/W,5"'./57 (B. A. I. Order 157.) D^CUM^NT^ d'Ipt United States Department of Agriculture, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. U.S. DEPOSITORY RULE 6, REVISION 2.-T0 PREVENT THE SPREAD OF FOOT-AND- MOUTH DISEASE IN CATTLE, SHEEP, OTHER RUMINANTS, AND SWINE. Effective on and after February 25, 1909. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary. 1. In order to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease among live stock, I, James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, under authority conferred by section 1 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 864), do hereby quarantine the following area to wit : 2. Pennsylvania: The entire county of Philadelphia, including the city of Philadelphia. The township of Hereford in Berks County. The townships of Milford, Richland, and Springfield, and the boroughs included therein, in Bucks Count}\ The townships of Marion and Walker in Center County. The townships of Pine Creek. Dunstable, Woodward, Allison, Bald Eagle, Porter, Lamar, Castanea, and Wayne, the boroughs of Mill Hall and Flemington, and the city of Lock Haven, in Clinton County. The townships of Hemlock and Montour in Columbia County. The townships of Upper Paxton and Halifax, and the boroughs included therein, in Dauphin County. The townships of East Whiteland, Tredyffrin, East Town, Willistown, East Goshen, West Town, Thornbury, and Birmingham, and the bor- oughs and cities included therein, in Chester County. The townships of Radnor, New Town, Marple, Haverford, Edgmont, Upper Providence, Thornbury, Middletown, Birmingham, Concord, and Aston, and the boroughs of Media and Glen Olden, in Delaware County. That portion of Juniata County lying north and east of the Juniata River. The townships of East Donegal, Rapho, Penn, Warwick, West Earl, Upper Leacock, Leacock, East Lampeter, Manheim, East Hempfield, West Hempfield, Manor, Lancaster, Pequea, West Lampeter, Strasburg, Providence, Conestoga, Martic, Drumore, and the boroughs and the city of Lancaster included therein, in Lancaster County. All of Lehigh County, excepting Hanover Township, and the boroughs of Catasauqua and West Bethlehem included therein. The city of Williamsport in Lycoming County. The townships of Upper Hanover, Skippack, Towamensing, Upper Gwynedd, Lower Gwynedd, Whitepain, Worcester, Lower Providence, Upper Merion, Norriton, Plymouth, Upper Dublin, White Marsh, Lower Merion, and Springfield, and all boroughs and cities included therein, and also that portion of the borough of Lansdale lying in Hat- field Township, in Montgomery County. The townships of Anthony, Limestone, Valley, West Hemlock, Cooper, Mahoning, and Mayberry, and the borough of Danville, in Montour County. The township of Lower Saucon, and the boroughs of South Bethle- hem and Hellertown, in Northampton County. The townships of Delaware, Lewis, Turbut, West Chillisquaque, East Chillisquaque, Point, Upper Augusta, Gearhart, Rush, Ralpho, Shamokin, and Rockefeller, and the boroughs and cities included therein, in Northumberland County. All of Snyder County excepting Monroe, Spring, and West Beaver townships. All of Union County, excepting Lewis and Hartley townships. The townships of Codorus and Manheim, and the boroughs included therein, in York County. 3. New York : The towns of Newstead, Clarence, Amherst, Tonawanda, Buffalo, Cheektowaga Lancaster, Alden, West Seneca, and Grand Island, in Erie County. The towns of Byron, Bergen, Alabama, Pembroke, and Darien, in Genesee County. The towns of Greece, Parma, Hamlin, Clarkson, Sweden, and Ogden, in Monroe County. All of Niagara County, excepting the town of Somerset. The towns of Clarendon, Shelby, Carlton, Gaines, Kendall, and Murray, in Orleans County. 4. Michigan: The townships of Washington, Shelby, Sterling, and Warren, in Macomb County. The townships of Oakland, Avon, Troy, Royal Oak, Southfield, Farmington, and Novi, in Oakland County. The townships of Northville, Plymouth, Livonia, Redford, Greenfield, Hamtramck, Grosse Point, Springwells, Dearborn, Nankin, Gratiot, and Canton, and the city of Detroit, in Wayne County. 5. Maryland: District No. 6 in Carroll County, District No. 6 in Baltimore County. 6. During the existence of this quarantine, the interstate or foreign transportation, movement, or trailing or driving of cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine, or the interstate or foreign movement of hay, straw, similar fodder, hides, skins, or hoofs, except as hereinafter other- wise provided, from the said area herein quarantined in the States of Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and Maryland, is hereby prohibited. 7. When interstate or foreign shipments by rail or boat of cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine are made from and to points not included in the area herein quarantined, the said shipments shall not be unloaded within the quarantined area, except under the supervision of an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and into pens which have been specially cleaned and disinfected and which have been designated and approved for that purpose by the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 8. Upon inspection and certification by an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine from points in the area herein quarantined, may be moved interstate, for immediate slaughter, provided the authorities of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, to which the animals are destined, have pre- viously signified their willingness to accept them. When shipments by rail of cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine, for immediate slaughter, are made from points in the area herein quarantined, the cars or crates containing them shall be sealed with Department seals, affixed by an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, before the said cars or crates shall be allowed to leave the area herein quarantined, and such shipments shall not be unloaded en route or at destination, within or outside the area herein quarantined, except into reserved pens which have been designated and approved for that purpose by the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The specially cleaned and disinfected pens provided for in section 7 of this order shall not be used for this class of shipments. When such shipments are unloaded en route, as hereinbefore provided, the cars shall, after reloading, be again sealed by an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that cars or crates containing such ship- ments shall remain sealed until tKe animals arrive at the place of slaughter. 9. Cattle, sheep, other ruminants, and swine intended for purposes other than slaughter may be moved interstate from the area herein quarantined only upon permission of the Secretary of Agriculture, first UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 08585 4320 had and obtained, and under such restrictions as he may impose in each case. 10. Hides, skins, and hoofs removed after January 1, 1909, from the carcasses of cattle, calves, sheep, or goats slaughtered within the area herein quarantined may be moved interstate without disinfection or certification, subject to permission of the State authorities at destina- tion, provided that the said hides, skins, or hoofs have not been in con- tact with hides, skins, or hoofs from the carcasses of animals slaughtered before January 1, 1909, within the area herein quarantined. 11. Hides, skins, and hoofs of cattle, calves, sheep, and goats which originated outside of the area quarantined and which have been re- moved from carcasses prior to January 1, 1909, at establishments having inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection law, may be moved inter- state from the area herein quarantined without disinfection or certifica- tion, subject to the permission of the State authorities at destination, provided that such hides, skins, or hoofs have not been in contact with other hides, skins, or hoofs removed prior to January 1, 1909, and which are in the area herein quarantined. 12. Hides, skins, and hoofs of cattle, calves, sheep, and goats which are within the area herein quarantined, but which are not hereinbefore provided for in this order, shall be disinfected under the supervision of and be certified by an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry before being moved interstate from the area herein quarantined. 13. Hay, straw, and similar fodder may be moved interstate from the area herein quarantined only upon certification by an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 14. Rule 6, Revision 1, dated November 19, 1908, effective on and after November 19, 1908, and all amendments thereto, being Amend- ments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, shall cease to be effective on and after February 25, 1909, on and after which date this Rule 6, Re- vision 2, which for purposes of identification is designated as B. A. I. Order 157 and which is subject to amendment or revision on statutory notice, shall become and be effective until otherwise ordered. Done at Washington this twenty-fourth day of February, 1909. Witness my hand and the seal of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.