274 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



reign, chapter one hundred and seven, intituled " An 

 " Act to prevent until the 1st day of September, 1850, 

 " and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, 

 " the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders 

 " amongst sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which 

 has since been from time to time continued by divers 

 subsequent Acts, and lastly by an Act passed in the 

 session of the twenty-eighth and twenty -ninth years of the 

 reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and 

 nineteen, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall 

 be lawful for the Lords and others of Her Majesty's 

 Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time 

 to time, to make such Orders and Regulations as to them 

 may seem necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or 

 regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as 

 they may designate in such Order or Orders, of sheep, 

 cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, 

 hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals, or of 

 hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate 

 infection ; and also for the purpose of purifying any 

 yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any waggons, 

 carts, carriages, or other vehicles ; and also for the 

 purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased 

 state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things 

 seized under the provisions of the said Act, are to be 

 disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing notices 

 to be given of the appearance of any disorder among 

 sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other 

 Orders or Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to 

 the provisions of the said Act, and again to revoke, alter, 

 or vary any such Orders or Regulations ; and that all 

 provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such 

 Order or Orders contained shall have the like force and 



