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such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to destroy the same, or any of them, within twenty-four hours after such notice, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a fine or penalty of Fifty Pounds for every head of Cattle which he shall have neglected or refused to destroy.

IV.—If any owner of Cattle which any such Inspector as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any person having the custody, care, or possession of any such Cattle, shall, after the same, or any of them, have been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses thereof, within twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every carcass which he shall neglect or refuse to bury or burn.

V. If any Inspector appointed under these regulations, or otherwise under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865," shall suspect that any Cattle within the said Infected District are infected with pleuro-pneumonia, but shall not be satisfied that such Cattle are actually infected, he may, if he thinks fit, give to the owner, or the person having custody, charge, or possession of such Cattle, notice in writing of what Cattle he suspects to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, and shall, in and by such notice, order and require such owner or person having the custody, charge, or possession of such cattle to drive, or cause to be driven, the cattle mentioned in the said notice to such place within the said Infected District as such Inspector shall think fit, and such Inspector may, in and by such notice, direct and fix by what roads and route the said Cattle shall be driven; and if any person being the owner of any Cattle, or having in his custody, care, or possession any cattle within the said Infected District shall, after the expiration of forty-eight hours after such last-mentioned notice has been served on him, or left at his usual place of business or residence, neglect or refuse to obey such order, or shall neglect or refuse to drive, or cause to be driven, the Cattle mentioned in the said notice to the place and by the roads and route directed and fixed on by the said notice, such person shall be liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds for every head of Cattle included in such last-mentioned notice; and after the expiration of the said period of forty-eight hours, it shall be lawful for any such Inspector, if such owner or person as aforesaid shall neglect or refuse to obey such order, to seize and take into his possession the Cattle included in such notice.

VI.—The Inspectors of Diseased Cattle under these regulations, and under the said Acts, shall forthwith cause to be publicly posted or exhibited at and about all the main thoroughfares leading into the said Infected District notices that the said Infected District has been proclaimed and declared infected.

VII.—If any person shall drive or remove, or cause to be driven or removed, or assist in driving or removing any Cattle or any carcass or carcasses or any portion of any carcass or carcasses of any Cattle out from the said Infected District, such person shall be liable to a fine of Fifty Pounds for every such head of Cattle or carcass so driven out, or removed from the said Infected District; and if any Cattle stray out of or from the said Infected District, the owner or person having the care or possession of such Cattle, shall be liable to a fine of One Pound for every head of Cattle which shall have so strayed out of such District.

VIII.—It shall be lawful for any Inspector appointed as aforesaid, or any Police Constable having any reasonable grounds to suspect that any cattle or any carcass or carcasses or any portion of any carcass or carcasses of any Cattle are about to be driven or removed out from the said Infected District, to seize the same and take charge thereof until he shall be satisfied that no attempt will be made to drive such Cattle out from the said Infected District; and it shall be lawful for any Inspector of the said District, or any Police Constable, to seize any Cattle that have strayed or been driven out of or from the said Infected District, and to take charge of the same, and to drive or cause to be driven back into the District from which they had been driven; and if such Inspector or Constable shall deem it expedient so to do, to keep the said Cattle under his control until the owner, or the person having the right to the possession thereof, shall be found or made known to him.

IX.—In case any person shall wilfully impede or obstruct any Inspector or Police Constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every person so offending may be taken before two Justices of the Peace and shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds.

X.—No Cattle shall be slaughtered for the purpose of sale or use within the Infected District, except the same