The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1917-07-07

regulations, or from the quarantIneC
area of any other State into Adams
| Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar
/ Chickasaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay
Coahoma, Copiah, DeSoto, Forest
Grenada, Kinds, Holmes, Issaquena
/ Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Lafayette
Lauderdale, Leake, Lefore, Lowndes
Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Newton
Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pamela, Pike
Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Tate, Tunica
/ Walthall, Warren, Washington, Win
ston, Yalobusha, and Yazoo Counties.
in Mississippi, except as hereinafter
provided.
Cattle of the quarantined area, or
other cattle exposed to or infested
with ticks, in counties in which the
work of tick eradication is being con-
Quoted which have been properly dip
ped twice, five to twelve days apart
in an arsenical solution of standard
strength, under the supervision of an
inspector of the United States Bu-
reau of Animal Industry for inter-
state shipment, and by State Inspec-
tors on movement within the State,
at all seasons of the year, which have
been examined and certified to be free
of infection by said inspector, may be
shipped OR moved to points outside
of the quarantined area in the State
of Mississippi at any time. Provided,
that such cattle shall not be exposed
to infection after the second dipping,
and when shipped shall be handled IN
clean and disInfected cars. Provided,
however, that cattle originating In
any area quarantined on account of
Texas fever, and in which the work
Of tick eradication is not being con-
Quoted, may be shipped for immedi
ate slaughter to Natchez, Mississippi,
and when shipped to this point the
following rules shall be observed:
(a) Facilities must be maintained
for handling and transferring cattle
from the cars or landings to the stock
pens or slaughter houses without
passing them over the public high
ways.
(b) Cattle shall be shipped only by
rail or boat, and the cars or boats in
which said cattle are shipped shall
bear placards on each side stating
that said cars or boats contain south
ern cattle, and the waybills and other
papers regarding the shipment shall
be so marked.
(c) On arrival at destination, or
when unloaded to be fed or watered,
or for other purposes, such cattle
shall be placed in pens plainly mark
ed, "Quarantined Pens," and used only
for Southern cattle. There shall be
a space not less than ten feet wide be
tween such quarantine pens and adj
joining areas used for cattle from the
non-quarantined areas, which space
shall not be occupied by cattle and
shall have on each side tight board
fence not less thpn six feet high.
(d) The cars and boats used to
transport such oattle, and also the
chutes, alleyways. and pens not re-
served for the exclusive use of such
cattle shall be cleaned and disinfected
in the following manner: AS soon as
possible after unloading and before
they are again used to store or shelter
animals or merchandise, remove all
litter and manure. This litter and
shall be burned or disinfected
by mixing it with lime or saturating
1t with a per cent solution of 100
per cent carholic acid; wash the in
terror surface of the cars and water
ing and feeding troughs with water
until clean: Saturate the entire in
terror of the cars, including the IN
ner surface of the car doors, and the
feeding troughs, chutes and floors Of
the pens with a mixture made with
II pounds of lime and pound of 100
per cent carbolic acid to each gallon
of water, or with solution made by
four ounces of chloride of
lime to each gallon of water.
Regulation 5. Members Of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board, or an in
spector commissioned by said Board,
shall issue official quarantine notices
to all persons owning or having in
charge cattle, horses, mules or asses
infested with fever ticks, margaropus
Annulatus (Boophilus Annulatus), in
counties of this State in which the
work of tick eradication is being con-
Quoted. Such quarantlned cattle,
horses, mules, or asses shall not be
moved from the field, pasture, lot,
stable, or enclosure in which they are
quarantined, except by special permis-
sion in written or printed form signed
by member of the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board or an agent or in
spector commissioned by. said Board,
after being treated in accordance with
the regulations governing the move
ment, disinfection, and handling of
cattle, provided, however, that any in
spsctor commissioned by the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board shall be
authorized to issue permits for the
movement of such animals to the dip
ping vats for the purpose of d,sinfec-
tion.
Regulation 6. No person, company
or corporation owning or having in
charge any cattle in any quarantined
area or region of the State in which
the work of tick eradication is being
conducted shall permit them to run at
large or stray on any public road, or
deliver for transportation, or receive
for shipment such cattle, except when
accompanied by a permit signed by a
member of the State Live Stock SAM
tary Board or an agent or inspector
commissioned by said Board, and a
duplicate of every permit granted
must be forwarded Immediately to the
Secretary of said Board.
Regulation z. No cattle from the
quarantined area of other states or
any cattle, horses, mules, or asses,
infested with ticks, Margaropus An
nulatus (Boophilus Annulatus), shall
be transported, driven or allowed to
drift from any other state into any
county in the State of Mississippi,
except in accordance with the pro-
visions outlined in Regulation 4 of the
| Regulations of this Board.