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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XIX. 3. 



Appointment 

 of Examiners. 



Segregation 

 and notice to 

 the police. 



scab, foot rot, tuberculosis, swine fever, variola vaccinia or cow pox, 

 rabies and surra and any other disease which the Governoi: may from 

 time to time by proclamation declare to be a disease within the meaning 

 of this Ordinance ; 



" Diseased " means affected with disease ; 



" Suspected " means suspejted of being diseased ; 



" Carcase " means the carcase of an animal and includes part of a 

 carcase and the meat, bones, hide, skin, hoofs, horns, offal or other part 

 of an animal, separately or otherwise, or any portion thereof ; 



" Fodder " means hay or other substance used or commonly used 

 for food of animals ; 



" Litter" means straw or other substance commonly used for bedding 

 or otherwise for or about animals ; 



" Foreign " applied to animals and things means brought to the 

 Colony from any place outside the Colony ; 



" Constable " means a member of the Constabulary Force ; 



"Officer" means a Commissioned or non-Commissioned officer of 

 the Constabulary Force ; 



" Government Veterinary Surgeon " means the Veterinary Surgeon 

 appointed by the Governor to hold that office ; 



" Examiner " means the Examiner of animals imporLed into the 

 Colony and includes an Assistant Examiner ; 



" Prescribed " msans prescribed by regulations made under this 

 Ordinance. 



Examiners. 



3. — (1.) The Governor may appoint an Examiner of animals imported' 

 into the Colony and such and so many Assistant Examiners as may, in 

 the opinion of the Governor, be required for the purpose of carrying out 

 the provisions of this Ordinance and of the regulations made thereunder. 



(2.) The Examiner shall be a Veterinary Surgeon. Provided that 

 the Governor may, if he thinks fit, temporarily appoint a Medical 

 Practitioner, not being a Veterinary Surgeon, to act as Examiner. 



(3.) The Examiner shall be paid such salary as the Governor with 

 the consent of the Legislative Council may approve ; and Assistant 

 Examiners shall be paid by fees in the prescribed manner. 



4. — (1.) Every person having in his possession or under his charge a 

 diseased animal shall : — 



(rt.) as far as practicable, keep that animal separate from animals 



not so diseased, and 

 (b.) with all i)racticable speed, give notice of the fact of the 



animal being so diseased to the Officer in charge of the nearest 



Constabulary Station. 



(2.) The Officer to whom such notice is given shall forthwith give 

 information thereof to such person or authority as may be prescribed. 



