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for the extermination of rats, under the control of, and in 

 consultation with, the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural 

 College, whilst the remainder shall be expended on pur- 

 chasing preparations for the extermination of rats, which 

 shall be either employed on or in public lands or 

 buildings, or out of which remainder grants may be made 

 to associations towards the purchase of such preparations, 

 in a manner to be defined hereafter by the Minister of 

 the Interior. 



2. Each local authority shall fix the amount of the 

 premium (Section 1), which shall not, however, be more 

 than 10 ore or less than 5 ore. 



Instructions for the collection and destruction of the 

 rats killed will be issued by the Minister of the Interior. 



3. The Association cited in Section 1 shall submit for 

 the sanction by the Minister of the Interior at the begin- 

 ning of each year a plan showing the proposed expenditure, 

 and at the end of each year an account of the money 

 expended by it, together with statistics obtained by it 

 showing the expenditure on premiums made by each 

 local authority. 



4. Where the proprietor or occupier of a messuage 

 has participated in the grant to be made by the State 

 (Section 1), he shall not deliver up, or cause to be 

 delivered up, for the purpose of obtaining a premium 

 or premiums, rats killed within the said messuage, until 

 the expiration of one month from the employment of 

 such preparation for which such grant has been made. 

 Any person acting in contravention of this Section shall 

 be liable to a penalty of 100 to 500 kroner. 



5. Any person who preserves or breeds rats or imports 

 rats from abroad, in order to obtain premiums or enable 

 another person to obtain them, shall be liable to a penalty 

 of 100 to 500 kroner, unless he is liable to a higher 

 penalty under the Common Law. A person who shall 

 deliver up rats knowing them to have been preserved, 

 bred, or imported for the purpose of obtaining a premium 

 shall be liable to the same penalties. 



