The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

NOAlOUS ANIMALS.
1t is hereby enactdd by the General As
senbly Of Tie State Of Vermont:
SEC. /. Act number 80 of the Session Laws
of 1886 is hereby amended so to read follows:
If person takes and kills within the state,
any of the following noxious animals he shall be
entitled to receive from the state treasury the
following bounties For any wolf, or panther,
twenty dollars bear, fifteen dollars: lynx, ten
dollars, and for every fox, sixty cents.
SEC. 2. Section 1902 is hereby amended by
inserting after the word lynx" the words. or
for, and in place of the word head, " the word,
skin; and said chapter is further amended in
section 1906 by inserting in the first line after the
word lynx" the word for, and in the fifth
line after the word lynx" the words, for each
for, three dollars.
SEc 8, Section 1904 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
The town clerk to whom the skin of the ami
NAL is presented when certificate is given, shall
mark such skin by cropping both ears, and the
town clerk shall receive from such person ten
cents for each fox certificate given, and the
person receiving such certificate shall present it,
Endorsed by him, to the town treasurer in the
town where he resides who shall pay the same.
Said town treasurer shall ON the first of May in
each year present said certificate to the state au
ditor for payment, who shall draw his order on
the state treasurer, payable to the town treasurer
of said town,
SEC. l. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November %, 1888.
NO. 1O2.-AN ACT EMPOWERING OF
FICERS OF SOCIETIES FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS, TO ARREST AND PROS
ECUTE OFFENDERS.
II is hereby enacted By the General Assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Chapter 1874 of the Revised Laws
of Vermont, is hereby so amended as to add
to the officers, thereby authorized to arrest,
and to prosecute for violations of the provis-
ions of said chapter, all officers of societies
for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
SEC. .. This Act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November Is, 1888.
No. 1O3.-AN ACT FOR THE PRoTEC-
TON OF HORSE OWNERS.
II is hereby enacted by the General assembly
Of the State of VermoRt'
SEC. /. A lien is hereby created on all
colts hereafter foaled in this state, to secure
the payment Of the service fee for the use of
the stallion begetting the same, and shall
continue in force until the colt is eight months
old, and may be enforced by the attachment
VI SuCL COll, al any dlbbI IL 10 lOuI
old, said lien to take precedence of any other
claim subject to the following conditions.
SEC. 2. The owner or manager OF such
stallion shall file in the town clerks office of
the town where he is kept, on or before April
first declaration of an intention to take adj
vantage of this act, and a statement of the
name by which such horse is known; his
age, il known, his pedigree for two genera
tons if known and his terms for service;
and all bills or posters advertising the horse
shall contain said statement. The owner or
manager of the horse shall also furnish the
owner of each mare served, with copy OF
the said intention and statement
SEC. 3. If the owner or manager OF said
horse in his statement makes any allegation
regarding the pedigree of the horse which is
proved to be false, upon the production of
such proof duly attested before any justice in
this state, the lien for such service shall be
discharged and the service fee therein Sc
cured shall be forfeited.
SEC. 4. If possession shall be obtained of
the colt, in accordance with the provisions of
this act, no further claim shall be allowed the
owner of the stallion for the service of the
horse.
SEC. 3. This act shall not be construed so
as to invalidate any written duplicate con-
tract or agreement, signed by the owner or
manager of the stallion, and the owner of the
mare, relating to the term Of service of the
horse.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect March LIST,
1889, but shall not be construed so as to in
clude any colt foaled in the year 1889
Approved November q, 1888.
No. 1O4.-AN ACT FOR THE BETTER
PRESERVATION OF HORSE
RECORDS
10 is hereby enacted by the General assembly Of
the State Of VermoRt:
SEC. /. Any person or persons owning or
keeping a stallion for breeding purposes shall
be required before advertising, by written or
printed notices, the services of said stallion,
to file certificate with the county clerk in
the county where said stallion is owned or
kept, stating name color, age, size, together
with the pedigree of said stallion as full as
attainable, and the name of the persons by
whom said stallion was bred; and it shall be
the duty of the clerk to record such certificate
in a book kept for that purpose, properly in
deXed, upon receipt of fee OF fifty cents for
each certificate, of not more than one page
and a further SUN of twenty-five cents for
each additional page.
SEC. 9. ANY person who shall neglect to
make and file the certificate required by the
provisions of this act shall not recover any
compensation for the services named in
section 1, and il he shall knowingly and will
fully make and file a false certificate OF the
statements aforesaid, shall forfeit the sum Of
one hundred dollars to be recovered by com
plant, indictment or action of debU in any
court of competent jurisdiction and all pen
alties recovered shall be for the use of the
county where the offense is committed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from Its
passage.
Approved November 81, 1888.
No. 1O5.-AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIETIES FOR
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TIC
ANIMALS.
II ishereJy enacted by the General Assembly
Of the state Of Vermont;
SEC. /. In addition to the associations
authorized to be formed by section three
thousand six hundred and sixty-fOur of the
revised laws, persons may associate together
and have the powers Of a corporation for the
following purpose: To establish and maintain
societies for the prevention of cruelty t
animals.
SEC 3 This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November q, 1888.
No. logan ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 4019 OF THE REVISED LAWS
RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION
OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
II is hereby enacted bV the General Assem-
big Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Section four thousand and nine
teen of the revised laws is hereby amended
so as to read as follows, viz: Such commits
sioners may prohibit the introduction o
horses known as BrOnChOs, or other horses
or of any cattle or other domestic animals
believed to he infected with, or exposed to
any contagious disease, into this state or MAJ
quarantine all such animals for such time a
said commissioners may deem that the public
good requires. But may not prohibit thu
transportation of the same in cars through
this state. A person who shall violate sucl
order of said commissioners after the sam,
shall have been published for three successiv,
days in such newspapers published in thi
state "a the commissioners may direct, shall
pay TO the treasurer Of the state a fine OF no
more than three hundred dollars for every
Offense, and every officer or agent of AM
company, or other person who shall violate
such order, shall be subject to the fine afore
said. In case of the introduction into this
state, at the same time of number of horse
known as Bronchos, or other horses, or o
cattle or other domestic animals, contrary t,
the orders of said commissioners, the intro
ductiOn of each animal shall be deemed
separate and distinct offense."
Approved November q, 1888.
%
No 107-AN ACT AMENDING SEC
TION 1913 AND SECTION 4044, AM
TO REPEAL SECTION 4047, CHAP
TER 1872 OF THE REVISED LAWS
OF VERMONT, RELATING TO PRO
GEEnfNCS AE INST TOWNS E0E