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no contagious pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease,
anthrax, rinderpest, or any other disease contagious to cattle,
except tuberculosis, has existed in said district for six months
preceding.

Certificate for Swine.

Regulation 6. All swine imported into the United States
from any part of the world except North America shall be
accompanied by a certificate similar to the one required for
cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, but relating to the existence
of foot-and-mouth disease, hog cholera, swine plague, and
crysipelas.

Affidavits for Ruminants and Swine.

Regulation 7. All ruminants and swine imported into the
United States from any part of the world except North
America shall also be accompanied by an affidavit of the
owner stating that said animals have been continuously
located in the district whence shipped for six months next
preceding the date of shipment, that no contagious disease
affecting the species of animals imported has existed among
them nor among any animals of their kind with which they
have come in contact for six months last past, and that no
inoculation has been practised among said animals during
the preceding year; also by an affidavit from the importer
or his agent supervising the shipment, stating that they have
not passed through any district infected with contagious
diseases affecting said kind of animals, that they have not
been exposed in any possible manner to the contagion of any
of the said contagious diseases, and that the animals, when
not trailed or driven, have been shipped in clean and disinfected cars and vessels direct from the farm where purchased.

Presentation of Papers to Collector of Customs.

Regulation 8. The certificates and affidavits hereinabove
required must accompany said animals and be presented to
the Collector of Customs at the port of entry, and be by him
delivered to the Inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry
stationed at said port, to allow the animals to be imported
into the United States.

Period of Quarantine.

Regulation 9. All cattle imported into the United States
from any part of the world except North America, Great
Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands shall be subject to
a quarantine of not less than ninety days counting from the
date of shipment, this date of shipment to be the date of
clearance of the vessel bringing the animals to the United
States. Sheep and other ruminants and swine from any
part of the world except North America shall be subject to
a quarantine of not less than fifteen days, counting from the
date of arrival at the quarantine station:

Provided that cattle and sheep imported for immediate
slaughter at the port of landing may be imported without
quarantine, but shall be subject to such restrictions as the
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, after causing an
inspection to be made, may consider necessary in each case
for guarding the domestic animals of the United States
from contagion.

Tuberculin Test for Cattle.

Regulation 10. All cattle six months old or over imported
into the United States from Great Britain, Ireland, and the
Channel Islands, and which are subject to quarantine, shall
be tested with tuberculin by an Inspector of the Bureau of
Animal Industry either before being shipped or after arrival
at the animal quarantine station at the port of entry; and,
when considered necessary, a subsequent tuberculin test of
imported cattle shall be made during the last two weeks of
their quarantine period. Cattle from countries not otherwise provided for shall be tested in the said quarantine
stations. All cattle so tested which show a reaction shall
be prohibited from entry into the United States or be disposed of as provided in these regulations.

Permits for Import Animals.

Regulation 11. Any person contemplating the importation
of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, and swine, from any
part of the world except North America must first obtain
from the Secretary of Agriculture two permits, one stating
the number and kind of animals to be imported, the port,
and probable date of shipment, which will on presentation
to the American Consul at the said port of shipment entitle
them to a clearance; the other stating the port at which
said animals are to be landed and quarantined, and the
approximate date of their arrival, and this will assure their
reception at the port and quarantine station on the date
prescribed for their arrival or at any time during three weeks
immediately following, after which the permit will be void.

These permits shall in no case be available at any port
other than the one mentioned therein.

Permits must be in the name of the owner of or agent for
each separate lot of animals. Permits will be issued to
quarantine at such port as the importer may elect, so far
as facilities exist at such port, but in no case will permits
for importation at any port be granted in excess of the accommodation of the Government quarantine station at such port.

Papers by United States Consuls.

Regulation 12. United States Consuls should give clearance papers or certificates for animals from their districts
intended for exportation to the United States only upon
presentation of permits as above provided, with dates of
probable arrival and destination corresponding with said
permits, and in no case for a number in excess of that mentioned therein. When such shipments originate in the interior of a foreign country these permits should be submitted
to the Consul of that district, and through the forwarding
agent to the Consul at the port of embarkation.

HIDES AND OTHER ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS.

Regulation I.—Hides and Skins.

Section 1. All hides of neat cattle, calf-skins, buffalo-hides,
sheep-skins, goat-skins, and deer-skins offered for entry into
the United States from any foreign country (except abattoir
and hard sun-dried hides and skins as hereinafter provided)
must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the United
States consular officer of the district from which such hides
or skins are shipped, or by a certificate issued by the chief
of the veterinary service or the duly authorized sanitary
inspector of the country from which such hides or skins are
shipped, authenticated by the said United States consular
officer, stating that anthrax is not prevalent and that neither
foot-and-mouth disease nor rinderpest exists in such district,
or by a certificate signed by the said consular officer showing
that such hides or skins have been disinfected by immersion
for not less than twenty-four hours in a 1 to 1,000 bichloride-of-mercury solution.

Section 2. If such hides or skins (other than abattoir
and hard sun-dried hides and skins) offered for entry into
the United States are certified, as required by section 1,
to be from a district where anthrax is not prevalent, but
in which either foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest exists,
they will be admitted if certified by the United States consular officer of the district from which shipped to have been
disinfected by immersion, for not less than thirty minutes,
either in a 1 to 1,000 bichloride-of-mercury solution or in
a 5-per-cent. solution of carbolic acid.

Section 3. Such hides or skins (other than abattoir and
hard sun-dried hides and skins), if packed in bales the exterior surface of each of which is thoroughly whitewashed
under consular supervision prior to shipment, may be imported without previous disinfection upon the conditions
that they will be disinfected at the owner’s expense after
arrival at destination in the United States, that the destination is a tannery having proper facilities for disinfecting
the same, that they will move from the port of entry only
under Customs seal, and that they will be disinfected at destination under the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry—(a) when certified as required by section 1 to be
from a district where anthrax is not prevalent, by immersion in a 5-per-cent. solution of carbolic acid, or a
2-per-cent. solution of chloride of lime, or a 1 to 5,000
solution of bichloride of mercury, with not less than twenty-four hours’ exposure; or (b) when not certified in any of the
forms aforesaid, by immersion in a 1 to 1,000 bichloride-of-mercury solution with not less than forty-eight hours’
exposure, or in a 1 to 5,000 bichloride-of-mercury solution
with not less than six days’ exposure plus not less than five
days in lime of the usual strength for dehairing.

Section 4. Hard sun-dried hides and skins may be imported without disinfection if certified as required in Section 1 to be from a district or districts where anthrax is
not prevalent, if each bale or hide is distinctly marked for
identification, each shipment showing invoice number, names
and addresses of consignees and consignor, as such hard sundried hides and skins so certified showing freedom from
anthrax can be considered as having been disinfected by
the process of curing, and need not be submitted to any
further treatment; or such hides or skins may be imported
without being certified to be from a district where anthrax
is not prevalent if accompanied by a consular certificate
showing them to have been disinfected, prior to shipment,
by immersion for not less than twenty-four hours in a
1 to 1,000 bichloride-of-mercury solution; or such hides and
skins may be imported without any certification upon the
conditions prescribed in section 3 for importations to be
disinfected at destination in the United States by immer-