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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 108, 20 April 1863, Page 3

SHEEP AND SCAB ACT, AS AMENDED AND PASSED BY THE COUNCIL. AN ACT to repeal the various Acts relating to Sheep , and the disease in Sheep called Scab, and to make other provision in behalf of the same. ~W"HEREAS it is expedient to provide for certain matters relating to Sheep, and also to make oilier and future provision to prevent the spread of the disease called Scab. , Be it therefore Exacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, by and with the consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows : 1. From and after the passing of this Act, the Acts of the Provincial Council of Wellington, hereinafter described. Viz., Sess. 1, No. 20, intituled “Scab and Catarrh” Sess. 3, No. 10, intituled “An Act to amend the Scab and Catarrh Act,” Sess. 1, No. 20, and Sess. 4, No. 8, intituled “An Act to define the duties of Inspectors of Sheep, and to amend the Laws relating to Sheep,” are hereby wholly and entirely repealed. 2. The Superintendent may appoint such number of Inspectors of Sheep, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act as he may think fit, and assign them to such Districts as he may deem proper. 3. The Superintendent may appoint some fit person or persons to be Registrars of Brands, and, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, make Rules and Regulations for the management of such Registration Offices, and to fix a scale of fees which shall he payable to such Registrars; and all such Rules and Regulations, and tables of fees, shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall thereupon be binding upon all persons whom they may concern, and shall have the force of Law. 4. Every person owning or having the charge of any Sheep, shall in the month of May, in every year, deliver in writing to the Inspector of the District in which such Sheep shall be depasturing, a return of the number of Slice]) above six months old owned by him, or under his charge, specifying the different ear marks, or other indelible marks there may be on such sheep or lambs at the time of making such return, and shall append thereto a declaration that such return is true to the best of his knowledge and belief.—Every person making a false declaration shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Sheep to enter upon a book'to be kept by him for that purpose, a correct copy of every such return, and the date on which it is furnished, showing the number of Sheep registered by each separate flock owner, and the respective numbers marked with each different ear mark and indelible brand. —Such registry book to be open at all seasonable hours to the inspection of any person applying to examine the same. 5. Every person driving Sheep shall, twelve hours at least before entry upon any station, give notice to the owner or person in charge thereof, that it is his intention to drive Sheep upon or through his station, and failing to so drive on or through the station within twenty-four nours after the notice, such notice shall be void and a fresh notice given ; and every person neglecting to give such notice before driving Sheep upon a station shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £lo—such notice to be given either personally to the owner or person in charge of any such station, or left in writing at the Homestead thereof. G. Every owner or person in charge of any Sheep Station shall muster his flock or flocks twice during the year, viz., before his shearing the said flock or flocks, at docking time, and on such occasions as Sheep may be drafted for the purpose of sale, or removal from any one Station to any other, and he shall in each instance give at least forty-eight hours’ notice before yarding the same, to the owners or persons in charge of all the adjoining Stations, and to all or any other flock owner not so adjoining, but who, he may have reason to believe may have sheep in his flock, of his intention so to yard his Sheep, and every person neglecting to give such notice to any such flock owner, before so yarding his Sheep shall forfeit and pay a sura not exceeding £25, —such notice to be given either personally to the owner or person in charge of any such Station, or left in writing at the homestation thereof. 7. If any person, in ear marking any Sheep or Lambs, shall remove more than one third of the ear of any such Sheep or Lambs he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO. ° 8. Every person owning or having the charge of any Sheep, shall within six months from the day of publication of the Governor’s assent to this Act, register at the office of the Registrar of Brands for the district in which such Sheep may be depasturing, a correct copy or description of the ear mark or firebrand he intends to use, and such ear mark or fire- ■ brand mark shall be prima facie, evidence of the ownership of such Sheep. 9. After any person shall have so registered an ear mark or firebrand, it shall not be lawful for any other person to mark or brand any Sheep or Lambs with an ear mark or brand of the same description or mark; and any person offending against the provisions of this clause shall be liable to a penalty of not less than £5 for each offence. 10. If any person shall firebrand or ear mark any Sheep or Lambs, or shall deface or efface any such brand or ear marks upon any Sheep or Lambs without the authority of the owner thereof, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO for each offence. 11. Every person owning or having the charge of any Sheep, shall in the month of August in every year, pay to the Inspector of the District in which such Sheep shall be depasturing, or other person authorized to receive the same, the sum of one farthing per head for all Sheep over the age of six months, so owned by him or under his charge in accordance with the return made by him in the preceding month of May.—lf any such sum be not paid in the month of September, the same shall be recoverable "by the Inspector of