Cleansing of premises in which diseased animals have been

Every keeper of hospital-pound, or person thereto authorized by the Magistrate of the district, [or, in the City of Madras,] [the Commissioner of the Corporation,] shall have power, within his range, to cause to be cleansed and disinfected, in any manner which he may think proper, any premises in which any animal labouring under any contagious or infectious disease has been or may be, and to cause to be disinfected, and, if necessary destroyed, any fodder, manure or refuse-matter which he may deem likely to propagate the said disease.