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effect as if the same had been inserted in the said Act ; 

 and that all persons offending against the said Act shall 

 for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not 

 exceeding twenty pounds, or such smaller sum as the 

 said Lords or others of Her Majesty's Privy Council 

 may in any case by such Order direct : 



And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder now 

 prevails among the cattle of Great Britain, which is gene- 

 rally designated the " cattle plague," and may be recog- 

 nised by the following symptoms : 



" Great depression of the vital powers, frequent shiver- 

 ing, staggering gait, cold extremities, quick and short 

 breathing, drooping head, reddened eyes, with a discharge 

 from them, and also from the nostrils, of a mucous 

 nature; raw-looking places on the inner side of the 

 lips and roof of the mouth, diarrhoea or dysenteric 

 purging :" 



And whereas several Orders, dated respectively the 

 24th of July, the llth, 18th, and 26th of August, 1865, 

 have been made under the authority of the said Acts by 

 the Lords of Her Majesty's Privy Council, with a view 

 to check the spreading of the said disorder: 



And whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend 

 the said Orders : 



Now, therefore, the Lords of Her Majesty's Privy 

 Council do hereby, by virtue of, and in exercise of the 

 powers given by, the said Act, so continued as afore- 

 said, order as follows : 



1. This Order shall extend to all parts of Great 

 Britain. 



2. The said Orders dated respectively the 24th of 

 July, the llth, 18th, and 26th of August, 1865, are re- 

 voked, with the exception of so much of the said Order 



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