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sion of a contagious or infectious disease, such as cattle-plague 
or sheep-pox, from a fair or market, the name and address of the 
person owning the cattle or sheep at the time of departure shall 
be registered bj the clerk of the fair or market (pp. 225, 241). 
(21.) That with reference to cattle-plague, it is desirable to 
add to § 53 of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, as 
follows Where, under the Act, a place is declared to be an 
infected place, either by the order of the Privy Council, or of the 
local authority, or by the declaration of an Inspector, a return of 
the cattle, sheep, and other animals (including horses) within the 
infected place, shall immediately be made to the clerk of the 
local authority by every owner of such cattle, sheep, or other 
animals ; and in the event of any of the said animals becoming 
affected with any disease whatever, the same shall be immediately 
reported to the police by the owner of such animals. Upon such 
report being made to the police, the local authority shall cause 
the Veterinary Inspector to examine the animals affected and 
certify in writing as to the nature of the disease (p. 225). 
(22.) That it is most desirable that in any legislation on the 
subject of cattle diseases, uniform action should as far as possible 
be generally enforced (pp. 195-197). 
(23.) That in cases of cattle-plague, the Veterinary Inspector 
of the Privy Council shall be empowered to order the slaughter of 
animals in adjacent fields to those actually infected, as well as the 
animals in the same field, cowshed, &c., in the event of such a course 
being considered necessary to prevent the spread of the plague 
(p. 225). 
(24.) That theprohibition of the importation of cattle from Russia 
should continue as long as cattle-plague exists in that country ; 
and that any country permitting the importation of Russian cattle 
during that period should ipso facto become a scheduled country. 
In addition to the foregoing suggestions, they beg leave to add 
the following, which, if adopted, would render compulsory the 
action of the local authorities in certain matters which, according 
to the provisions of the existing Contagious Diseases (Animals) 
Act are optional with them : — 
Act, § 41 alter may to shall. 
§ 53 alter may to shall, ojid omit " if the circumstances 
of the case appear to him so to require." 
§ 57 after coasting vessel insert " or a vessel engaged 
in the cross-channel trade." 
§ 57 after execution of this Act^b?' may read shall. 
§ for may, if they think fit, read shall. 
§ 86 first line, for may read shall ; fourth line, for 
infectious disease, or, read infectious disease, and 
