(8) That all vessels carrying live stock should be very thoroughly cleansed and disinfected immediately after discharging each cargo.

(9) That all persons interested in the continuance of the live-stock trade between foreign countries and Great Britain should assist in endeavoring to prevent the shipment of unhealthy animals to England.

(10) That these suggestions should be reprinted in the language of the various exporting countries, and publicly exposed and distributed amongst all persons interested. ROBT. E. DRUMMOND, Secretary.

LAWS FOR THE CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

The following letter from Consul McKinley is in response to one from this Department a'king for information in regard to the importation into, and the condition of cattle in that Kingdom:

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

Honolulu, H. I., April 30, 1885.

SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, requesting information in regard to the importation of cattle into this Kingdom from Great Britain and other foreign countries, and also requesting to be informed as to contagious diseases prevalent here among cattle, and regulations in force touching their importation.

In reply, I beg to inform you that no animal can be landed from any foreign port at any port of entry in this Kingdom until examined by an inspector appointed for that purpose and pronounced healthy.

There are no contagious diseases among the cattle here. Glanders has been prevalent for some time among the horses, but since a law was passed by the legislature in 1884 (a copy of which is inclosed) the disease has been gradually stamped out, and will, no doubt, disappear entirely in a few months. Up to this date about 100 horses have been destroyed by order of the inspectors in Honolulu, and the blankets, &c., belonging to them buried.

The glanders was brought here from California, as near as can be ascertained, about three years ago. The disease has been mostly confined to imported horses, none of the native horses having contracted it.

A good veterinarian was appointed by the Government in October of 1884, for the purpose of enforcing the law.

The few cattle imported here are brought from Europe via. the United States, and from the stock farms of California and New Zealand.

Very respectfully, yours,

Hon. E. A. CARMAN,

Acting Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

D. A. MCKINLEY,

United States Consul.

The following is a copy of the act referred to by Consul McKinley:

Sessions laws of 1884.

AN ACT to amend Chapter XXXIV of the session laws of 1882, relating to the suppression of disease among animals in the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Be it enacted by the King and Legislative Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands in the legislature of the Kingdom assembled:

SECTION 1. That sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of said act be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The minister of the interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish on each of the islands of the Kingdom having ports of entry, a quarantine station or stations for animals.

"SEC. 2. The minister of the interior is hereby authorized and directed to appoint three competent persons for each of the islands of the Kingdom, having ports of entry, who shall be designated "boards of inspectors of animals," and from time to time, when such officers, for any reason shall become vacant, to reappoint competent persons to fill the same. One of the three appointed on each board shall be designated the executive. Such officers, for the purpose of this act, shall possess all the powers,

rights, privileges, and immunities of customs officer or officers acting under the board of health, and it shall be their duty to cause the various quarantine stations to be kept clean and properly fitted for use.

SEC. 3. The master of any vessel on which there shall have been shipped live animals for any port in this Kingdom shall immediately, upon arrival, notify the customs officers of such fact, and said officers shall at once cause the inspecting officers to be notified, and shall not permit the animals to be taken from the wharf or landing, uor of any portion of the food or water, nor of any effects connected therewith or provided for their use during the voyage, to be removed from the wharf or landing until the inspecting officer shall have inspected and passed the same.

"SEC. 4. All live animals, except such birds and small animals as shall be especially exempted by the inspecting officers, shall be subject, on arrival in this Kingdom from any foreign port or country, to be quarantined at the expense of the owner or consignee thereof, in such places as shall be appointed by the minister of the interior for a period of not less than thirty days, and for such longer period as shall be deemed necessary by the board of inspectors on account of the presence of any contagious disease or distemper, or because the port or country whence such animals are brought is affected with such disease or distemper, or for any other good and sufficient reason having reference to the public good. Whenever, after careful examination and attention, the inspecting officer shall find that such animal or animals are infected with any disease or distemper of a nature dangerous to the live stock of the country, he shall report the same to the board of inspectors, and if the majority of the board of inspectors shall decide that the public interest require, they shall cause such animal to be utterly destroyed. Said board of inspectors may also cause all the food and other effects connected with such animals, independently of the animals themselves, to be destroyed."

