Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-24
HUMANE SOCIETIES.
Two Acts Passed by the Last Legisla-
ture Of Kansas.

State of Kansas:
Section l. That any person who shall
torture, cruelty beat, abuse or otherwise
wilfully maltreat any child under the
age of IS years, or any person, having
the custody or possession OF any child
under the age Of IA years, who shall ex-
pose, or aid and abet in exposing, such
child in the highway, street, field, house,
clubhouse or other place, with intent to
abandon it; or any person, having IN ms
custody or control child under the age
Of "A years, who shall in any way dis
pose Of it with view to It's being en-
ployed as acrobat, or gymnaSt, or
cOntortionist, or a circus rider. or rope
walker, or in any exhibition Of like dan
gerous character, or as beggar, or
mendicant, or pauper, or street singer,
or street musician; or any person VINO
| shall take receive, hire, employ, use, eN-
hibit, or have in custody any child OF
the age last named for any OF the pur-
poses last enumerated, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and when con-
victed thereof shall be subject to pun
ishment by a fine of not more than two
hundred and fifty dollars. or by I'M
prisonment for term not exceeding one
year, or both.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall
entlce, decoy, place, take or receive any
female child, or person, under the age OF
eighteen years into any house OF Ill
fame or disorderly house, for the pur-
pose of prostitution, or any person who,
| having in his custody or control such
child. shall dispose of it to be SO re-
ceived in or for any obscene, indecent or
! immoral purpose, exhibition or practice,
when convicted thereof shall be pun
ished by confinement in the penitentiary
for not less than one year nor more than
| two years.
Sec. g. Any duly incorporated society
having for its object, either solely or in
conjunction with other charitable labor,
the protection of children, and employ
ing an agent to aid in its work, may APP
ply to the mayor of any city for the
appointment of such agent as special
police officer; and if the mayor shall
deem such agent to be trustworthy and
discreet, it shall be his duty to commits
sion such agent as a special policeman.
In cities in which the police force is
under the control of board of commits
sioners, such application shall be made
to and such appointment may be made
by such board of commissioners.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of sher-
ifs, deputy sheriffs, constables and po-
lice officers in any county or city to aid
such society in the enforcement of all
laws relating to the protection OF chill
dren, and any sheriff, deputy sheriff,
constable or police officer shall have
power to arrest without warrant any
person violating within his view any
law relating to the protection of chill
| dren. or other parties so offending by
virtue of warrant issued by any mag
iStrate having authority to issue war
rant under the provisions of section z,
chapter 80 Of the general statutes of 1868;
which offender shall be tried, and, If
convicted, shall be adjudged guilty of
misdemeanor and punished as provided
in section / of this act.
Sec. 5. Such officers are also hereby
empowered to bring before any such
magistrate any child who is subjected to
cruel treatment, willful abuse or neglect,
or any child under sixteen years of age
found in any house of ill-fame; and said
magistrate may, with the consent OF the
constituted authorities thereof, commit
such child to an orphan asylum, or other
public charitable institution IN the
county in which such magistrate
resides, or make such other DISPOSE
ton thereof as now is or here
after may be provided by law in the
case of vagrant, destitute or abandoned
children: Provided, That any guardian,
or near relative, who may feel aggrieved
by any order in the premises of any
magistrate (other than judge of the
supreme court or Judge of district
court, may appeal therefrom to the dis
trict court of the county or district IN
which such magistrate resides, which
appeal shall be heard and determined
without delay by said district court
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty OF the
| county attorney to prosecute all cases
arising under this act: Provided, That
where any society, organized for any of
the purposes set forth in section of this
act, shall by its agent have preferred the
complaint upon which the proceeding IS
| based, such prosecution may, with the
consent of the court magistrate, be con-
Quoted by the attorney of said society,
who, for the purposes of such prosecu-
ton only, shall have all the powers con-
| ferred by law upon county attorneys.
/ Provided, That the complainant shall not
be adjudged to pay any costs Of prose
cution unless the court or magistrate
shall find that such prosecution was
malicious ana without pTODdole cause
Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect
and be in force from and after Its publ
cation in the official paper of the state.
Approved March ,, 1889.
AN ACT
For the prevention of cruelty to animals
Section /. Whoever oyerdriyes, over
loads. drives when overloaded, over
| works. tortures. tOrments, deprlyeS OF
i necessary sustenance, cruelty beats. mu-
tilates or kills an animal, or causes or
procures an animal to be so overdrlven,
| overloaded. driven when overloaded,
overworked, tortured, tormented, de-
prived of necessary sustenance, cruelty
beaten, mutilated or killed, and whoever
having the charge or custody of an anil
NAL. either as owner or otherwise, IN
fiicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or I'M
necessarily fails to provide 1t with proper
food. drink shelter or protection from
the weather, shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in jail not exceeding one
year. or by fine not exceeding $3.50, or
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