✨ Regulations for Diseased Cattle
conveniently can, to proceed to, and
enter into and upon the place,
whether enclosed or otherwise, where
such cattle are, or are supposed by
him to be, and by inspecting such
Cattle, or in any other manner shall
satisfy himself whether such Cattle,
or any of them, are infected, or may
be reasonably suspected to be infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, or
whether the same are free from Pleuro-pneumonia.
II.—If any such Inspector shall be satisfied that such Cattle or any of them,
are actually infected with Pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give
to the owner, or the person having
the custody, charge, or possession of
the said Cattle, notice of which of the
said Cattle he deems actually infected with such disease; and such
owner, or person aforesaid, shall,
within twenty-four hours after such
notice, destroy the Cattle so deemed
infected, and shall forthwith bury,
four feet under ground or burn the
carcases of the Cattle so destroyed;
and if the owner or person having the
custody or possession of the Cattle
deemed by the Inspector to be infected cannot readily be found, or if
such owner or person neglect to destroy the Cattle deemed to be infected after the receipt of the notice
aforesaid, any Inspector for the said
Infected Districts may seize and destroy, or cause to be seized and destroyed, such Cattle, so deemed infected.
III.—If any owner of Cattle, or person
having the custody or charge of
Cattle, shall, after having received
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 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 carcases 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 carcase
which he shall neglect or refuse to bury
or burn.
V.—If any Inspector appointed as aforesaid shall suspect that any Cattle
within any of the said Infected Districts 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 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 Districts, 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 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, and
drive or cause to be driven the said
Cattle to the place and by the roads
and route mentioned and fixed in the
said notice.
VI.—The Inspectors of Diseased Cattle
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 Districts,
notices that the said Infected Districts
have 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
out from any of the said Infected Districts, such person shall be liable to a
penalty of fifty pounds for every such head
of Cattle so driven out or removed from
any of the said Infected Districts; and if
any cattle stray out or from any of the
said Infected Districts into a district
not proclaimed to be infected, the
owner or person having the care or possession of such Cattle shall be liable to
a penalty of Ten Pounds 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 carcase
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Regulations for Destruction of Diseased Cattle
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources3 February 1869
Diseased Cattle, Regulations, Proclamation, Canterbury, Pleuro-pneumonia
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1869, No 4