in
 accordance with the provisions as l stated aboVe-
 Dated at Hartfords Conn.,, this 5th day of October, 1915.
 l JEFF'ERY o. PHELPS, JR.,< 1 Commissi oner. l Approved October 9th, 1915. | M. H. HOLCOMB, Governor. l PENALTY.
 | Chapter 227, Public Acts of 1915. l Section g. Any person, or any of fcer or agent of any corporation, who | shall violate any such order or regu- 1 1ation, or who shall obstruct or at-
 tempt to obstruct said Commissi oner of any assistant while enaged in the | discharge of any duty hereunder, shall
 be fined not more than one hundred
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than l thirty days or both G9s*
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