CARRYING HORSES. 275 



preference only, so that section 7 of the Act of 1854 no 

 longer applies to sea traffic (s). 



Section 22 (xxi.) of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 Steamboat 

 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 57), empowers the Board of Agriculture eompanils? 

 from time to time to make such orders as they think fit, &o., to dis'in- 

 subject and according to the provisions of the Act, for pre- ^^"^ carriages, 

 scribing and regulating the cleansing and disinfecting of ^'"^^^' ^'^' 

 vessels, vehicles and pens, and other places used for the 

 carrying of animals for hire or purposes connected there- 

 with. Accordingly, by the Animals (Transit and General) 

 Order, 1895, provisions are made for the cleansing and 

 disinfecting in the mode therein ordered — of every vessel 

 used for carrying animals by sea, or on a canal, river, or 

 inland navigation, after the landing of animals therefrom, 

 and before the taking on board of any other animal, or 

 other cargo — of every horse-box, truck, and van on every 

 occasion after an animal is taken out of the same, and 

 before any other animal is placed therein — of every move- 

 able gangway or other apparatus used for transit of animals 

 on or from a truck or vessel as soon as practicable — and of 

 every loading pen, either on each day on which it is used 

 and after the using thereof, or at some time not later than 

 twelve o'clock at noon of the next following day, unless 

 the following day is Sunday, and then on the following 

 Monday, and before the using thereof. For any contra- 

 vention of these provisions the owner and master of the 

 vessel in which ; and the railway company carrying animals 

 on or owning or working the railway on which ; and the 

 owner of the apparatus, in respect of which the same is 

 done, shall each be deemed to be guilty of an offence against 

 the Act (;;_). 



A carrier of goods or cattle is only bound to carry in a « ReasonaUe 

 reasonable time under ordinary circumstances, and is not time." 

 bound to use extraordinary efforts, or incur extra expense 

 in order to surmount obstructions caused by the act of God, 

 such as a faU of snow (««). Nor is he responsible for delay 

 arising from causes beyond his control ; e.g., a railway 

 company was prevented from unavoidable obstruction on 

 its line from carrying goods within the usual time. The 

 obstruction was occasioned by an accident resulting solely 

 from the negligence of another company, having parliamen. 

 tary running powers over their line ; and it was held that 



(s) Hodges on Railways, 7th ed., N. S. 530 ; 56 J. P. 486. 

 p. 627. {u) Sricldon v. Great Northern 



(t) See Jsmmj v. Blake, 66 1. T., Rail. Co., 28 L. J., Ex. 51. 



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