SEC. 2. That said act be further amended by adding thereto the following sections, to be designated sections 7 a and 7 b:

"SEC. 7 a. It shall be the duty of every person to report immediately to the nearest executive inspector or inspecting officer any animal on or about his own premises or the premises of another, which he shall have reason to believe to be affected with any infectious or contagious disease or distemper, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

"SEC. 7 b. Said inspecting officers shall have the power to enter upon any premises where they have reason to believe there is any animal affected with any infectious or contagious disease or distemper of a nature dangerous to the live stock of the country, and to cause any such animal to be placed in quarantine for such time as said officer may deem necessary; and shall have the power, with the approval of the majority of said board, to cause any such animal to be destroyed."

SEC. 3. That section 9 of said chapter also be amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 9. There shall be collected from the owner or consignee of animals inspected under this act one dollar per head for all horses, mules, and cattle; fifty cents per head for all sheep and goats; ten cents each for every other animal or bird; aud when, from the nature of the case, the making of such inspection shall be unusually onerous or severe, twenty-five per cent. additional shall be paid to the inspector. All fees collected shall belong to the officer making the inspection, and shall be full compensation for his services for such inspection."

SEC. 4. That said act be further amended by adding thereto the following sections to be designated section 9 a and section 9 b.

"SEC. 9a. The several executive inspecting officers of the Kingdom shall keep reg. ular records of the proceedings of their respective boards, and shall semi-annually make a full and detailed report of their receipts and expenses to the minister of the interior, who shall lay the same before the legislature.

"SEC. 9 b. All reasonable expenses incurred in placing any diseased animal in quarantine, and of feeding and caring for the same, including medical treatment, while in quarantine, shall be paid by the owner or consignee of such animals. Any executive inspector appointed under this act may sue in his own name or the ma jority of any of said boards any such owner or consignee who shall refuse or neglect to pay the fees or expenses mentioned in this act, or may in his or their discretion, hold any animal for which the fees and expenses have not been paid after demand, and after five days' public notice sell the same at public anction (provided such animal be not affected with any infectious or contagious disease or distemper), and from the proceeds of such sale the executive inspector or majority of such board may retain a sufficient amount to cover the fees and all expenses incurred, and the balance pay over to the owner or consignee of the animal thus sold."

Approved this 11th day of August, A. D., 1884.

KALAKAUA, Foz.

LAWS OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE CONTROL OF CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES.

Transcripts of the laws of all the States and Territories having enact ments for the control of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases of domesticated animals, and the proclamations of the governors of the States which have adopted quarantine measures to prevent the introduction and spread of disease, will be found below. These laws occupy considerable space, but as inquiries are frequently made of this Bureau as to the nature and requirements of the quarantine regulations in force in the States and Territories into which the writers desire to ship cattle and other domestic animals, it has been thought best to publish the laws and regulations as they exist in those States and Territories where any legislation has been had on the subject. They are as follows:

COLORADO.

The State veterinary and sanitary board to the people of the State of Colorado, greeting:

In the making of all new laws there must, of necessity, be some friction, but it is desirable that there should be nothing to jeopardize the stock interests of this State. It is only by the full and complete sympathy of the stockmen that we can hope to meet with success in keeping our State free from disease. Our only hope lies in keeping diseases from getting a foothold within our borders, and to do this we must have the honest and earnest support of the shippers of stock. There exist now within the State certain contagious and infectious diseases. Glanders, although not so prevalent in this State as in some of the other States, is still increasing.

The interests of the horse-owners demand that this disease shall be stamped out, and it is only by the united aid of all horsemen that it can be done. The experience of Illinois, during the last three years, with this insidious disease in loss of property and human life, must be a warning to us.

Mange, or "Texas itch," also exists in some localities, and must, if the best interests of the stockmen are to be advanced, be completely eradicated and then kept out. In case of the outbreak of any form of a suspected contagious or infectious disease, it is the duty of the person owning the stock, and of any one knowing of the same, to carefully guard against the movement of said stock in any way, and also to guard against the carrying of the disease from the herd upon the boots or clothing of persons visiting such herds, and to use all possible precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. And it shall be the duty of all persons knowing of such disease, or suspected disease, to at once notify the veterinary sanitary board of the same, giving a careful detail of all symptoms and conditions.

