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does not provide any mactineiy for enforcing them. In Great 
Britain, however, as a general rule, I believe it may be truly stated 
that what the authorities undertake to do they pursue with every 
desire and intention of fulfilling their engagements. What the 
agricultural public has to complain of, in the case of urban 
authorities, is simply (1) that they take no cognizance of diseased 
animals until they come before them on the market ; and (2) 
that they frequently get rid of such diseased animals as quickly 
as possible, without having regard to the number of other animals 
that may have been infected by them on the market, or which they 
may afterwards infect on the road to their new destination, or at 
such destination when they arrive there. How far this is the 
fault of the local authorities, and how far it is inherent in the 
Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, will appear in the 
following pages. 
The local authorities of rural districts do not often incur the 
expense of appointing qualified veterinary surgeons as inspec- 
tors ; but they frequently make regulations under § 28 of the 
- Animals Order, 1871, of which the following may be taken as 
an example : — 
1. That no animal which shall have been in the same field, stable, cowshed, 
or other premises, or in contact with any animal affected with the foot-and- 
mouth disease, shall be removed out of any field, stable, cowshed, or other 
premises in which that disease has been found to exist, without a licence 
signed by the inspector appointed to issue licences under the said Act. 
2. That the licence so to be given shall specify the date and the hours 
within which such removal shall take place, and the place to which any such 
animal shall be removed ; and no animal shall be removed otherwise than as 
specified in such licence. 
^ 3. That the occupier of any stable, shed, building or place used by any 
animal affected with the foot-and-mouth disease shall, upon notice for that 
purpose given by any inspector, and in such manner as may be specified in 
such notice, cleanse and disinfect every such stable, shed, building, or other 
place. 
4. That any person offending against or neglecting to comph' with any of 
the above regulations, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20/. for every 
such offence. By Order. 
N.B. — By Order in Council of 10th August, 1869, every person having in 
his possession or under his charge any animal (including a horse) affected with 
a contagious or infectious disease, shall observe the following rules : — 
1. He shall, as far as practicable, keep such animal separate from animals 
not so affected. 
2. He shall, with all practicable speed, give notice to a police constable of 
the fact of the animal being so aflected. 
In default he is liable to a penalty not exceeding 201. 
These and other regulations of the local authority, and the 
provisions contained in the Act itself, are generally carried out 
under the supervision of the county police. It must be con- 
