The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-10-04
GREENvILLE'HUMANE SOCIETY


lireenvi!lr Humano Society, with
the Hon. Van B. Ioddie, President,
.Sfiss Ellen Curell, Vice. President; Ida
c. Ward, Secretary
In order hat tile public may be in-
formed rs ID the provisions OF the
statute laws for the prevention OF
ciueIty III aimals, we give below
brief statement Of the law on this sub
iect. as is set forth in Chapter q OF
The Code cf Mississippi Of 1880.
.If any person shall override, over
drive. overload, tortue, tormeut, de-
priye of necersa y sustenanee, Or cruel
" bat on ncedessly mutilate, or cause
Or procnre u he over-rldden, over
driven, overloaded tortured, torinen-
ed, or deprived Of necessary snsten-
ance, or to be cruelly beaten or need
/ sslS NUT, ,laiyd. Or killedsS as afore-
said. ahy liking creature, every such
oiYen-e be guilty. II q nisdemeanor.
~ .lpy pm s.il HLo shall keep or use,
or ii any aas be connected with, or IN
ter.sted in the management OF, or
suaI receive nlsaey for the admission
Of any y rson d any place kept or used
for .sc purpose Of fighting any bear,
aoy. cock, brother creature, or OF tor
Ia lng tie same ami every person VINO
sbull encourage. aid and assist therein,
or MO s. all permit or suffer any place
10 be 50 k"p ana used, shall, upon the
eot.y.cl,ou thereof, be adjudged guilty
! of \ misaemeanJr: and it shall be the
duty If any policeman or other ofiicer
of the law, county or municipal. TO en-
ter into any such place kept for the
nurnose aforesaid, and to arrest each
/ and every person concerned or paftlci-
pating therein-
tauy person shall confine any liv-
ug creature n any place, and small
fail 10 supply the same with necessary
food and water. he shall be guilty OF q
misdemeanor; and after the conhne'
mcnt as aforcsaidf for twelve hours Il
shall be lawful for any person to entei
81. Il place OF confinement as often as
may be necessary Tor the purpose o.
supplyng such food and water. aho
such B,ison shall not be liable TO any
action for such entry; and the reason
,.i,lc cost for s. ch food. water ana at
,cntion may be collected from the
,heowncr of such creature, and tht
creature shall be liable to levy ane
sale noon execution issued upon ludg-
ment therefor.
If any rerson shall cary or cause =
be carried upon any kind OF convey
ance, any living creature, IN crue
and jnhuman manner, he shall o.
guilty OF misdemeanor; and Suci
conveyance and contents may be takel
.linto G, stody by any officer ana any Ok
ansas incurred shall be lien there
on, to be paid before the same eau =
lawfully recovered.
ANY verson who shall sell, offer 10
sale or use or expose, or shall caus
,ba same to be done, any animal nav
inc the glanders, farcy, or any otne
contagious or infectious disease, know
nv such person to be dangerous 70 nu
man life or which shall be diseased oe
vond recovery, shall be guilty OF
midemeonor. Every animal navln
the glaneers, farcy shall be deprive'
of life at one, or be closely ccnilnee
remote from any animal liable 70 Col
ltrsct the disease. and the owner or "a
nar.oD having charge of such anima
rho. knowing its condition, shall 10
20 comply with the above proyision'
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor.
II shall be the duty Of every once
county or municipal, aud it Is iawi'
! for any other person, to arrest ana taA
81 before Justice of the Peace, any pc
] son violating any Of the provision
I; hove mentioned, and for such ARE 8
. nron the conviction of the oifenuiE
: oarty he shall be entitled 10 the 81
d 81 two dcllars 10 5e taxed IN the cos
and TO any +erson giving informatl'
~ any violation Of any Of the aoo
a nrnylsious Of the law, shall be entitl
e ope-half Of the tine imposed on su