Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-01-26

sustaining any animal attached there
10, shall be lien thereon, TO be paid
before the same can be lawfully re-
moved or the said expenses, or any
part thereof, remaining unpaid, may bc
recovered by the person mourning the
same, Of the owner OF said creature, in
action therefor. lf r'1le di
SEc. 4. IL any manned, sick. inhrDl,
or disabled creature shall by any per-
son be abandoned TO die IN any public
place, sncli person shall be guilty ofa
misdemeanor, aud IL shall be lawful for
any alderman or magistrate 10 appoint
suitable persons 10 destroy and remove
such creature, if unfit for further use,
at tho cost of the owner thereof, recov-
crablc before the said alderman or
magistrate. ~ plF HE rtUI
SEo. 8. Any policeman or constable
of any city or county, or any agent Of
the Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals, shall
upon his own view Of any such INSIDE
mcanor, or upon the complaint Of any
other person who may declare his or
her name and abode to such policeman,
constable, or agent, make arrest and
bring before any alderman or magis-
trate thereof offenders found violating
the provisions of this Act.
s AN ACT. ava
AMENDAToRY TO AN ACT ENTITLED "AN
ACT foR THE PUNISHMENT or CRUELTY
TO ANIMALS"
SECTION /. BE it enacted, &c, That
so much OF the first section Of an Act
entitled "An Act for the punishment
OF cruelty TO animals in this Common
wealth. approved March Goth, 1869,
as requires the payment of one-half OF
any fine to be paid to any informcr be
aud is hereby repealed and that from
and after the passage Of this Act all
fines and penalties imposed by any
alderman or magistrate under said Act
of March Goth, 1869, shall be payable
to the Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals.
SEQ. 2. That all Acts and parts Of
Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
SUPPLEMENT.
A further supplement to an Act, en-
titled "An Act for the punishment Of
cruelty to animals in this Common
wealth"
SECTION /. BE IL enacted &C., That
any agent of the Pennsylvania Society,
or any other society for the preven-
tion Of cruelty to animals, be and is here
by authorized and empowered TO seize
any bull, bear dog, cock, or other crea-
turc, kept, used, or intended to be used
for the purpose of fighting or batting,
and to sell the same for the benefit OF
said Society Provided That when
the seizure is made, the animal or ami
mails so seized shall not be deemed alb
solutely forfeited, but shall be held by
the officer seizing them until convic-
ton of some person is first obtained
under the first section Of the Act TO
which this is supplement, for keep
ing or using, or being connected with
or interested in the management OF
any place used for fighting or batting
animals, and the animal or creature
seized shall have been foand on the
premises which are the subject of COM
plant And further prorided. That the
agent making such seizure shal. make
due return to the magistrate or alder
man before whom tho complaint is
heard, Of the number and kind Of ami
mails or creatures so seized by him (;
and il shall be the duty of the magis-
trate or alderman hearing the com
plant, in case Of a conviction, to make
the forfeiture of such animals or crea-
lures seized a part of the sentence.