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PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
visions of the Act respecting pleuropneumonia are both 
general and special. General directions apply also to all the 
other infectious diseases which are included in the Act, and 
the special provisions relate only to pleuropneumonia. 
Section 9 of the Act provides that if any animal is affected 
with pleuropneumonia, the owner or person in charge is, as 
far as practicable, to keep it separate from animals not so 
affected, and is, with all practicable speed, to give notice to a 
police constable. The police constable is required to give 
notice to the inspector of the district. The inspector is then 
required to proceed to the place where the disease is reported 
to exist, and make the necessary inquiries. 
Section 54 of the Act provides that ie where an inspector 
finds pleuropneumonia to exist within his district, he shall 
forthwith make a declaration thereof under his hand, and 
shall deliver a notice under his hand of such declaration to 
the occupier of the field, stable, cowshed, or other premises 
where the disease is found; and thereupon the rules set forth 
in the seventh schedule to this Act shall have effect until the 
determination and declaration of the local authority relative 
thereto, in this Act provided for.” 
Section 55. “ Where an inspector makes a declaration of 
the existence of pleuropneumonia, he shall with all practi- 
cable speed send a copy thereof to the Privy Council, and 
deliver the declaration to the local authority; and if it appear 
to them that pleuropneumonia existed, as declared by the in- 
spector, they shall so determine and declare, and thereupon 
the pleuropneumonia rules of this Act shall continue to apply 
to the field, stable, cowshed, or other premises to which the 
declaration relates ; but if in any such case it appears to the 
local authority that pleuropneumonia did not exist, as declared 
by the inspector, or that a fresh case of pleuropneumonia has 
not occurred for thirty days in such field, stable, cowshed, or 
other premises, then the local authority shall so determine 
and declare, and the pleuropneumonia rules of this Act shall 
cease to operate in relation thereto.” 
Section 57 of the Act relates to the exposure of diseased 
animals (affected w T ith pleuropneumonia) in fairs and markets, 
and their transport by road, rail, or water, and gives the local 
authority power to seize and detain any such animal so dealt 
with, in contravention of the Act, for any time which may 
be deemed necessary, at the expense of the owner. 
Section 58 relates to the exposure of diseased animals 
(affected with pleuropneumonia) on any common or unen- 
closed or insufficiently enclosed land, and constitutes any 
person so acting an offender against the Act. 
