and the necessity of protecting our cattle from contagious diseases, in
this connection, the following resolutions were passed:

Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon Congress, in view of
the fact, the cattle interest is one of the most important
industries, the justice and expediency of passing laws
providing for an effectual eradication of pleuro-pneumonia
from the entire territory of the United States, and also
preventing the introduction of all contagious diseases in the
future. This is the only authority to which we can go for the
power for this purpose, as Congress has the exclusive power
to regulate commerce with other nations, as well as among the
several States; and, as there is now no law in any of the
States to prevent any man who has a herd infected with a
malignant, contagious disease, from taking them anywhere he
pleases to the herds of any of the States; to prevent which,
there must be a law more comprehensive in territorial power
and extent than any State has. Therefore, it is of the most
vital importance that the authority to regulate inter-State
commerce should promptly act to protect our great cattle
interest from total annihilation.

Resolved, That the Legislature of Iowa, as a police
regulation, should put the power in some hands, carefully and
wisely guarded from abuse and wasteful extravagance, to
arrest by isolation and destruction, if necessary, any
contagious disease which may suddenly be developed in any
neighborhood. This, however, not to include any of doubtful
contagious character, such as hog cholera; and that we
respectfully ask the Governor to call the especial attention