PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
843 
litter, or other thing commonly used for food of animals, or 
otherwise for or about animals, that has been in the same 
field, stable, cowshed, or other premises with cattle affected 
with pleuropneumonia. 
“ Provided that such Local Authority shall from time to 
time define the area within their district within which any 
such regulation shall have effect, and they may from time to 
time revoke or alter any such regulation/' 
Clause 6 permits a Local Authority to prohibit fairs and 
markets : — “ Where a Local Authority is authorised by the 
Privy Council to put in operation this provision of this .Order, 
such Local Authority may, from time to time, with the view 
of preventing the spreading of pleuropneumonia, regulate or 
prohibit the holding of any specified market, fair, auction, 
sale, or exhibition, of cattle within their district, and may, 
from time to time, alter or revoke any such regulation or pro- 
hibition/' 
Clause 7 reserves to the Privy Council the right to revoke 
any Order which may appear to be too stringent : — “ Pro- 
vided that the Privy Council, if satisfied on inquiry, with 
respect to any regulation or prohibition made by a Local 
Authority under this Order, that the same is .of too restrictive 
a character, or otherwise objectionable, may direct the re- 
vocation thereof, and thereupon, as from the time specified 
in that behalf by the Privy Council, the same shall cease to 
operate." 
Clause 8 refers to payment of expenses : — Expenses in- 
curred by a Local Authority in pursuance of this Order shall 
be defrayed out of the Local Rate." 
Clause 9 relates to infringement of the Order : — “ If any 
person acts in contravention, or fails in any respect to comply 
with the provisions of this Order, or of any regulation of the 
Local Authority made thereunder, he shall be deemed guilty 
of an offence against this Order." 
It may be presumed that this Order will render any fur- 
ther restrictive legislation, in respect of pleuropneumonia, 
unnecessary, inasmuch as under its provisions, in addition to 
those of the Act and of the General Order, a Local Authority 
may apply the u stamping-out system" to the disease precisely 
as though it were cattle plague. It is not, however, likely 
that the powers conferred by the Order will be very generally 
employed, on account of the great expense which would be 
incurred in compensating the ow ners of slaughtered cattle. 
Nothing in the Act or Orders referring to pleuropneu- 
monia, in any way affects the question of actions at common 
law which may be brought for the recovery of damages sus- 
