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(2.) The scrapings and sweepings of the apparatus, and all dung, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and be effectually removed from contact with horses, asses, or mules. Trucks, &c. 23. (1.) A railway-truck, if used for horses, asses, or mules on a railway, shall, on every occasion after a horse, ass, or mule is taken out of it, and before any other horse, ass, or mule, or any fodder or litter, or anything intended to be used for or about horses, asses, or mules is placed in it, be cleansed and disinfected as follows :— (i.) The floor of the truck, and all other parts thereof with which any such animal or its droppings have come in contact shall be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; then (ii.) The same parts of the truck shall be thoroughly washed or scrubbed or scoured with water ; and then have applied to them a coating of lime-wash, or be otherwise disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. (2.) The scrapings and sweepings of the truck, and all dung, sawdust, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and be effectually removed from contact with horses, asses, or mules. Horse-boxes, Guards' Vans, &c. 24. (1.) A horse-box or other railway-vehicle (not being a railway-truck), if used for horses, asses, or mules on a railway, shall, on every occasion after the animal is taken out of it, and before any other horse, ass, or mule is placed in it, be cleansed and disinfected as follows: — (i.) The floor of the vehicle, and all other parts thereof with which the droppings of the animal have come in contact, shall be scraped and swept, and the scrapings and sweepings, and all dung, sawdust, fodder, litter, and other matter shall be effectually removed therefrom ; and (ii.) The sides of the vehicle, and all other parts thereof with which the head or any discharge from the mouth or nostrils of the animal has come in contact, and any halter or headstall used for the animal, shall be thoroughly washed with water by means of a sponge, brush, or other instrument, and then as far as practicable be disinfected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. (2.) The scrapings and sweepings of the vehicle, and all dung, sawdust, fodder, litter, and other matter removed therefrom shall forthwith be well mixed with quicklime, and be effectually removed from contact with horses, asses, or mules. Disinfection prescribed in Specified Cases. 25. The prescribed manner of disinfection to be adopted in the case of any place or thing or part of a place or thing required to be disinfected under this order is as follows : — The place or thing, or the part thereof, required to be disinfected shall be thoroughly coated or washed with — (a.) A 1-per-cent. (minimum) solution of chloride of lime containing not lesss than 30 per cent. of available chlorine ; or (b.) A 4-per-cent. (minimum) solution of carbolic acid (containing not less than 95 per cent. of actual carbolic acid), followed by a thorough sprinkling with lime-wash ; or (c.) A disinfectant equal in disinfective efficiency to the above-mentioned solution ot carbolic acid, followed by a thorough sprinkling with lime-wash. CHAPTER V.^-GENERAL. Digging-up of Carcases. 26. It shall not be lawful for any person, except with the license of the Board or permission in writing of an Inspector of the Board, to dig up, or cause to be dug up, the carcase of any horse, ass, or mule that has been buried. Expenses of Burial of Carcases of Horses, dec, washed ashore. 27. Section 46 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, which relates to expenses of burial of certain carcases washed ashore, shall apply to any carcase of a horse, ass, or mule washed ashore. Local Authority to enforce Order. 28. The provisions of this order, except where it is otherwise provided, shall be executed and enforced by the local authority of each district in Great Britain. Extension of certain Sections of Diseases of Animals Act, 1894. 29. Horses, asses, and mules shall be animals for the purposes of the following sections of the Act of 1894, namely : Section 32 (Provision of wharves, stations, lairs, &c.) ; section 43 (police) ; section 44 (general administrative provisions) ; section 56 (proceedings under Customs Acts for unlawful landing or shipping) ; and also for the purposes of all other sections of the said Act containing provisions relative to or consequent on the provisions of those sections and this order, including such sections as relate to offences and legal proceedings. Crown not bound by the Order. 30. This order does not bind the Crown.