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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
First infectious diseases, and the animals liable to them, 
are defined in clause 
6. In this Act— 
Tlie term ‘ cattle ’ means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, and 
calves. 
‘‘ The term ‘ animal ’ means, except where it is otherwise 
expressed, cattle, sheep, goats, and swine. 
“ The term ‘ foreign,’ as applied to cattle or animals, 
means brought from any place out of the United Kingdom. 
The term ‘ cattle plague ’ means the rinderpest, or disease 
commonly called the cattle plague. 
“ The term ‘ contagious or infectious disease ’ includes 
cattle plague, pleuro-pneumonia, foot and mouth disease, 
sheep-pox, sheep-scab, and glanders, and any disease which 
the Privy Council from time to time by order declare to 
he a contagious or infectious disease for the purposes of 
this Act.” 
A person having an animal affected with either of the 
above-named diseases in his possession or under his care is 
bound by the Order to give notice of the fact to a police 
officer, who will inform the inspector of the district, and he 
lias power of entry to examine the animals; and if he finds 
among them a contagious disease, he is required to report to 
the Privy Council and the local authority, week by week, so 
long as the disease exists. 
Compulsory slaughter of diseased animals is only provided 
for in the case of cattle plague, sheep-pox, and glanders; but 
the following clause practically shuts up animals affected 
with other contagious diseases in the stables, sheds, or field 
where they were attacked, unless they are removed for 
immediate slaughter: 
57. If any person exposes in a market or fair or 
other public place where horses or animals are commonly 
exposed for sale, or exposes for sale in any sale-yard, whether 
public or private, or places in a lair or other place adjacent 
to or connected with a market or fair, or where horses 
or animals are commonly placed before exposure for sale, 
or sends or causes to be carried on a railway, or on a canal, 
river, or other inland navigation, or on a coasting vessel,.or 
carries, leads, or drives, or causes to be carried, le(l, or driven 
on a highway or thoroughfare, any horse or animal affi'cted 
