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once killed, and this regulation is in the public interest, it is the 

 duty of the police to comply therewith. 



" If the isolated horses are used contrary to the restrictions, or 

 found in places forbidden them, they are to be at once killed. 



" Horses in which suspicious phenomena have been diagnosti- 

 cated must be subjected to stable quarantine until killed, or until they 

 are declared free from suspicion by the official veterinarian. The 

 owner must supply the necessary conveniences for such a purpose. 

 Such animals can not be removed from the stable without the con- 

 sent of the police. The grooms appointed to the care of the isolated 

 horses must be made aware of the danger of the transmission of the 

 disease to mankind. They must be forbidden any interference with 

 other horses, and must not be allowed to sleep in the infected sta- 

 ble. The racks, utensils, and other objects in the quarantined stable 

 can not be removed except with the permission of the police. If 

 necessary, such objects should be appropriately branded." 



Horses in which Infection is to he suspected. — " All horses 

 which have stood in the same stable with glandered or suspected 

 animals, or which have been in relation with them, but in which 

 at the time no suspicious phenomena are perceptible, are to be 

 isolated in special stables by the police. These horses must be sub- 

 jected to inspection by the official veterinarian every fourteen days. 

 This regulation is not to be applied to large towns or cities where 

 several approved veterinarians reside, when the owner brings the 

 horses in question to the veterinarian every eight days for examina- 

 tion ; the officer is to report to the police, in writing, the results of 

 each examination. So soon as a suspicion of glanders is confirmed, 

 the horse is to be at once confined and isolated. So long as the 

 horses thus subjected to observation are considered healthy, they 

 may be allowed to be used within the limits of the place in ques- 

 tion. Special permission from the police is necessary when the 

 horse is to be taken outside the limits of the place ; this can only be 

 given when the use required of the horse is of such a nature that it 

 is not necessary to put him up in any other stable or shed. Such 

 police control is to be extended over at least three months. During 

 this period, the horse in question must not be brought into other 

 stables, or farms, or places, than those indicated by the police. If 

 such permission is given, the police control must be extended to 

 such places. If the police regulations are not strictly followed by 

 the owner, the horse is to be immediately quarantined in its stable. 

 It is the duty of the local police to see that the official veterinarian 

 subjects the quarantined horses to an examination at least once a 



