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Cattle, &c. Contagious Diseases.

to the Person who sues or proceeds for the same, and the other Half shall be applied in manner directed by the last-mentioned Act.

Forfeitures in
Scotland re-

6. Penalties and Forfeitures under the Principal Act and this Penalties and Act, or either of such Acts, or any Order made thereunder, shall, in Scotland, be recovered in manner directed by the Summary Pro- coverable as cedure Act, 1864; and the Term "Justice or Justices" shall under include any Magistrate having Jurisdiction in Scotland under the c. 53. said Act.

27 & 28 Vict.

7. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, Publication of any Order or Regulation made by the Privy Council in pursuance Privy Council Orders by the of the Principal Act and this Act, or either of such Acts, shall be valid. valid if published once in the London Gazette, unless it relates to any particular County, Town, or other Place, in which Case it shall not be valid unless it be also published in some Newspaper circulating in such County, Town, or other Place, or in such other Manner as the Privy Council may direct.

Any Order or Regulation made by a Local Authority shall be published in such Manner as the Privy Council may direct.

The Expense of the local Publication of any Order or Regulation of the Privy Council shall be defrayed by the Local Authority of the Place where any such Order or Regulation is published, and the Expense of publishing any Order or Regulation of a Local Authority shall be defrayed by such Local Authority.

Orders.

8. Any Order or Regulation of the Privy Council made before Evidence of or after the passing of this Act in pursuance of the Principal Act and this Act, or either of such Acts, may be proved by the Production of a Copy of the Gazette containing such Order, or by the Production of a Copy of such Order purporting to be printed by the Printers of Her Majesty. Any Order or Regulation made or issued before or after the passing of this Act by any Local Authority in pursuance of the Principal Act and of this Act, or either of such Acts, or in pursuance of any Order of the Privy Council made under such Acts or either of them, may be proved in any of the Modes herein-after mentioned:

First, by the Production of a Copy of a Newspaper containing a
Copy of such Order or Regulation; or,

Secondly, by the Production of a printed Copy of such Order or
Regulation, purporting to be certified to be a true Copy by
the Clerk of the Peace where the Authority are Justices in
General or Quarter Sessions assembled, or by the Clerk of

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Supply

Stamp Duty

Cattle, &c. Contagious Diseases.

Supply in the Case of Counties in Scotland, or by the Town
Clerk or other Officer performing the Duties of a Town Clerk
in the Case of an Authority having a Town Clerk or other
Officer as aforesaid, or by such other Officer as the said Privy
Council may prescribe:

And any Order or Regulation mentioned in this Section shall, until
the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly made and
issued at the Time at which it bears Date; and in the Case of an
Order declaring a Place to be an "infected Place" by reason of the
Existence therein of any infectious or contagious Disorder amongst
Animals, the Order itself shall be conclusive Evidence of the
Existence of such Disorder.

9. No Stamp Duty shall be payable on, and no Fee or other and Fees not Charge shall be demanded or made for, any Appointment, Certificate, Declaration, or Licence under the Principal Act or this Act, or either of such Acts, or any Order or Regulation made thereunder.

to be paid on Certificates.

Sects. 8 to 16 and 19 to 22 of 11 & 12

Vict. c. 107.

repealed. Power for

Person having Cattle in his Possession to prevent Trespass on his Land.

10. Sections Eight to Sixteen, and Sections Nineteen to Twentytwo, inclusive, of the Principal Act shall be repealed.

11. Where any Person having any Cattle in his Possession or Keeping within the District of any Local Authority wherein the Cattle Plague exists affixes at the Entrance to any Building or enclosed Place in or on which such Cattle are kept a Notice forbidding Persons to enter into or on that Building or Place without his Permission, if any Person not having a Right of Entry or Way into, on, or over that Building or Place enters into, on, or over the same, or any Part thereof, in contravention of the Notice, he shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

CAP. XVI.

Art.

CA P. XVI.

An Act for facilitating the public Exhibition of
Works of Art in certain Exhibitions.

W

[30th April 1866.]

HEREAS the Owners of Works of Art have shown great
Willingness to lend them for public Exhibition:

And whereas it has been proposed to hold Exhibitions of National Portraits by Means of Loans, and to contribute Works of Art now in this Country to the Universal Exhibition at Paris in One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven :

And whereas it is expedient to facilitate the Loan of such Works of Art to the above-mentioned Exhibitions:

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

Owners of

1. The Owner for the Time being of any Work of Art may, Power to without incurring any Responsibility for any consequent Loss or Works of Art Injury, lend such Work to the Lord President for the Time being to lend them to of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, for any Period public Exhinot exceeding Twelve Months, to be exhibited to the Public by him or by his Direction at the above-mentioned Exhibitions.

bitions.

cautions to be

him taken for Prefor servation of

2. It shall be the Duty of the Lord President to take due Due PrePrecautions for the Preservation of all Works of Art lent to in pursuance of this Act, but he shall not be personally liable any Loss or Injury any Article may sustain.

such Works.

