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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5273, 6 January 1879, Page 3

"THE SHEEP ACT, 1878." Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 12th December, 1878. fTIHE following sections of " The Sheep _L Act, 1875," which will come into operation on Ist January, 1879, are hereby published for general information. 6. S. Whitmore, Colonial Secretary. Inspectors of Sheep. Section 15. It shall be lawful for any Inspector, when it shall appear to him t© be necessary for the purpose of enabling him to decide satisfactorily upon the condition of any sheep, to call upon the owner of such sheep to make a declaration in the form or to the effect specified in Schedule B to this Act ; and if any such owner shall refuse or .neglect to make such declaration when so called upon, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds nor exceeding fifty Impounds; and if any person shall make any ™ such declaration, knowing the same to be false, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, or to be imprisoned for any • term not exceeding six calendar months. SCHEDULE B. Declaration to be made as to Jsheep Examined by Inspector. I, , of , do hereby solemnly declare that [I have made to the best of my belief a complete muster of all the sheep in my charge, and that*] my sheep marked \ being in number, now being *t , have not within three months Aradergone any dipping or dressing within JKhivSaning of " The Sheep Act, 1878," nor /within three months been mixed with any *infected sheep, nor depastured on any run, nor placed in any yard, enclosure, carriage, or truck in which there were any infected sheep, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously "Believing the same to be true. A.B. Declared before ©c, at , this day of ' ,18 V J CD., Inspector of Sheep [or J.P.] * May be omitted when not required by the Inspector. Bate upon Sheep. Section 21. Every owner of sheep shall, between the first and thirtieth day of June ■ in every year, deliver or cause to be deJiyered to the Chief Inspector a written return, in the form provided in Schedule A, of the number of sheep and lambs of each sex exceeding three months old owned by him on the thirty-first day of May preceding, specifying in such return the ear-marks and brands upon such sheep. Every person refusing or neglecting to deliver or cause to be delivered such return as aforesaid shall be liable to. a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, The Chief Inspector shall, in the month - of July in every year, transmit to the Colonial Treasurer a statement, compiled from ♦ the returns furnished in pursuance of this section, of the whole number of sheep and i lambs within his district. SCHEDULE A. of Sheep Depasturing on Station, Bun, or Farm, on 31st . May, 18 . Sex. Nos. I 5" 3 . a * ft 4 * Total. A a I* 1 I JLjLiL-iLi Merino Longwool Cross-bred I hereby certify the above to be a true and correct return. A.B. - Date, Possession of Infected Siieep. Section 33. If, upon the complaint of an or any sheepowner in the district, S; shall be established to the satisfaction of Magistrate having jurisdiction in jjhe district that any sheepowner, whose su^pr any of them are infected, has failed to^Ean such Bheep within reasonable time, or is not taking due means to ensure their being cleaned, then it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to authorise the Inspector to enter into possession of such sheep, and to trke such steps as may be necessary to clean the same : And any expenses thereby incurred by the Inspector may be recovered. ' from the owner of such sheep in any Court of competent jurisdiction. For the purpose -of the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, such Inspector may enter upon the run and premises upon which such sheep are kept, with such assistance as he may require, and any owner or occupier who _ shall obstruct any Inspector in the discharge / of, or neglect to afford all reasonable facilities for the discharge of, such duty shall, for every day during which he shall bo offend, be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty f pounds. Such Inspector shall not be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to sach owner by any act? of such Inspector, unless such damage shall be occasioned by his wilful neglect or default. Removal of Sheep from one District to Another. Section 40. It shall not be lawful for any person to introduce by land any sheep from a clean district into any other district, or from an infected district into an infected district, unless he shall hold a clean certificate for auch sheep, and unless he shall have given to the Inspector of the district into which they are to be introduced at least seven days' previous notice of his intention so to introduce them, stating in such notice the number of such sheep, and the point at which and the day on which it is intended they shall cross the boundary of the district. Every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten pounds, or exceeding one hundred pounds. MISC BLLANEOUS. Section 57. Every occupier of any run exceeding five hundred acres in extent and not subutantially fenced, who shall muster his flock or flocks for either of the purposes of dipping or dressing, or cutting and tailing, or ear-marking, or shearing, or removal from the run, shall, twenty-four hours at least before yarding the same, give personal notice to the occupiers of all the adjoining runs of his intention so to yard his sheep, f Section 68. If any Inspector shall be satteV ' fied that any sheep in a district are infected 1 with lice he shall take such steps in the I matter as to him shall seem best for the < cleansing of such sheep, for which purpose r he shall, and may, if the Bheepowner neglects to cleanse his sheep, exercise all the powers granted to him by this Act, as if the said sheep were infected with scab, and shall have power to declare them infected sheep ; and all sheepowners and other persons shall, if the Inspector shall have declared the sheep to be infected sheep, be liable, in respect of sheep infected with lice, in the same manner as if such sheep were infected with scab. \ 288