Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-07-27

MISSISSIPPI Afford to dumb ahima!s.
Mr.. Reed, in his earnest address
preceding the formation Of the Society,
stated that Germany had applied for
and obtained copy of Mississippi's
humane Laws, with view to their
adaptation and adoption. We give
below brief statement Of the law ON
this subject, and suggest that it be cut
out and preserved for reference by
those whose kind hearts sliall prompt
them to speak ont in defence of the
creatures who have no voicea to plead
for themselves:
Chapter 81 of Code of Mississippi of
1880: IF any person shall over drive,
override, overload, torture. torment.
deprive Of necessary sustepance, or
to be cruelty beat, or nesdlessly
mutiIate, or cause or procure to be
cver-ridden, over driven, over loaded,
tortured. tormented, or deprived of
necessary sustenan ce, or to lie cruelty
beaten, or needlessly mutilated or
killed, as aforesaid, any living creature,
every such offender shall, for every
such offense, be guilty Of a misle-
meanor.
ANY person who shall keep or use,
OF in any way be connected with, or
interested in the management Of, or
shall receise money for the admission
of any person TO any place kept or
used for the purpose of fighting auy
bear, dog, cock, or any other creature,
or of tormenting, or torturing the
same, and every person who shall
encourage, aid, or assist therein, OIL
who shall permit or suffer any place to
be so kept and used, shdl, upon the
conviction thereof, be aljrdgsl, guilty
Of mislemeunOr; and it shall be the
duty of any police man, or other officer
of the law, county or municipal, to
enter into any sach place kept for the
purpose aforesaid, aud to arrest each
and every person concerned OF partici
pa.ing therein.
III any person shall con6ne any
living creature in any place, and shall
fail to supply the same with necessary
food and wa ter, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor; and after the confne-
meut as aforesaid, for twelve hours, it
shall be lawful for any person to eBter
such place of confinement as often as
may be necessary for the purpose Of
supplying snch food aud water, and
such person shnl not be liable to any
action for such entry; and the reason
able costs for food. water, and attention
may be collected from the owner OF
such creature, and the creature shall
be hable to levy and sale, upon execu-
ton issued upon judgment therefore. +"
IF any person shall carry, or cause
to be carried upon any kind of con-
veyance, any living creature i'll a cruel
or inhuman manner, he shall be guiliy
of a msdemeanor; and such conveyance
and contents may be taken into custody
by any officer, and any expenses
incurred shall be lieu thereon to be
paid before the same can DO lawfully
recovered. "
Any person who shall sell, offer for
sale or use, or expose, OF shall cause
the same to be done, any animal
having the CHAMBERS, farey, or any
other contagious, or injections disease,
known by such person to be dangerous
TO human life, or which sh.Il be dis
eased beyond recovery, shall be guilty
Of misdemeanor Every animal htv
ing the CHAMBERS or tarcy shall bt
deprived Of life at once, OF be closely
conihed, remote from any animal liable
to contract the disease, and Tie Owner
or any person having charge Of such
animal who, knowing its condition,
shall fail to comply with the above pro
visions, shall be guilty Of INSIDE
meGnor
1t is the duty Of every officer, county
or municipal, and it is lawfdl for any
other person to arrest and lake before
Justice of the Peace. any person
violating any of the provisions above
mentioned, and for such arrest, npon
the conviction of the offending patty,
he shall be entitled to the sum OF two
dollars, to be taxed in the costs. and
any person giving information Of any
violation Of The above provisions OF
the law shall be entitled 10 one-half OF
the fne imposed upon the offender
upon conviction; the remaining half OF
said fine to be paid into the coGp y
treasury f,r common school purposes
and every officer failing or neglecting
to arrest any offender Of this law shall
be liable to a hue Of not less than ten
dollars, and not more than twenty five
dollars for each aud every offense.
The penalty for the violation of any
of the above laws is a fine of not less
than ten dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in
the county jail for thirty days, or both,
such fine and imprisonment at the dis
erection of the court.
The words cruelty" or torment
shall be held TO include every act o.