that in the future no such mistakes will occur. There seems to be on the part of the transportation companies a desire to abide strictly by the regulations governing this traffic. April 10th Edw. Snowden & Bro.; of Goshen, Ky., bought in the native pens at the Bourbon Stock Yards a lot of cattle, some of which harbored ticks. The cattle were returned to the yard the following day and sold to butchers. Two cases of actinomycosis were found on the place of Mr. F. O. Carrithers, in Jefferson county. They were killed subject to postmortem inspection, and as disease was limited to the head the carcasses were sold to butchers. The annual convention of the Interstate Live Stock Association, which I attended, met in Chicago, October 10th and 11th. The recommendation of the association that there be an open period from November 1st to January 1st has been adopted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for this year. Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, was present, and said that the authorities at Washington were desirous of having united action by the association as a guide in fixing lines and seasons. Cattle-dipping experiments having proven unsatisfactory, recommendations for dipping were withdrawn for this year. The city of Louisville has now in force an ordinance providing that all cattle supplying milk to the city are to be tested for tuberculosis, but as yet nothing has been done. A large part of these cattle are outside the city limits, and the work of tuberculin testing would therefore come under the care of the State Board of Health. Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and several other states require that all cattle introduced for dairy or breeding purposes shall be accompanied by a certificate of inoculation with tuberculin, and I have been called upon to inoculate cattle intended for shipment. I trust that some provision can be made for the work of weeding out tuberculous cattle from the dairies. There are very few communities which at the present time permit the sale of tuberculous milk. Sheep Scab: The regulations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture require that all sheep leaving the state shall be dipped. There is at the present time no restriction placed upon the sale of scabby sheep within the state, nor are there any means of preventing scabby sheep coming in from other states. It should not be permitted to remove sheep from stock yards for stockers or feeders unless they have been dipped. It is safe to say that the sheep pens in all yards are infected with scab. The present city inspection is ineffective as regards controlling traffic in diseased live stock. Hogs and cattle condemned by the inspector here can, if the owner wishes, be taken from the yard and shipped to another market. I have reported fully on this matter to Dr. M. K. Allen, the city health officer, who has urged upon the city attorney the necessity for amending the present ordinance governing the inspection of live stock. Very respectfully, F. T. EISENMAN, M. D., V. S., State Veterinarian. LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. STATE HEALTH LAW. Chapter 63, Kentucky Statutes. Sec. 2047. Number of members and appointment of secretary. A board, to be known as the "State Board of Health," is hereby established. It shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the seventh member, who shall be secretary, shall be elected by the Board, and, by virtue of his office as secretary, shall be a member of the Board. If the Board shall elect one of its number secretary, as it may do, the Governor shall appoint another member to complete the full number of the Board. In appointing the Board the Governor shall give due and fair consideration to the several schools or systems of medicine in the state. Sec. 2048. Term of office-vacancy-how filled. The present Board shall continue in office until their respective terms expire; and, as the term of members expire, their successors shall be appointed, as herein provided, and shall hold office six years, and until their successors are appointed. A vacancy in the Board may be filled by the Governor until the next regular session of the General Assembly. Sec. 2049. Powers and duties-quarantine established-common carriers to obey-penalty. The Board shall have general supervision of the health of the citizens of the state, and endeavor to make intelligent and profitable use of the collected records of the causes of sickness and death among the people. They shall make sanitary investigations and inquiry concerning the causes of the disease, and especially of epidemics and endemics; the causes of mortality and the effects of locality, employments, conditions, food, water supply, habits and other circumstances upon the health of the people. They shall make sanitary inspection and surveys of such places and localities as they deem advisable; and when they believe there is a probability that any infectious or contagious disease will invade this state from any other state or country, it shall be their duty to take such action and adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as they may, in the exercise of their discretion, deem sufficient in preventing the introduction or spread of such infectious or contagious disease or diseases within this state. The better to accomplish such objects, they are empowered and directed to establish and strictly maintain quarantine at such places as they deem proper; and are further empowered to make and enforce rules and regulations to obstruct and prevent the introduction or spread of infectious or contagious diseases to or within the state. They may establish quarantine ground in some suitable place, and establish the quarantine to be observed in such locality; and may there cause to be erected, temporary buildings or hospitals, necessary for the medical treatment of any persons who may be kept in quarantine and affected with contagious or infectious disease, for the inspection or disinfection of travelers' baggage, merchandise, and articles in transit through such quarantine grounds or stations; and they may enforce inspections of persons and articles at such stations or grounds, as well as the purification of persons, bag |