The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-04
CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT additional to chapter one hundred twenty
SIX OF the revised statutes, for the prevention of
cruelty to animals
SECT. 1. Whoever shall overdrive, overload, over
work, torture torment, deprive of necessary susie
nance, cruelty beat mutilate or kill cause or pro-
cure to be overdriven overloaded Overworked
tortured tormened, deprived of sustenance cruelty
beaten, mutilated killed, any horse, OK, or other
ANIMAL and whoever having the charge custody OF
any such animal either owner or otherwise, shall
unnecessarily fail to provide such animal with proper
food drink and shelter protection from the wealth.
er, shall for every such offence be punished by mprs
onment in the Jail not exceeding one year. or by fine
not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
SECT. 2. Every owner of or person having the
charge or custody of any horse, or other animal
who shall knowingly and willfuy authorize or per-
init the same to be subjected to suffer unnecessary
torture or cruelty shall be punished for every such
offence in the manner provided in section one.
SECT g. Every owner, driver, possessor, or per-
disabled or diseased horse, mule or other animal,
who shall cruelty work the same when unfit for work
or cruelty abandon the same shall be punished for
every such offence in the same manner provided in
section
SECT. 4. Any person who shall carry cause to
be carried in upon any vehicle or otherwise. any
animal in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner.
shall be punished in the same manner provided in
section one.
carrying or transportation of cattle, sheep, swine or
other animals, shall confne the same in cars for
unless delayed by storm other accidental cause
without unloading for rest, water and feeding for
period of at least live consecutive hours. In estima
ting such confinement the time the animals have been
confined without such rest on connecting roads from
which they received shall be computed, 1t being
the intention of this act to prevent their continuous
confinement beyond twenty EIGHT hours except upon
contingencies herein before stated and animals I'M
loaded rest water, and feeding under the provis-
ions of this act, shall be properly fed watered and
sheltered during such rest by the owners or persons
in custody thereof, in of their default in
doing, then by the railroad company transporting
them, at the expense of said owners or persons in
custody thereof.
SECT. 6. Ifany owner or person in charge of said
animals refuses neglects to pay for the care and
feed of animals rested the railroad company may
charge such expense to the owner consignee and
and no claim for damages for detention shall be re-
covered by the owner shipper of any animals for
the time they detained under the provisions of
this act.
SECT. Z. Any railroad company, owner, consignee
person in charge of such CATTLE sheep other ami
mails who shall violate any provision of the fifth
sixth sections of this act shall for each and every
bred dollars.
SECT. s. Any person may take charge of any ami
NAL whose owner has abandoned it, is falling to
properly take and provide for it, and may fur
nsh the same with proper shelter, nourishment and
at the owners expense, and shall have lien
such animal for the same.
SECT. 9. In all cases where a lien is given under
this act the person corporation having such lien,
may sell such animal or animals at public auction in
the town or city where such animal was found or is
detained, after giving the party claiming or owning
such animal three days notice in writing; in case
of the time and place of SALE three times In any news
paper printed in the county where sach animal was
found or detained; and from the proceeds of such