The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-18

letter OF the law and the instructions
that are given in his or her hand
book, the society stands back OF
every one of their agents without
cent Of cost to the agent, and in case
an agent does not do as directed, the
society Is under no obligation to help
them out. Another accusation is
that Through ignorance OF cattle,
the agents have inflicted great injus-
tice upon the cattlemen. Perhaps
1t Is injustice TO cattIeman to supply
his cattle with feed and water when
they have been without for a whole
week (seven days)-especially when
he has the bill to pay. but 1T GER
tainly Is q humane act to the cattle
to give them some relief. That Is
what the society is for. These two
cattle that reference was made to In
last weeks paper were in a lane, ~
miles from the nearest water place
and the feeding ground where they
could get something to eat Is an un-
known distance from there. The
gentlemen that reported these ami
mails are ready and willing to testify
that they were without feed and wa
ter for ten days. II the cattlemen
call 1t Ignorance Of cattle" to take
such under care, hope there are no
more cattle in the country that are
kept through ''inteliigence of cat
tle.'
II all of my services and the feed
we're donated to the owners OF such
that duty demands me to take, soon
would have more stock than l could
take care Of And in case violate
any law In my attempt to do what
the society calls right. l can safely
depend on opposition for correction.
1t seems that some cattlemen are
OF the opinion that an animal has got
to be nothing but skin and bones be-
fore an agent has any right to touch
them. This is a mistake and for the
benefit of such a person / have asked
the Tribune to publish a portion Of
the law, which might be we'll fol
them to cut out and post 1t up in
some conspicuous place for reference
Session laws Of 1889, pages Il3-ll7;
Mills statutes, pages 425-429:
Sec. 8. Any officer or any agent of
the Colorado Humane society may
lawfully interfere to prevent the per-
petration II any act Of cruelty upon
any animal in his presence, and every
person who shall interfere with or
obsruct or resist any such officer or
agents in the discharge OF his duty,
shall, uPon conviction, be fined not
less than five nor more than fifty
dollars, or Imprisonment In the cOun-
ty Jail not more than thirty days.
Sec. s. Any officer or agent of said
Humane society may lawfully take
charge of any animal found aban-
doned, neglected, or cruelty treated,
and shall thereupon give notice
thereof to the owner il known, and
may care and provide for such animal
until owner shall take charge of
same, and the expense of such care
and provision shall be charge
against the owner of such animal,
and >oIectible from such owner by
said Humane society in an action
therefor.
Sec. 9. When said Humane society
shall provide neglected aud aban-
doned animals with proper food,
shelter and care, it may detain such
animals until the expense OF such
food, shelter and care is raid, and
shall have lien upon such animals
therefor
In closing l wish to thank Messrs.
McMillen and J. Loutalet for the
trouble they went to to make a public
Acknowledgement OF the discharge OF
nv duty as agent of the Colorado
Humane society. Very respectfully,
EMORY l.. HOLLA ND.
Erseoo Noro1ino