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A NOTE ON GLANDERS. 
§ 44. The police must make written reports to the Commander- 
General of the Army-Corps of their department, at the first 
suspicion or outbreak of the disease, during its course and at its 
termination (extinction). If there is a garrison in the depart¬ 
ment, the commanding officer must be notified. 
This law is accompanied by general instructions which pre¬ 
scribe that the police and the official veterinary surgeon shall 
study the circumstances attending an outbreak of glanders, and 
report the condition of the stables of the present and former 
owners of the sick animal. The attendant of a glandered horse 
or of an animal suspected of the disease, is forbidden to take 
care of other horses, or to sleep in the stable. In the absence 
of the police, the veterinary surgeon is authorized to carry out 
the law. The stalls of glandered horses must have a notice to 
that effect over the door. The public are forbidden to enter the 
stable, and the removal of harness and cleaning utensils is not 
allowed. Special directions are given concerning the removal of 
a glandered horse and the means to he employed in killing him. 
The body is to be boiled till the soft parts fall to pieces, or is to 
be burnt; where this is not practicable, the hide is cut in strips to 
render it worthless and the body must be buried at least 40 inches 
(1 meter) under ground. Where there is suspicion of glanders 
in a stable, the other animals can only be removed and used after 
a special authorization from the police. All harness and stable 
utensils must be disinfected. The stables must be visited by the 
official veterinary surgeon at least every fourteen days ; horses 
* that have been removed from the stables must always be. visited 
at the same periods. The surveillance continues during six 
months. If any of the animals are sold or removed to another 
district, the officials of this latter m,ust be notified. The means 
of disinfection are prescribed by law. When the animals have 
been killed and the disinfection has been completed, or when 
suspected animals have been declared sound by tbe veterinarian 
and no further danger is apprehended, notice is given in the 
official newspapers. 
The law of the Austro-Hungarian Empire dates from Feb. 
29th, 1880. The following are extracts: 
