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allow any railway-truck, horse-box, or other vehicle used for carrying 

 animals, horses, asses or mules on the railway to be over-crowded so 

 as to cause unnecessary suffering to the animals, horses, asses or mules 

 therein."— {Ibid. Art. 124.) 



" If anything is done or omitted to be done in contravention of the 

 foregoing provisions . . . the railway company carrying animals on 

 or owning or working the railway on which, — and also in case of the 

 over-crowding of a railway truck, horse-box, or other vehicle on a 

 railway . . . the consignor of the animals in respect of which, — the 

 same is done or omitted, shall, each according to and in respect of his 

 or their own acts or omissions, be deemed guilty of an offence against 

 the Act of IS7 8."— {Ibid. Art. 126.) 



" Horse-Boxes. 



"(1.) A horse-box used for horses, asses, or mules on a railway 

 shall, on every occasion after a horse, ass, or mule is taken out of it, 

 and before any other horse, ass, or mule, or any animal is placed 

 therein, be cleansed as follows : 



" (i.) The floor of the horse-box, and all other parts thereof with 

 which the droppings of horses, asses, or mules have come 

 in contact shall be scraped and swept, and the scrapings 

 and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, fodder, litter, and 

 other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; and 

 " (ii.) The sides of the horse-box and all other parts thereof 

 with which the head or any discharge from the mouth or 

 nostrils of a horse, ass, or mule has come in contact shall 

 be thoroughly washed with water by means of a sponge, 

 brush, or other instrument. 

 *' (2.) The scrapings and sweepings of the horse-box, and all dung, 

 sawdust, fodder, litter, and other matter removed therefrom, shall 

 forthwith be well mixed with quicklime." — [Ibid. Part III., Chap. 

 18, Art. 103.) 



" Horse-Boxes, Guards' Van and other Vehicles. 



" (1.) A horse-box or a guard's van or other railway vehicle (not 

 being a railway truck) if used for animals on a railway shall, on every 

 occasion after an animal is taken out of it, and before any other 

 animal, or any horse, ass, or mule is placed in it, be cleansed and 

 disinfected as follows : 



" (i.) If the animal is accompanied by a declaration in writing of 

 the owner or consignee or his agent to the effect that it is 

 intended for exhibition or other special purpose therein 



