Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1914 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

SAFEGUARDING STATE. Governor Drops Politics to Issue Proclamation to Protect the Public and Prevent Quarantine Against Whole State. A« soon as the real facts could be obtained as to the dangerous character of the Foot and Mouth Disease, Governor Ralston took the only proper action to protect the public and prevent the threatened danger of a state-wide quarantine by the federal authorities, by issuing a proclamation setting forth the facts and declaring his cooperation with the federal government in the radical measures necessary to the prevention of the spread of that dreadful animal disease, and to the entire extinction of it where it now exists. The people of every county are interested in this subject and should become familiar with the proclamation, which follows: GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION. Whereas, It has been made to appear that a contagious and dangerous animal disease has invaded two counties of northern Indiana, Laporte and St. Joseph; and, Whereas, This disease, which is known a J s the European Foot and Mouth Disease, is not only very infectious but is very hard to eradicate, it having existed in Holland and other foreign countries for more than a century; and, Whereas, The federal government, in recognition of the menace of this disease has established a quarantine against all inter-state shipments of cattle, sheep and swine from or into the two counties named; and the state of Indiana through its chief veterinarian, Dr A. r. Nelson, by the authority of law has quarantined said counties against the movement of such animals from the lands and places where they now are; and, Whereas, There is no fund provided by law in this state sufficient m amount to pay the expense the state will necessarily have to incur to thoroughly eradicate this disease, and the cost of a special session of the legislature called for that purpose would be a heavy burden to the state; and, Whereas, The federal government has declared the necessity of using the most strenuous measures in order to stamp out this terrible disease, that threatens not only to ruin 1 the animal industry wherever it obtains a foothold, but also threatens the meat supplies as well as the health of the people; and has to that end proposed to ’the state of Indiana, that all herds of cattle or droves of sheep or swine that are at all infected by this disease be killed, after examination and under the direction of the proper federal and state officers; and that all the expenses 6f said quarantine and said work of killing such animals shall be borne by the general government; and that the federal government will share equally with the state the loss sustained by the owners of all such animals killed by such officials as properly ascertained; .and will advance the whole amount of such loss, on condition that it shall be reimbursed by the state for one-half the value thereof through action by the next legislature; and, Whereas, I desire to avoid the expense of convening the legislature to make a special appropriation to enable the state authorities to perform their duty in controlling and extinguishing this disease, I shall in lieu thereof recommend the next General Assembly of the State of Indiana to make an appropriation with which to repay or reimburse the federal government for the amount advanced by it for the state in payment for animals killed on the order of the proper authorities; Now, Therefore, I, Samuel M. Ralston, Governor of Indiana, lecogmzing the actual conditions existing and the necessity for immediate action in the premises, call upon the county commissioners of the counties of Laporte and St. Joseph aforesaid, and other county officials and county and city health officers, to exercise their authority in this emergency and assist the federal and state officers by policing all farms, lands and places where animals are kept that are in whole or in part infected by the Foot and Mouth Disease; to prevent the removal of such animals, herds or droves or parts thereof; and also to prevent the removal of any hides or skins, hay, straw or similar fodder, any’ mi k or the dressed carcasses of sheep or swine from the places, fields, lands or farms where they are when inspected and condemned by said officers; and I call upon all the farmers, or owners of such anima s to assist such officers in all proper ways to enforce the law and all sanitary regulations made thereunder. IN Witness Whereof, I have herennto set m - v hanf l an( l caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana, at the Capitol in the City of Indianapolis, 2 4th day of October, 1914. Governor. By the Governor: a/ [/ Y 1 Secretary of State.

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