The veterinary sanitary board would call the attention of stock-owners to the fact that the law applies to all forms of contagious and infectious disease of all animals within this State, and that any person found violating the provisions of this act, or the rules or regulations adopted by the State veterinary sanitary board, may be arrested upon view and prosecuted by the district attorney according to law, and that any person violating, disregarding, or evading any of the provisions of this act, or of these rules and regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment.

In pursuance of its duties the board has adopted the following rules and regulations, which will be added to or amended as the exigencies of the case will demand:

(1) The general action of this board shall be governed by the act under which it is created.

(2) The introduction of cattle from all parts of the country south of the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude shall be governed by an act entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of infectious or contagious diseases among the cattle and horses of this State."

(3) In order that a bill of health can be procured from the veterinary sanitary board, as prescribed in this act, it will be necessary that the following statements shall be satisfactorily made under oath, viz: The State and county where the stock was raised, and where they have been ranged, said statement to be accompanied by a certified bill of sale or statement from the persons raising and ranging such stock during the six months previous, and by a certificate from the clerk of the county as to the owner or owners of the brands upon the stock, and by a certificate from the inspectors.

The person must state under oath the route over which they have been driven, and must also state the various herds of cattle, feeding places, &c., with which they have come in contact, and must satisfactorily answer all questions that may at the time be suggested.

(4) No cattle that have been shipped from the districts south of the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude any portion of the way to this State will be allowed to come within this State until the ninety-day quarantine law has been fully complied with. (5) Only those cattle being shipped from south of the thirty-sixth degree of north latitude through this State to the ranges of other States and Territories can be unloaded within this State, and then only to be fed and watered, which feeding and watering must be done only in pens kept for that especial purpose, and kept properly disinfected by the several lines of transportation, which pens, as to location and construction, shall be approved by the veterinary sanitary board.

(6) It is hereby ordered by the veterinary sanitary board that all railroads bringing stock-cars into this State shall, before bringing them into the State, clean and carefully disinfect said cars, and in case of the unloading of stock within the State, cars must in all cases be carefully cleansed and disinfected, and all litter and manure completely burned or otherwise disinfected.

(7) Cars and pens will be considered disinfected only when they have been carefully washed and thoroughly sprinkled with unslacked lime, crude carbolic acid, or some other approved disinfectant.

Parties desiring to bring stock from States against which quarantine exists should address the secretary of the board.

All communications in relation to the business of this board should be addressed to the secretary, George C. Faville, State veterinarian, Fort Collins, Colo. By order of the board:

GEO. C. FAVILLE, Secretary.

AN ACT to prevent and suppress infectious and contagious disease among the domestic animals of this State, and for the appointment of the necessary officers to carry into effect the same, and to fix compensation.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Colorado, The office of State veterinary surgeon is hereby created.

SEC. 2. Immediately upon the passage of this act the governor shall appoint to the office of State veterinary surgeon the person elected by the State board of agriculture as the professor of veterinary science, and holding the chair of veterinary science in the State Agricultural College.

SEC. 3. The person so appointed shall hold his office for the term of two years from the date of his appointment, provided such person is not deposed during such term by the State board of agriculture from his position in the State Agricultural College. SEC. 4. The person so appointed as State veterinary surgeon shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, and give a bond running to the people of the State of Colorado, in the sum of $10,000, with good and sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of his duties. Such bond to be approved by the governor, and together with the oath of office to be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

SEC. 5. In case the person holding the office of State veterinary surgeon shall be deposed by the State board of agriculture from the chair of veterinary science in the State Agricultural College, or a vacancy occur from any cause, then his term of office shall thereupon expire, and the person selected by the State board of agriculture to fill the vacancy of the chair of veterinary sicence in the State Agricultural College shall be appointed by the governor to fill the unexpired term. Such person so appointed to fill the unexpired term shall take oath, and give bond, as provided in section 4 of this act.

