924 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



When a landed animal is found to be affected with disease,* the 

 place and every other place the animal has occupied since landing, 

 shall not be used for any fresh animals until it has been cleansed and 

 disinfected. 



If anything which is ordered is neglected to be done, or anything 

 done in contravention of this Order, it constitutes an offence against 

 all concerned. 



Exportation of Horses Order of 1898. 



This Order prohibits the conveyance in a vessel from any port in 

 Great Britain, of any horse which owing to age, infirmity, illness, 

 injury, fatigue, or other reason cannot be conveyed without cruelty 

 during the intended passage and on landing. 



The Order applies to all vessels, excepting Government transports, 

 on which horses are carried from any port in Great Britain, to any 

 place outside the British Islands. 



The Order must be enforced by the Local Authority. The general 

 powers of Inspectors, and the duties and authorities of the Pohce, laid 

 down in Sections 43 and 44 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, apply 

 to this Exportation of Horses Order, as also the provision for offences 

 and legal proceedings laid down in the Act of 1894. 



The general powers of an Inspector aUuded to above, enable him 

 among other things to have a ship detained, when he is satisfied an 

 Order of the Board has not been, or is not being complied with on 

 board a vessel in a port ; Section 692 of the Merchant Shipping Act 

 of 1894 prescribes the penalties to be inflicted for a disregard of deten- 

 tion. 



Each horse carried under this Order must be provided with a 

 separate box or stall of sufficient size, constructed of substantial char- 

 acter, and of sufficient strength to resist the weather and weight of the 

 horse when thrown against it. The floor must be battened and suitable 

 substance used to prevent slipping. Each box or stall must be pro- 

 vided with slings. Ship's fittings liable to inflict injury must be fenced 

 off, and protection against undue exposure to weather must be pro- 

 vided. 



The matter of ventilation, light, passage ways, gangways, and attend- 

 ance are the same as in the previously quoted Order. 



Food and water must be supplied, and a suitable place provided for 

 the accommodation of food, so that it may not be exposed to the 

 weather. 



All horses must be properly secured by the head. 



* The term ' disease ' here refers only to those which are scheduled 

 under the Diseases of Animals Act ; see p. 480. 



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