The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-01-14
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,


have lent their aid to protect the poor brutes
who serve mankind and yet cannot speak
for themselves. A human being can speak
for himself and ifabused the law gives him
ample redress.
There is n law, however, on this subject,
and we give it in the hope that all good citi-
zens will aid in enforcing it.
An ACr
FoR THE PUNISHMENT OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALsGN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
BE it enacted, &c.
SEC. |. Any person who shall, within
this Commonwealth. wantouly or cruelty
iIl-treat, overload. beat, or otherwise abuse
any animal, whether belonging to himself or
otherwise, or shall keep or use, or in any
way be connected with or interested in the
management of or shall receive money for
the admission of any person to any place
kept or used for the purpose of fighting or
batting any bull, bear, dog, cock, or other
creature, and every person who shall encour-
age, aid or assist therein, or who shall per-
nit or suffer any place to be so kept or used ,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on being convicted thereof before any
alderman or magistrate, for the first offence
in sum not less than ten dollars, nor more
than twenty dollars, aud for the second and
every subsequent offence, in sum not less
than twenty nor exceeding fifty dollars
*See Amendatory Act, below And if
said fine or penalty, and the cost OF proceed
ings be not paid, then said alderman or
magistrate shall commit said offender to the
| County Prison, there to remain until dis
| charged by due course of law. Ir0Uided,
That when the fine imposed exceeds the
sum of ten dollars, the party complained
against, may appeal from the decision OF
said alderman or magistrate to the Court
of Quarter Sessions, upon his entering bail
| in the nature ola recognzance, in the usual
| manner, for his appearance at said Court,
when the offence shall be prosecuted, in the
same manner as is now directed by law in
| otner cases of misdemeanor.
SEC. 2 II, in lieu of deciding the cause,
such alderman or magistrate shall bind over
or commit such persons to ap ear at the
| Court of Quarter Sessio ls, or if such person
| shall appear as aforesaid, or upon such mis-
demeanor, he shall be sentenced to pay a
| line not exceeding two hundred dollars,
| payable as aforesaid or undergo an imprison-
| ment not exceeding one year, or both, vt the
| discretion of the Court.
SEC. 3. If any person shall be arrested for
carrying or causing or allowing to be carried
in or upon any cart or other vehicle what
soeyer, any creature in cruel or inhumsn
manner, the person taking him in custody
may take charge of such vehicle and its con
tents, and Ceposit the same in some safe
| place of custody, and any necessary expenses
which may be incurred for taking charge
of and keeping the same, and sustaining any
animal attached thereto, shall be a lien there
on, to be paid before the same can be law
fully removed. Or the said expenses, or
any part thereof, remaining unpaid, may be
recovered by the person incurring the same.
OF the owner OF said creature in action there
| for
SEC. 4. If any MANNED, sick, infrm, or
disab! ed creature shall by any person he
abandoned to die in any public place, such
person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
and it shall be lawful for any alderman or
| magistrate to appoint suitable persons to
| destroy and remove such creature, if unfit
for further use, at the cost of the owner
thereof; recoverable before the said alder
man or magistrate.
SEC .. ANY policeman or constable of any
city or county, or any agent of the Penn
sylranla Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals, shall upon his own view of
any such misdemeanor, or upon the COM
plant OF any other person who may declare
his or her name and abode to such police
man, constable, or agent, make arrest and
bring before any alderman or magistrate
thereof, offenders found violating the pro-
visions Of this Act
AN ACT
Amendatory to an Act entitled "An Act for
the punishment Of cruelty to animals"
SEC. /. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania, in general assem-
bly, met, and 1t is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same. That so much of the
first section of an Act entitled "An Act for
the punishment of cruelty to animals in this
Commonwealth" approved March twenty
nine, one thousand eight hundred and sixt;-
nine, as requires the payment of one half
of any fine 10 be paid to any informer, be
and is hereby repealed and that from and
after TIE passage of this Act all fines and
penalties imposed by any alderman or mag
strate under said Act of March twenty
ninth, one thousand eight hundred aud
siXty-nine, shall be payable to the Pennsyl-
vania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals.
SEC. .. That all acts and parts of acts in
consistent hereto are hereby repealed.
A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT.
To an Act, entitled San Act for the pun
ishment of cruelty to animals in this Com
mOnwealth."
SEC. |. Be enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives. of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the author
ityof the same. That any agent of the Penn
sylvanIa Society, or any other society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals, be and
hereby authorized and empowered to seize
any bull, bear, dog, cock, or other creature,
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 animals so seized shall not be
deemed absolutely forfeited, but shall be
held by the officer seizing them until con-
yictlon of some person is first obtained un-
der the first section of the Act to which
this is a supplement, for keeping or using,
or being connected with or interested in tile
management of any place used for fighting
or batting animals, snu the animal or Great
ure seized shall have been found on the
premises which are the subject Of csmplaint
And further provided. That the agent max
ing such seizure shall make due return to
the magistrate or alderman before whom the
complaint is heard, of the number and kind
OF animals or creatures 50 seized by Kim !;
and i, shall be the duty Of the magistrate or
alderman hearing the complaint, in case of
a conviction, to make the forfeiture of such
animals or creatures seized part of the
sentence.
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