The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-18
The Rules Which Govern the
Humane Society.
AND WHICH WILL BE ENFORCED.
An Act, Passed I'm 1884, which Has Been
Adopted by the Present Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty TO Animals
If Followed, All VIII lie We'll.

ed as the rules and regulations o
the present society for the proven
ton of cruelty to animals:
(Chdpter III. Of The LuUs Of 1884.
AN ACT To MAKE FURTHER AMI
BETTER PROVISION FOR THE
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
To ANIMALS.
Be it enacted by the King and the
Legislative Assembly of the Ha-
waiian Islands, in the Legislature
OF the Kingdom assembled:
SECTION ]. If any person shall over
drive, overload, torture, torment, de-
prive of necessary sustenance, or CT uel-
ly beat, or needlessly mutilate, .or KILL,
or cause or procure To be over-drlven,
over loaded, tortured, tormented, or
deprived OF necessary sustenance, or
ID be cruelty beaten, or needlessly
mutilated or killed, as aforesaid, any
living creature, every such offender
shall, for every such offense, be guilty
OF a misdemeanor.
SEC. 9. Any person who shall keep
or use, or in any way be connected
with or interested in the management
OF, or shall receive money for, the adj
mission of any person to- any place
kept or used for the purpose OF fight
ing or batting any bull, bear, dog,
cock, or other creature, and every per-
son who shall encourage, aid or assist
therein, or who shall permit or suffer
any place to be so kept or used, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 3. Any Poundmaster who shall
receive into his Pound any creature,
shall supply to- the same, during such
confinement, q sufficient quantity OF
good and wholesome water, and in de-
fault thereof shall, upon conviction,
be adjudged guilty OF a misdemeanor.
SEC. 4. III any person shall carry, or
cause to be carried, in or upon any We
hicle or other conveyance, any crea-
ture in q cruel or inhuman manner,
he shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 3. Every person who shall
willfully set on foot, or instigate, or
move to, or carry on, or promote, or
enga &c in or to do any act towards the
furtherance of any act ofcruelty to an
finals, shall be guilty of misde-
meanor.
SEC. 6. Any person who shall sell
or offer for sale, or use or expose, or
who shall cause or procure to be sold,
or offered for sale, or used, or to be ex-
posed, any horse or any other animal
having the disease known as CHAMBERS,
or farcy, or any other contagious or
infectious disease, known by such per-
son To- be dangerous to human life, or
which shall be diseased past recovery,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. Z. The agent of any society
which shall be formed or incorporated
for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails, upon being appointed thereto by
the president of such society, in any
district in this Kingdom, may within
such district bring before any dis
trict Justice or Police Magistrate
thereof, offenders found violating the
provisions of this Act, to be dealt with
according to law.
SEC. s. Any officer, agent or men,
Der of such society may lawfully inter-
fere To prevent the preparation of any
act Of cruelty upon any animal in his
presence. Any person who shall in
terfere with or obstruct any such OFF,
Ger, agent or member in the discharge
of his duty, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
SEC. 9. When any person arrested
il at the time of such arrest in charge
of any vehicle drawn by or containing
any animal, any agent of such society
may take charge of such animal and
of such vehicle aud its contents, and
deposit the same in a safe place of GUS
tody, or deliver the same into the pos
session of the Police or Sheriff OF the
place wherein such arrest was made,
who shall thereupon assume the Gus
tody thereof.
SIC. 10. Upon complaint under oath
to any district judge or magistrate
authorized TO issue warrants in GRIM
inal cases, that the complainant has
lust and reasonable cause 70 suspect
that any of the provisions of law rela-
ting TO or in anywise affecting ami
mails have been, or are about To be,
violated in any particular building or
place such magistrate shall immedi-
ately issue and deliver . warrant TO
any person authorized by law to make
arrests for such offenses, authorizing
him to enter and search such building
or place and to arrest any person there
present found violating any OF said
laws, and to bring such person before
the nearest magistrate of competent
Jurisdiction, to be dealt with accord
ing to law.
SEC. IL. In this Act and in every
law passed, or which may he passed,
relating to or affecting animals, the
singular shall include the plural. The
words sanimal'' or "dumb animal
shall be held to include every living
creature: the words, torture" "tor-
ment," or "cruelty" shall be held to
include every act, omission, or neglect
whereby unjustifiable physical pain,
suffering or death is caused or per-
mitted; and the words ''owner'' and
person" shall be held TO include cor
porations as we'll as individuals.
SEC. II. Any person convicted under
the provisions of this Act shall forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding
twenty dollars or be imprisoned with
or without hard labor not exceeding
one month or be punished by both
such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted
that Chapter XIV of the Penal Code
he and the same is hereby repealed, as
we'll as all other Acts aud parts of