The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-12-25

RELATIVE to sheep Husbandry.

Section /. That the police juries
of the several parishes Of this State
are hereby authorized to pass all such
ordinances as they may deem neces-
sary to encourage sheep husbandry, to
protect sheep from the ravages of
dogs, and to impose such fines and
penalties to enforce said ordinances
as they may BEEN proper, to be recov-
cred by ordinary process before any
court Of competent jurisdiction, in the
name of the police jury of the parish.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall violate any
ordinance of a police jury passed pur-
suant to the foregoing section of this
act, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction, shall
be punished by fine not to exceed
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days, or both, at
the discretion of the court; provided,
that the imposition of fine by civil
process shall not be a bar to prose-
cntion under this section, nor shall a
prosecution under this section bar q
civil proceeding to recover a fine as
provided in section one of this act.
Sec. 3. That upon the petition of
not less than fifty taxpayers of any
parish it shall be the duty of the police
jury to pass and ii shall pass the ordi-
nances authorized and contemplated
by this act and the said police juries
shall have the power, and it shall be
their duty to devise ways and means
to destroy dogs owned or kept con-
trary to their said ordinances, and at
the expense of the parish, If necessary.
Sec. 4. That no damages shall be
awarded against any person who shall
kill any dog owned or kept in defiance
of said police jury ordinances, or
which shall have killed, or MANNED, or
bit any sheep or lamb, and IT sued he
shall have the right to reconyene,
wherever the plaintiff may reside, and
if the defendant shall prevail in the
suit he shall recover against the plain
tiff, ten times the amount of damages
done by said dog, tor the benefit of
the owner Of the sheep injured, and
cost OF suit, and also reasonable
amount for the expenses, loss of time
and attorneys fees, incurred by the
defendant, which shall be collected as
cost.
Sec. 5. That If any dog, owned or
kept in violation of the police Jury
ordinances authorized by this act, shall
injure any person or property, the
person injured or the owner of the
property injured shall recover against
the owner or keeper of said dog, five
times the amount Of damages sustain
cd and cost, together with reason
able amount for his attorneys fees and
necessary expenses, which shall be
collected as cost.
Sec. 0. That if any dog shall kill,
main or bite any sheep or lamb the
owner of the same shall recover from
the owner or keeper of said dog, ten
times the amount of damages sustained
and costs, together with a reasonable
amount for his necessary expenses,
loss of time and attorneys fees, in
Cured by such suit, which shall be col
lected as costs.
Sec. 7. That whoever shall know
ingly own or keep any dog which shall
have killed or manned or bit any sheep
or lamb, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall upon convic-
tion be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars, or imprisoned not less than
thirty days, or both, at the discretion
of the court, Credible information
from Others, verified by oath and com.
municated to the owner or keeper of
said dog, and strong circumstantial
evidence, as well as the personal ex'
perience of such owner or keeper,
shall constitute knowledge in the
sense Of this section. A prosecution
under this section shall not bar any
civil proceeding authorized by this
act, nor shall such civil proceeding bar
said prosecution,
Sec. 8. That all laws and parts of
laws contrary TO or inconsistent with
the provisions Of this act, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
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