"Owner for

3. The Expression "Owner for the Time being" shall include Definition of Trustees of Museums and other Bodies of Persons, whether cor- the Time porate or unincorporate, having in their Possession or under their being." Control Works of Art, on trust for any public Purpose, or for any Artistic or Scientific Society, or possessed thereof on behalf of themselves and their Successors; it shall also include any Tenant for Life or other Person beneficially entitled (otherwise than as Mortgagee) to the Possession or Enjoyment of Works of Art for Life or any other limited Period, and being of full Age.

4. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as "The Art Act, Short Title. 1866."

CAP. XVII.

Cattle Sheds in Burghs (Scotland).

Short Title.

Interpretation of Terms.

Inspection and
licensing of
Cattle Sheds in
Burghs, Scot

land.

CA P. XVII.

An Act to regulate the Inspection of Cattle Sheds,
Cowhouses, and Byres within Burghs and populous
Places in Scotland.
[30th April 1866.]

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HEREAS it is expedient to make more effectual Provision for regulating the Inspection of Cattle Sheds and Cowhouses and Byres within Burghs and populous Places in

Scotland:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Cattle Sheds in Burghs (Scotland) Act, 1866."

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2. The Words "Cattle Sheds," "Cowhouses," and "Byres shall mean and include every House, Building, Shed, Yard, or other enclosed Place or Premises in which Bulls, Cows, Heifers, Oxen, or Calves are kept or intended to be kept.

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Interpretation Section (No. 3) and the Jurisdiction of Magistrates Section (No. 408) of "The Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862,” are hereby incorporated with and shall be taken so as to extend to this Act.

3. The Magistrates of Royal Burghs and also of Parliamentary Burghs in Scotland shall have Power to require, and shall require, all Cattle Sheds and Cowhouses and Byres within their Burghs to be inspected by an Officer appointed by them, and, if found to be suitable for such Purpose, to be licensed by them for the Period of One Year; and the Magistrates shall likewise have Power, from Time to Time, to make Rules and Regulations for the proper sanitary Condition of the same, and to fix and determine in each Licence the Number of Cattle which may be kept in each such Cattle Shed or Cowhouse or Byre; and if any Person shall keep any Cattle within any Burgh without such Inspection and Licence, or shall violate any of the Conditions of such Licence, or of any of

the

Cattle Sheds in Burghs (Scotland).

the Rules and Regulations made by the Magistrates, he shall, on Conviction before any Two of them, be subjected to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for each such Offence, and a like Penalty for every Day after the Conviction for such Offence upon which such Offence is continued.

4. In the Case of Burghs (other than Royal and Parliamentary Inspection of Burghs) and populous Places in Scotland which have adopted the Cattle Sheds in populous Places whole or Portions of "The Police and Improvement (Scotland) in Scotland. Act, 1862," or previously to the passing of the said Act of 1862 had adopted the whole or any Parts of "The Police of Towns (Scotland) Act, 1850," the Commissioners under the said Acts shall have Power to require, and shall require, all Cattle Sheds and Cowhouses and Byres within such Burghs or populous Places to be inspected by an Officer appointed by them, and, if found to be suitable for such Purpose, to be licensed by them for the Period of One Year; and the Commissioners shall likewise have Power, from Time to Time, to make Rules and Regulations for the proper sanitary Condition of the same, and to fix and determine in each Licence the Number of Cattle which may be kept in each such Cattle Shed or Cowhouse or Byre; and if any Person shall keep any Cattle within any Burgh or populous Place without such Inspection and Licence, or shall violate any of the Conditions of such Licence, or any of the Rules and Regulations made by the Commissioners, he shall, on Conviction before the Magistrates, be subjected to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for each such Offence, and a like Penalty for every Day after the Conviction for such Offence upon which such Offence is continued.

and Cowhouses

addition to

5. The Magistrates before whom any Person is convicted of Licence for Nonobservance of any of the Regulations made by virtue of this Cattle Sheds Act may, as often as they shall see Cause, give Notice in Writing may be susrequiring the Owner or Occupier of such Cattle Shed, Cowhouse, pended in or Byre to make such sanitary Improvements in the same as they Penalty shall direct, within a Period of One Month from the Date of such imposed. written Notice; and in any Case of Noncompliance with or Disobedience to such Notice, may, in addition to the Penalty imposed on such Person under the Authority of this Act, suspend, for any Period not exceeding One Month, the Licence granted to such Person under this Act; and such Magistrates may, upon the Conviction of any Person for a Second or other subsequent like Offence, in addition to the Penalty imposed under the Authority of this Act, declare the Licence granted under this Act revoked;

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