The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

The following Order in Council relating to the
Cattle Disease was transmitted to us for publication
last night :
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 22d day of
September, 1865. By the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Duke
of Somerset, Earl of Clarendon, Earl De Grey and Ripon,
Mr. Secretary Cardwell, and Mr. 11. IL A. Bruce. Whereas
by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and
twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, chapter one
hundred and seven, intituled " An act to prevent until the
Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next
session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or in-
fectious disorders amongst sheep, cattle, and other ani-
mals," and which has since from time to time continued by
divers subsequent acts, and _lastly by an act passed in the
session of the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth years of
the reign of her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and
nineteen, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy
Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time, to
make such orders and regulations as to them may seen:,
necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the
removal to or from such parts or places as they may desig_
nato in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine,
or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or
other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or
other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the
purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other
place, or any waggons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles ;
and also for the purpose of directing how any animals
dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals,
or other things seized under the provisions of the said act
are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing
notices to be given of the appearance of any disorder among
sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders
or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provi-
sions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any
such orders or .regulations ; and that all provisions for any
of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders con-
tained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had
been inserted in the said act ; and that all persons offending
against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller
sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy
Connell may in any case by such order direct :
And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder now pre-
vails among the cattle of Great Britain, which is generally
chisignated the "cattle plague," and may be recognised by
the following symptoms :
" Great depression of the vital powers, frequent shivering,
staggering gait, cold extremities, quick and short breathing,
drooping head, reddened eyes, with a discharge from them,
and also from the nostrils, of a mucous nature, raw looking
plaees on the inner side of the lips and roof of the mouth,
diarrhcea or dysenteric purging."
And whereas several orders, dated respectively the 24th
July, the 11th, 18th, and 26th of August, 1865, have been
made under the authority of the said acts by the Lords of
her Majesty's Privy Council, with a view to check the
spreading:of the said disorder.
And whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend
the said orders :

New, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council
do hereby, by virtue of, and in exercise of the powers given
by the said act, so continued as aforesaid, order as follows
1. This order shall extend to all parts of Great Britain.
2. The said orders dated respectively the 24th July, the
11th, 18th, and 26th August, 1865, are revoked, with the
exception of so much of the said order of the 24th of July,
1865, as empowers the clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council
to appoint inspectors within the limits of the metropolitan
police district, provided that such revocation shall not affect
any appointment made, or any act done, or penalty reco-
verable, under any order hereby revoked.
3. In this order the word "animal" shall mean any cow,
heifer, bull, bullock, ox, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, or swine ;
and the word " inspector" shall include any inspector ap-
pointed under this order, or under any of the said revoked
orders.

4. Whenever the local authority, as hereinafter declined,
shall be satisfied of the existence of the said disorder in, or
have reason to apprehend its approach to, the district over
which his or their jurisdiction extends, it shall be lawful for
Such local authority, if he or they shall think fit, from time
to time to appoint one or more veterinary surgeon or sur-
geons, or other duly qualified person or persons, to be an in-
spector or inspectors, for the purpose of carrying into effect
the rules and regulations made by this order, within the dis-
trict for which he or they shall have been appointed, And
the same authority may, from time to time, revoke such
appointment.
5. Subject to the powers herein reserved to the clerk of
her Majesty's Privy Connell, the local authority within the
city of London, and the liberties thereof, shall be the Lord
Mayor; in any municipal borough in England or Wales, the
mayor; in any petty sessional division in England or Wales
(exclusive as far as relates to the jurisdiction of the inspec-
tor of so much of the said division as lies within the limits
of a municipal borough for which the inspector has been
appointed), the justices acting in and for such petty ses-
sional division. The local authority in any burgh or town
in Scotland which is subject to the jurisdiction of a provost
or other principal magistrate, shall be the provost or such
principal magistrate ; and, in any other place in Scotland
not within the jurisdiction of such provost or other prin-
cipal magistrate, the justices of the county in sessions as-
sembled.
G. Every inspector shall from time to time report to the
local authority by which he is appointed the steps taken by
him for carrying into effect the regulations prescribed by
this order; and the local authority shall certify, in such
manner as may be directed by one of her Majesty's principal
Secretaries of State, the number of days that such inspector
has actually been engaged in the performance of his duty,
and the number of miles travelled by him while thus
engaged.
7. Every inspector shall furnish the Lords of the Council
with such information in regard to the said disorder as their
lordships may from time to time require.

8. Every person having in his possession, or wider his cus-
tody, any animal labouring-under the said disorder, i3hall
forthwith give notice thereof to the inspector of /he district