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 254 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 192. 1908. Inggg; °* -“**“’*‘ BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. semi;. SA1.Aams, Burman or Aman. Innusrarz One Chief of Bureau, five thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one editor, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; five clerks ot class three; thirteen clerks of class two; thirteen clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; threetlerks, at_mne hundred ollars each; two clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one mechanic, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger and custodian, one thousand dollars; one carpenter, one thousan one hundred dollars; one messen r, eight hundred and forty dollars; three messengers, at seven hundredeand twenty dollars each; one skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; one skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two skilled laborers, at six hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, six hundred and sixty dollars; one illustrator, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, eighty-three thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. _ cenemezensee GENERAL Exmmsms, BUREAU or ANIMAL INDUSTBYDFOT carrying V"]-”•P· · out the provisions of the Act a proved May twenty-ninth, eighteen . hundred and eighty-four, esinblislnng the Bureau of Animal lndustry VOL 26 p_ M_ and the provisions of the Act approved March third, egghteen hundred ' and ninety-one, providing for the safe transport an humane treatment of export cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and vm. B2, p. m. for other purposes; and the rovisions of the Act a proved February second, nineteen hundred and three, to enable the Secretary of Agr1- eulture to more etfectually suppress and prevent the s read of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, and for other purposes; V0l.83,p.I%4. and also the rovisions of the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and tiire, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts, to permit and regulate the movement of cattle and other live stock therefrom, and for other purposes: r-wan. Bwided, That live horses be entitled to the same inspection as other h,},Q‘e§_P°°"°“ °l animals herein named: for carrying out the provisions of the Act of V¤l· M P· 607- June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Acttoprevent cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad or other means of transportation? I €¤¤¢¢¤¤s· M-- i¤· To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate ormntion. . . . . _ . . information concerning live stock, dairy, and other animal products, · and to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia, blackleg, tuberculosis, sheep scab, glanders or farcy, hog cholera, and other iseascs of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons in the cit of- _pmh.».-r·,_ em., of Wnshirmgtovi or elsewhere as he may deem necessary, and to purchase ‘““"“°'* "“"“‘“l“· and destroy diseased or exposed animals or quarantine the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State m£;]>c<;'·;(=¤<>·i= ¤¤ to another; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the ' prevalenccand extent of tuberculosis among dairy cattle in the United Bg;g;;f_mg$¤m¤i¤¤·- . tates; to improve and maintain the Bureau Experiment Station, at "Bethesda, Maryland, and to construct and alter buildings thereon as ·’2¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤5¤¤¤¤¤¤· may he necessary from time to time in his discretion; to establish, improve. and maintain quarantine stations, to construct and alter buildings thereon as may be necessary from time to time, and to provide proper shelter and equipment for the care of neat cattle, domestic and other animals imported, at such ports as may be deemed nepem. necessary; to prepare and (publish reports relating to animal industry; to rent suitable buil in s in the District of Columbia, to he used for office, laboratory, ant? storage purposes for said Bureau of Qfégfgbn O, dm), Animal lndustry for purposes other than meat inspection: Prmided, rxerdpeererfgomn. That the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as v31f?;}`; mj amended March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-tive, for the