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building, or other place the milk of any cow which is affected with or 

 suspected of anthrax. 



Removal of Dung or other Thhigs. 



6. It shall not bei lawful for any person to send or carry, or cause to 

 be sent or carried, on a railway, canal, river, or inland navigation, or in 

 a coasting vessel, or on a highway or thoroughfare, any dung, fodder, or 

 litter that has been in any place in contact with or used about a diseased 

 or suspected animal, except with a Licence of the Local Authority for 

 the District in which such place is situate, on a certificate of an Inspector 

 of the Local Authority certifying that the thing moved has been, so far 

 as practicable, disinfected. 



Disposal of Carcasses. 



7. — (1) The carcass of an animal which at the time of its death was 

 affected with or suspected of anthrax shall be disposed of by the Local 

 Authority as follows : — 



(i) Either the Local Authority shall cause the carcass to be buried 

 as soon as possible in its skin in some convenient or suitable place 

 removed from any dwelling house and at such a distance from any 

 well or watercourse as will preclude any risk of the contamination 

 of the water therein, and at a depth of not less than six feet 

 below the surface of the earth, having a layer of lime not less 

 than one foot deep beneath, and a similar layer of lime above, 

 the carcass ; 

 (ii.) Or the Local Authority may, if authorised by Licence of the 

 Board, cause the carcass to be destroyed, under the inspection of 

 the Local Authority, in the mode following: The carcass shall 

 be disinfected, and shall then be taken, in charge of an officer of 

 the Local Authority, to a horse-slaughterer's or knacker's-yard 

 approved for the purpose by the Board, or other place so approved, 

 and shall be there destroyed by exposure to a high temperature, 

 or by chemical agents. 



(2) With the view to the execution of the foregoing provisions of this 

 Article the Local Authority may make such Regulations as they think fit 

 for prohibiting or regulating the removal of carcasses, or for securing the 

 burial or destruction of the same. 



(3) Before a carcass is removed for burial or destruction under this 

 Article it shall be covered with quicklime. In no case shall the skin of 

 the carcass be cut, nor shall anything be done to cause the effusion of 

 blood. 



(4) A Local Authority may cause or allow a carcass to be taken into 

 the District of another Local Authority to be buried or destroyed, with 

 the previous consent of that Local Authority, but not otherwise. 



Digging Up. 



8. It shall not be lawful for any person, except with the Licence of 

 the Board or permission in writing "of an Inspector of the Board, to dig 



