The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-28 00:00:00

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The Camelia!, called attention to the Order of the
4th August, "That no cattle shall be depaetured in or
upon, or rcisovedfrou. Lel common or waste within the
local jurisdiction of the county, without a permit
signed by a justice of the pesos of the divisioc
from which such tattle may be tent or removed,
and unless suela cattle shall be marked and regis-
tered by a eattla in/rector." The diffieultite
which arose an consequence of this order were immense,
and such as he was sure the Court would not wish to
perpetuate • moment longer than could be avoided.
For instance, in some parts of the moldy cattle were
deputured round about the abodes of the people to
whom they bilooged, and same home of themselves to
be milked, and then returned, just as he recollected
seeing them do in Newcastle. The cottages of these
people were ahnoet upon parts of the oommon. But,
the stringency of the sticking order das such that •
permit must be obtained every time the cows went Co
and from the common The cattle now upon the com-
mons had been there ever since Lady-day or about that
time, and were known to be free from the cattle plague,
so there would be no d in their coming home to be
milked and returning there again. What they wanted
to guard against was the admittance of strange cattle to
their 0011101 one owning from all parts of the country,
and he suggested Huai the order should be amended by
omitting the words "or removed from."
HUIRRI said there was a large field in the parish
where he lived belonging to different proprietors, each
of whom hail a right to put into it • certain number of
beasts according to the acreage be rented. When the
time came for depasturing ho was asked whether
permits were required to take their tattle to or remove
them front the common, and he said he did not know,
but would endeavour to ascertain, and be was advised
that such • field was a common within the tneacing
of the order. It was a considerable distance from the
male road, and situate at the end of a lane. There
were now about 90 howl of stork there, and pentane
who emit cattle from the fields 100 yards off had to get
Permits, which created great difficulties. As to mark-
ing, be thought that if the Inspectors had to go about
to the different armnions and farm houses to mark
beasts, the whole of their time would be so occupied,
and they could not possibly attend to their duties as
police superintendents.
The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt but that a field
fed as Mr. Hussey described was in point of fact a
common, and must be treated as such. The difficulties
attaching to it through the Order were similar to those
attending de; eaturinj on the one be spots of; the people
were put to • great deal of inconvenience for no real
good.
HOIMINT There are four similar fields in the
pariah of Stureninster, and before I loft this morning, I
signed 11 permits to move beasts about 300 yards. In
about a fortnight it will he necessary to move the whole
t f thorn again.
The CMAIIIMAN said he did not think the Conti had
any power to make a retrospective order, but it was
quite eomputent for them to order that cattle should
not be admitted to a women without • license, and
anything they pleased besides—marking, if they thought
there was any safety in it; bct it would be as well to
hear what the Chief Constable said.
Mr. HUSIIIT : If the cattle are to be marked JOU
must supply the Inspectors with markers.
The CHM OUNSTABLN said he had given to each
superintendent • mashies iron, for them to brand cattle
on the near fete toot. The division of Winaborne had more
asosmon land la it than any oilier, and Superintendent
Hayntou informed him there would he no difficulty in
marking cattle as they went into commons, and, there-
fore be did not anticipate there would be much trouble
in doing it in other divisioes.
Mr. LITTLIMALSO thosibt a change in the order very
undesirable, and asked if the present difficulty could
not be met by marking the cattle am they cams off the

The Castling said it a permit Wllll required when
animals were sent in ootamons, they were swam against
the herd deputurod there beamming infected.
Mr. WILLIAMS said the inconvenience that would be

ousaioned to persons living near commons and da—pa;
boring their stock upon them was mentioned at the time
the order was made. but it wee felt they could make no
exceptions.
The Rev. C. W. Bucciitui mid Fordington field was
ailed in Illustration.
Mr. Urrusuuns said he considered commons were
just the plues wheni the disease wu most likely bob.
perpetuated. and thought moms ierolations should be en-
forced as to the removal of stook from them.

The cumamax remioded him that the cattle could
not be taken from. say filtillingstone pariah toStourpaine
without • Inane., but under the existing order • permit
was required to take a beset from the cioninion to a
field 1011 yards off..

Mr. Hi;serf mkt thst of the 20 beasts he spoke of.
not toots than 20 belonged to persons living out of the

r—Tbe opinion of the Court as to the prroz sal to amend
the listing order by leaving out the wo "or removed
from wee then taken, when three only diseented,_vir,
Mr. M. Williams, Mr. B. Littlebalee, and Mr. W. P.
Abodes. The amended order is to take ascii from this
day.
be CII/LIINLI maid the second clause In their order
of the 4th of Anent was "that all rattle devastated
in or upon any commas at the time of this order seining
into forov, shall be marked and registered." The Court
overlooked the fact that they had no power to enforce
such a regulation. Their security too, would be gained,
by marking all cattle brought upon a common. Unless
the Coate saw any reams to doubt his law on the sub-
ject, be would ask them to agree to rescind that order,
which was sot only impracticable but positively Ukiah
It was resolved to remind that
Mr. LITTLZHALIS said the regulation. as wantons
ought to bare been made three months before they were.
The CHAIRMAN said it was DM dose purposely. There
was no cattle plague in the county, and nothing to
j edify the court imposing rostriakioas which would
came a great dial of trouble to a umber of people. It
would not have been moved now, but for the bars a
Mr. Kinderaley concerning the Puddletown distrisit, or
as It wee now called "the Liver dieteLl."