The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-31
HUMANE SOCIETY
TOCOMMENCE WORK
Meeting Held Yesterday In
Mayor Drennen'S Office
WILL HOLD MASS MEETING
Under City Ordinances Any officer Of
Humane Society Has Full Power
to Prevent Any Act Of
Cruelty.

AS a result OF the meeting yesterday
OF representatives from the Humane So
ciety and the police sanitary and finance
committees of the board Of aldermen,
held In the mayors office the Humane
society will soon be In a position to do
effective work. Mayor Drennen and the
board of aldermen have heartily en-
dorsed the work Of the society," and
with the assistance rendered by Chief
Of Police Austin, the society's plans are
fast assuming definite shape
The Humane society according to the
city code will not take any radical step
in enforcing laws, as 1T is protected in
its operations by municipal laws. Sec
ton ali Of the city code reads as fol-
lows:
Any person who over-rides, over drives,
over loads. tortures. torments. mains,
mutilates, deprives of necessary susten-
ance, or cruelty beats, bruises. wounds,
causes or procures to be over-ridden.
over-driven, overloaded, driven while
overloaded. cruelty beaten. multilated or
cruelty killed. any domestic animal,
whether belonging to himself or another;
Ut any pGTbOny ellHGT It's ONItE VI ONAlSA
wise. who inhicts unnecessary cruelty
upon the same. or upon any living crea-
ture, or who uses, works. rides or en-
ploys in any manner an bruised,
MANNED. sick or lame beast of burden or
working animal, or who fails to provide
any domestic with proper food, drink or
protection from the weather must, on
conviction. be fined not less than $500
nor more than $1,000.
May Prevent Cruelty.
One of the results of the conference
was the vote to allow the members to
change or amend Sections 412. 413 and Ais
in the city code which reads as follows;
Section Az. Officer, Agent or Member of
Humane Society May Prevent Cruelty to
Animals.-Any officer, agent or member
Of any society for the prevention of cruel
ty to animals or OF any humane society,
may lawfully interfere to prevent the per-
petration of any act of cruelty upon any
animal In his presence. and any person
who shall interfere with or obstruct any
such officer, agent or member In the dis
charge of his duty shall be fined not less
than FIVE nor more than one hundred
dollars.
Section A3 Unlawful to Personate OFF,
GER Agent or Member Of Humane So
ciety.-Any officer or agent of any such
society, authorized by the mayor of Biz
mingham, shall have power to make ar
rests for any act of cruelty to animals
now or hereafter prohibited by any per-
son who shall falsely impersonate any
officer, agent or member of any such
society shall be fined, on conviction, not
less than five nor more than one hun
bred dollars.
Section AIS. Fines, Penalties and For
FIXTURES Paid to Society whose Agent
Procures Conviction.-All fines, penalties
and forfetures imposed and collected
through the fundamentally of an officer,
agent or member Of any humane society
for violation of the provisions Of this
code for the prevention of cruelty to
animals, or of any ordinance hereafter
passed for such purpose, shall be paid on
demand to the said society In aid Of Its
benevolent labors
Hold Mass Meeting.
Under the auspices of the Humane
Society a mass meeting will be held Tues
day evening at o'clock in the parlors
of the armory In the city hall Among the
prominent persons who have been invited
to speak in the interest Of the work are
Mrs. Robert Cunningham, Frank s.
White. A. o. Lane and Rufus N. Rhodes.