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close up to the boundary, and the neighbour's cattle reach and eat their leaves, and are thereby injured, the owner of the trees is under no liability for the injury, unless he is under an obligation to maintain the fence between the properties (r/). Nor does the mere fact that clippings from trees have been placed on a neighbour's land, and have thereby injured the neighbour's cattle, constitute a cause of action against the owner of the trees as such, if the clippings were not placed there by himself or his servants (/i)

Part

IX.

— Board

of Agriculture

Sect. 18.

Trees,

and

Fisheries. 658. The Board of Agriculture was established in 1889 (i) Its title was changed to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1903 (k), when the powers and duties of the Board of Trade relating to fisheries were transferred to it. The Board consists of the Lord .

Constitution,

President of the Council, the principal Secretaries of State, the Commissioner of the Treasury, the Chancellors of the Exchequer and the Duchy of Lancaster, the Secretary for Scotland, and such other persons as His Majesty may appoint. His Majesty may appoint any member of the Privy Council to be President of the Board (l) and the holder of that office is not rendered incapable of being elected to and sitting in Parliament (m). The Board may not act unless the President or one of the officers of State above mentioned is present (n) Pirst



659. There are transferred to the Board (o) (1) the powers and Powers, duties of the Privy Council under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts (p) and the Destructive Insects Act, 1877 (q) (2) the powers and duties of the Land Commissioners for England under all Acts relating

to Allotments

ment

of

(?•),

Land

Eent-charge {g)

{h) (V)

[k) (/)

(m)

Ponting Wilson

(d),

(t),

Drainage and Improve-

Inclosure {b), Metropolitan Holdings (e), Agricultural

Commons

Ihi'd.,

(c),

Tithe

Conveyancing

Noahes, [1894] 2 Q. B. 281. L. E. 7 Q. B. 31. Board of Agriculture Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30), s. 1. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, Board of Agriculture Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30), s. 1

Ihid., (o) Ihid., (n)

Commons (s), Copyhold

(a),

(/),

v.

V. Neivherrtj

s. s.

c.

31).

(1), (2).

8. 1 (1).

s. 2 (1), and First Schedule. (p) Eepealed and replaced by the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 (57 Yict. c. 57), and amending Acts see title Animals, pp. 421 et seq., post, (q) See p. 280, ante. (r) See title Allotments and Small Holdings. (s) See title Commons. (t) See title Copyholds. (a) See title Eeal Property and Chattels Eeal. (b) See titles Commons ; Copyholds. (c) See titles Commons Metropolis. (d) See title Ecclesiastical Law. (e) See pp. 258 et seq., ante. If) See title Eent-charges and Annuities.



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