CATTLE PLAGUE.
ALTERATIONS OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
BY virtue of the authority given to the Justices under the orders of the Privy Council, dated on the 11th day of August, and on the 26th day of August, and on the 22d day of September, 1865, they have appointed the following Persons to be INSPECTORS OF CATTLE in the respective Petty Sessional Divisions:—
| Andover Division | Mr. Robert Gates, V.S. Andover |
| Basingstoke Division | Mr. Chas. Colebrook, V.S. Basingstoke |
| Fareham Division | Mr. Irish, V.S. Titchfield |
| Lymington & New Forest Division | Mr. Barford, V.S. Southampton |
| Odiham Division | Mr. McCutchan, V.S. Farnham |
| Petersfield Division | Mr. Stephen Evershead, V.S. Godalming |
| Ringwood Division | Mr. M. Andrews, V.S. Fordingbridge Mr. W. M. Clarke, V.S. Christchurch Supt. Stephenson, Hants Constabulary, Rigwood Sergeant White, ditto, Christchurch Sergeant Higginson, do. Fordingbridge Sergeant Cole, ditto, Bournemouth |
| Romsey Division | Mr. Maynard, V.S. Romsey |
| Southampton Division | Mr. Barford, V.S. Southampton |
| Winchester Division | Mr. Redford, V.S. Winchester Supt. Everitt, Hants Constabulary, Winchester Sergeant Bennett, ditto, Alresford |
| Isle of Wight | Mr. Wheeler, V.S. Rookley, I.W. |
Powers of the Inspectors.
- Every Inspector shall have power to enter upon and inspect any premises or place in which any animal or animals may be found within the district for which he is appointed, and tomexamine and inspect, whenever and wherever he may deem it necessary, any animal within such district.
- Every Inspector shall have power within his district to seize and slaughter, or cause to be seized and slaughtered, and to be buried, as hereinafter directed, in any convenient place, any animal labouring under the said disorder.
- Every Inspector shall have power within his district to cause to be cleansed and disinfected in any manner which he may think proper any premises in which animals labouring under the said disorder have been, or may be, and to cause to be disinfected, and if necessary destroyed, any fodder, manure, or refuse matter which he may deem likely to propagate the said disorder. And every owner or occupier of such premises shall obey any order given by such inspector for that purpose.
- Every Inspector shall have power within his district to direct that any animal which he suspects to be labouring under the said disorder shall be kept separate from animals free from the said disorder. And every person having in his possession or under his custody such animal shall obey any order by such inspector for that purpose.
All Persons are bound under the orders of the Privy Council, as follows:—
- Every person having in his possession, or under his custody, any animal labouring under the said disorder, shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Inspector of the district within which such person resides, or, if no inspector shall have been appointed for the district within which such person resides, then to the clerk of the justices acting in and for the petty sessional division.
- Every person having in his possession or under his custody any animal labouring under the said disorder shall, as far as practicable, keep such animal separate from all other animals, and shall not, if the animal be within a district for which an Inspector has been appointed, remove the same from his land or premises without the license of the inspector.
- No person shall send or bring to any fair or market, or expose for sale, or send or carry by any Railway, or by any ship or vessel coastwise, or place upon, or drive along any highway or the sides thereof, any animal labouring under the said disorder.
- No person in any district for which an Inspector has been appointed shall, without the licence of the Inspector, send, or bring to or from market, or remove from his land or premises, any animal which has been in the same shed or stable, or has been in the same herd or flock, or has been in contact with any animal labouring under the said disorder.
- No person shall place or keep any animal labouring under the said disorder in any common or unenclosed land, or, if the animal be in a district for which an inspector has been appointed, in any field or pasture where, in the judgement of the inspector, such animal may be likely to propagate the said disorder.
- All animals having died of the said disorder, or having been slaughtered on account thereof, shall be buried with their skins, and with a sufficient quantity of quick lime, or other disinfectant, as soon as practicable, and shall be covered with at least five feet of earth, or shall, in districts for which an Inspector has been appointed, with the consent of the owner, be otherwise disposed of in manner directed by the Inspector.
The word ‟Animal” is to mean any Cow, Heifer, Bull, Bullock, Ox, Calf, Sheep, Lamb, Goat, or Pig.
PENALTIES.—Every person offending against the orders is liable for every offence to a penalty of £20; every person obstructing an Inspector in the execution of his duty is liable to a penalty of £5.
J. H. FORREST, Chief Constable of Hants.
Chief Constable’s Office,
West-hill, Winchester, Sept. 28, 1865.