SEC. 6. There is hereby created a State veterinary sanitary board, such board to be comprised of three members, namely: The State veterinary surgeon and two other

members to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Such persons so appointed shall hold their office for the term of two years. SEC. 7. The State veterinary sanitary board shall have stated meetings annually, to be held at the State capitol, but may have called meetings at such times and places as may be deemed necessary, the chairman calling the same.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the State veterinary surgeon to investigate any or all cases of contagious or infectious diseases among the domestic animals of the State which may come to his knowledge, and for that purpose he shall visit at once any locality within the State where any such disease may be reported to exist, and make full and careful examination of all or any animals in that locality. He shall also prescribe the proper care and necessary remedies, inaugurate and direct the necessary sanitary measures to prevent the spread of such disease, and report the same to the State veterinary sanitary board. He shall also make a scientific study and investigation of all diseases of domestic animals, and report the result of his study and investigation to the State sanitary board, and shall publish from time to time bulletins for the benefit of the people of the State, and in connection with the State veterinary sanitary board, embody the same in a yearly report, which, with the proceedings of the board, shall be published in connection with the annual report of the State board of agriculture.

The State veterinary surgeon shall also perform such other and further duties as may be prescribed by law, or formulated under the State veterinary sanitary board. SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the State veterinary sanitary board to adopt such quarantine regulations as are deemed necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of Texas or splenic fever, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or any other contagious or infectious disease, affecting domestic animals, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law.

SEC. 10. The State veterinary sanitary board shall have power to order the destruction of stock in order to prevent the spread of disease or to crush out such disease, when deemed necessary by such board for the public safety: Provided, however, No stock shall be killed on account of its being affected by Texas or splenic fever.

SEC. 11. Whenever the State veterinary sanitary board decide that it becomes necessary to condemn stock and order the same killed, and so decide, it shall be their duty to convene a board of three appraisers, such board to be selected, one member by the State veterinary sanitary board, one by the owner or owners of the condemned stock, and a third by agreement of the two previously selected. When convened, it shall be the duty of such appraisers to certify under oath to the value of the stock so condemned: Provided, That no animal shall be condemned and ordered killed unless it showed decided symptoms of a contagious disease, and in making an appraisement of value the appraisers should take into consideration the diseased condition of the animal.

SEC. 12. When any live stock shall have been appraised, as herein provided, and killed by the order of the State veterinary sanitary board, such board shall issue, under its seal to the owner or owners of the livestock so killed, a certificate showing the number and kind of animals so killed, and not to exceed in value one thousand ($1,000) dollars in any one year, and the amount of money to which the holder is entitled by reason of the appraisement heretofore mentioned, and report the same to the auditor of State. Upon presentation of such certificate to the State auditor he shall draw his warrant on the State treasurer for the amount therein stated: Provided. That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any animal or animals that shall be proved to have been in a diseased condition when brought into this State, or have been brought into the State contrary to any law of the State, or any rule or rules adopted by the State veterinary sanitary board.

SEC. 13. The State veterinary sanitary board shall have power to employ at the expense of the State such persons, and purchase such supplies and material as may be necessary to carry into effect all orders by it given: Provided, That no labor shall be employed, material or supplies purchased by the board except such additional labor, material, and supplies as may be necessary to carry into effect quarantine regulations as prescribed by the State veterinary sanitary board.

SEC. 14. Whenever the State veterinary sanitary board shall have good reason to believe that any contagious or infectious disease exists in any locality in other States, Territories, or countries, or that there are conditions which render domestic animals from such infectious districts liable to convey such disease, they shall report the same to the governor of the State, thereupon the governor shall by proclamation prohibit the importation of any live stock of the kind diseased into the State, unless accompa nied by a certificate of health given by the State veterinary sanitary board, who shall carefully examine all such live stock previous to the giving of such certificate. All expense connected with such examinations to be paid by the owner or owners of such live stock so examined.

SEC. 15. Whenever it is deemed necessary by the State veterinary sanitary board to supervise and inspect any of the lines of transportation in this State, and the