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as to him shall seem fit for destroying all cattle which may be infected as aforesaid, wherever such cattle may be found, and without giving such notice as aforesaid, and to take the necessary steps for burying or burning the carcasses of any such cattle whenever they may be so destroyed.
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It shall be lawful for any such Inspector as aforesaid to kill or cause to be killed any cattle which he may have reason to suspect are infected as aforesaid.
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It shall be lawful for any such Inspector to inspect all or any public Slaughter Houses or other places where cattle are or may be slaughtered, for the purpose of examining the carcasses of cattle there slaughtered; and if it shall appear to such Inspector that any carcasses are the carcasses of cattle infected as aforesaid, he shall cause such carcasses to be forthwith burned or buried.
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No person in the District of Auckland, proclaimed as aforesaid, shall permit or suffer the carcasses of any cattle infected or otherwise, to remain unburied or unburned on his premises, or on any land in his occupation for a longer period than 12 hours, and any person offending against this Regulation shall forfeit and pay any penalty not exceeding £50: Provided that this Regulation shall not extend to cases of cattle slaughtered for the purposes of human food.
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Any person who shall wilfully obstruct, impede, or interfere with any Inspector in the lawful discharge of his duty, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £200.
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All Regulations heretofore made in pursuance of the aforesaid power are hereby rescinded, and the Regulations hereby proclaimed shall continue in force until further notice.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, this twentieth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
ROBERT GRAHAM,
Superintendent.
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Auckland, by ROBT. J. CREIGHTON and ALFRED SCALES, O’Connell Street, Printers for the time being to the Provincial Government.
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1864, No 24
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Proclamation of Auckland as an Infected District
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Diseased Cattle, Infected District, Regulations, Auckland
- Robert Graham, Superintendent