PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
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The penally for an offence against the Act . — The penalty for 
infringing the Act or any order based on it is twenty pounds, 
or if the offence is committed in respect of more than four 
animals, a penalty of five pounds may be imposed for each 
animal, instead of the penalty of twenty pounds. 
Special arrangements relating to pleuropneumonia are made 
in the seventh schedule to the Act, as follows : — 
1. These rules are to have effect with respect to any field, 
stable, cowshed, or other premises infected with pleuropneu- 
monia. 
2. Cattle affected with pleuropneumonia are not to be 
moved from such field, stable, cowshed, or other premises, or 
from any land or building contiguous thereto, in the same 
occupation, except for immediate slaughter, and according to 
regulations to be from time to time made by the local 
authority for insuring such slaughter. 
3. Other cattle are not to be moved from such field, stable, 
cow T shed, or other premises, or from any land or building 
contiguous thereto, in the same occupation, except for imme- 
diate slaughter, without a licence, signed by an officer of the 
local authority appointed to issue licences in that behalf, cer- 
tifying that the cattle moved are not affected with pleuro- 
pneumonia, and have not been in the same shed or herd, or 
in contact with cattle so affected. 
4. Sheds and places used by cattle affected wdth pleuro- 
pneumonia are forthwith, after being so used, to be cleansed 
and disinfected, to the satisfaction of the local authority. 
The last Order of Council, which came into operation on 
February 17, 1871, completes the law in reference to pleuro- 
pneumonia. Under its provisions a Local Authority may 
apply most stringent measures for the eradication of the 
disease. 
Clause 1 of the Order refers to the date of its operation, 
viz., from and after February 16, 1871. 
Clause 2 provides for compulsory slaughter and compensa- 
tion : — “ Where a Local Authority is authorised by the Privy 
Council to put in operation this provision of this Order, such 
Local Authority may cause all cattle affected with pleuro- 
pneumonia within their district to be slaughtered, subject to 
the following provisions : — 
“ 1. The Local Authority shall, by way of compensation 
for every such animal, pay to the owner thereof such sum, 
not exceeding twenty pounds, and not exceeding one half of 
the value of the animal immediately before it was affected 
with pleuropneumonia, as to the Local Authority seems 
fit. 
