420 



FoOT-AND-MoUTH DiSEASE. 



[Aug. 



defendants' own occupation. Under the Horse Breeding Act, as 

 was explained in last month's issue (p. 313) , any person who 

 at any time after the 1st January, 1920, being the owner or 

 having the control of a stallion, which for the purposes of the 

 Kegulations under the Act is deemed to have attained the age 

 of two years, travels the stallion for service, or exhibits it on 

 any premises not in his occupation with a view to its use for 

 service or permits it to be so travelled or exhibited, shall be 

 liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding dG20, 

 unless the stallion is at the time licensed under the Act. 



Evidence was given to show that the owners of the horse 

 applied for a licence, and that the horse was examined on 

 behalf of the Ministry. The Ministry informed the owners 

 that the licence was refused, the examining Veterinary Sur- 

 geon having certified the stallion to be affected with a disease 

 prescribed in the Horse Breeding Regulations (IQIQ"* as a 

 disease rendering a stallion unsuitable for service of mares. 

 The owners thereupon exercised their right of appeal, and the 

 horse was further examined by a referee appointed by the 

 Ministry. The report of the examining Veterinary Surgeon 

 was confirmed, and the owners were notified that the appeal 

 had failed, and that, in consequence, they must not travel the 

 horse. The notice was nevertheless disregarded, and the 

 Ministry, therefore, instituted a prosecution. The three owners 

 were found guilty, and a penalty of ^1 on each count was im- 

 posed, making £6 in all, and 3 guineas was allow^ed towards 

 the solicitor's expenses. 



The result of proceedings by the Ministry in two other cases 

 has also been reported. At Stockton Police Court, on the 23rd 

 June, a horsebreeder was fined £5 and £S 8s. 6d. costs for 

 travelling two unlicensed stallions, and for failing to produce 

 the licence for a stallion when asked to do so. In the other 

 case, at Sco^ton (Yorks., N.R.) Police Court, on the 6th 

 July, a stallion owner was fined £15 inclusive of costs for 

 allowing his horse to travel for the service of mares, although 



a licence had previously been refused by the Ministry. 



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(1) East Sussex (Romney Marsh). — Since the issue of this 

 Journal for June last, two further outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth 

 disease have been confirmed in what was 

 Foot-and-Mouth ^^^^^ ^^le East Sussex Scheduled Area, 

 Disease. j^^^^ respectively, 



on holdings in close proximity to the original premises at 



