The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-30
CHAPTER 3921-TNo. ISL
CHATTER 0SSI-lNO 10
AID Act for the Prevention of Crulety to Animals.
Be it enacted By The Legislature Of the State Of Flor


AID Act for the Prevention of Crulety to Animals.
Be it enacted by The Legislature Of the State Of Flor
ida
SECTION l. That if any person shall overdrive,
overload, torture, torment, deprive Of necessary
sustenance or unnecessarily cruelty beat or
mutiae, or kill, or cause, or procure TO be over
driven, overloaded, tortured tormented or de-
prived OF necessary susienance, or 10 be uunec-
essarily or cruelty beaten or mutilated or killed
as aforesaid, any domestic or Gomestcated AMI
NAL, every such offender shall, .or every such
otiense, be deemed guilty of "a mislemeanor aud
shall be punished Is hereinafter provided
SEC 2. Any person who shall impound or
cause 10 be inlpoundeG, in any pound OF ward
for safe keeping sale Or slaughter, or shall CON
fine in any stable, she'd or in any place whafso-
ever, any domestic or dOmesicaied animal shall
supply the same, during such confinement, with
a sufficient quantity OF good and wholesome food,
water and give to sucn animal proper attention,
and IN default Thereof, shall! upon conviction, be
adjudged guilty OF nsisdemeanor
SEC 3. 1t shall be unlawful ior any person
or corporation, engaged III transporting i've
stock on railway trans steamboats, or OtherT sc,
to dean such stock in Gals or compartments for
a longer continuous period than twenty four
hours without supplying the same with ncces-
sarv food, water and attention, or permit them
to be SO crowded together Is to Overiie. crush
wound or Kill each other; any such person or
Inc dGtut oi cICu rDidllOD, On CUIFICtIOH,
shall be guilty Of misdeneauOr. and
shall be punished as hereinafter provided ;
Pr0ctded That not hing in this section shall eD-
ply to owners or officers or crew Of water-craft
who shall be detained on the navi gable waters of
this State BY storms and prevented by bad weather
from reaching port; Pr0cned furtter, That
nothing in this act snail DC construed 10 apply
to poultry shipped on steamboats, or other crafts
SEC. t. That any person guilty Of any one Of The
misdemcanOIs defined or set forth in any Ot the
foregoing sections OF this act, shall, on convic-
ton thereof, be punished by fine or lMprisOn-
ment, or bofh, at the discretion Of the court
which fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars
nor the imprisonment three months.
SEC. ). |, shall be The duty oi any Sheriff
constable or any other peace officer OF the State,
or any police officer OF any city or town OF this
State, to arrest without warrant, any person
found violating any Of The provisions Of the
foregoing act ana the officer making the
arrest shall hold said offender until warrant
can be procured from the proper officer 10
issue said warrant for his detention and pros
ecution under tie provisions Oi this act,
ami he shall use proper diligence 70 procure said
warran'. said warrant to Dc ssGed upon the
affidavit o the person making or causing 10 oe
made any such arrest.
SEC 6 When a complaint is made TO a court
or magistrate authorized 10 issue warrants in
criminal cases ths' the complainant believes and
has reasonable cause II bcleyc. That ne AVS in
relation % cruelty y ANNA, nave been Or are
being violated in any. particular building place,
,Uch c0UT' " magistrate, II satisfied that There
j rea>ou4hle cause ;0r -uch Oelict shall issue 4
search warrant, authorizing any Sheriff, Dep4fy
sheriff, Co4,io.e az 20. &C officer % search SUCH
b0.l il.i- AZ p'..Ce: JI' no >ucA search II !. Sc
maize alter sunset, Hu.r>- specially authorized
bv i-c M rtlc. ..pn saIs.ac'ory c-ti-e
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