Property of the United States Government. 
 
 (B. A. I. Order No. 149.) 
 
 SPECIAL ORDER WAIVING THE TUBERCULIN TEST REQUIREMENT 
 FOB CANADIAN CATTLE IMPORTED TEMPORARILY, FOR EXHIBITION 
 PURPOSES, AT THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
 ,FAIR, TO BE HELD AT DETROIT, MICH. 
 
 U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Bureau op Animal Industry, 
 
 Washington, D. C, August 23, 1907. 
 
 Under authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Animal 
 Industry by Regulation 38 of Bureau of Animal Industry Order No. 
 142, Regulations for the Inspection and Quarantine of Horses, Cattle, 
 Sheep, and Other Ruminants, and Qwine Imported into the United 
 States, the requirements of Regulation 37 of Order No. 142 are hereby 
 waived for cattle to be imported from Canada temporarily, for exhibi- 
 tion purposes, at the Michigan State Agricultural Society Fair, to be 
 held at Detroit, Mich., from August 29 to September 6, 1907. 
 
 The provisions of said Regulation 38 shall be strictly applied to the 
 cattle covered by this order. Regulation 38 reads as follows : 
 
 "Regulation 38. The Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry may, 
 however, by written order, waive the foregoing tuberculin test require- 
 ment for cattle to be imported temporarily for exhibition purposes, 
 provided such cattle are accompanied by a satisfactory certificate of 
 tuberculin test made not more than six months previously and an affi- 
 davit by the owner or importer stating that the said certificate of tuber- 
 culin test refers to the cattle in question. Any such cattle which are 
 not sold to remain in the United States shall be returned immediately 
 to Canada at the close of the exhibition. The Department must be 
 notified of any Canadian cattle which will remain in the United States, 
 not tested as required by Regulation 37, and the tuberculin test will be 
 applied to them by an inspector of this Department before shipment to 
 destination. All cattle, sheep, and swine intended for exhibition pur- 
 poses must be shipped directly to the exhibition grounds and must not 
 be unloaded in any public stock yards." 
 
 A. D. Melvin, 
 
 Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry. 
 
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