Year: 1874

House Bill No g. 2.l-cHArTER cxx.

 An Act for tine more Efectual Prevention cf Cruelty

 to Animals.

 Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Rcpres

 tives ill General Assembly convened:

 Section l. Whoever overdrives, drives when over loaded, oyerworEs torturers dePriyes of necessary sustenace, cruelty beats mutates. or cruelty kills any animal, causes the same to be done, and whoever having the charge custody of any animal either owner or otberwise infiicts nnnecsssarv crnoIt,, ~ the same unnecessarily fails to provide the same with proper food. drink protection from the weah err shall, for every such oense, Ec punished by i'm prisonment in Jail not exceedingly year, or by line not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars ol by both such fine and Imprisonment.

 Section 2 Every person having the of any ar mal, who cruelty abandons the same, who carries the same causes the to be carried in or upor any Vehicle, or otherwise, in unnecessarily manner knowingly and Wilfuly authorizes the same to be dOne shall be punished for every such cense the manner provided ill section

 Section ,. No railroad company, ill the carving C.; animals shall permit the to be confined III cars for longer period than twenty y-eighty consecutive hours wlthout uhoalhS the same Tor rest water and feeding for period Of at least five consecutive LourS unless prevented from unloading by storm fine ment, she time during which the animals have beer confined without such rest connecting roads from which they arc received, shall be included Animals unloaded shall be properly fed watered and shelter ed during such rest by the owner person having custody thereof in of his default ill so doing then by the railroad company transporting tine same at the expense of said owner person in custody thereof and said company shall, in such case have lien upon such animals for food care custody furnish ed, and shall not be not be liable for any detention o such animals authorized by this act; any compsny custodian of such animals who shall fail tC comply with the provisions of this selection shal each and every such offcnse be liable for and forfeit and pay penalty of not less than nor more than v, hundred dollars; provided however. that when animals shall be carried ill cars ill which they can and have proper food water space and opportunity for rest thu foregoing provision ill regard to their being unoadcG shall not apply.

 Section And person found violating the laws ill re laton to cruelty to animals may arrested and helL with waTKRnt ill the same manner of persons found breaking the peace and person make an arrest shall reasonable diligence to give notice thereof tC the owner of animals found in the charge or cusod, of the person arrested and shall properly care anC provide for such animals until the thereof shal take charge of the within sixty days from the date of said notice and the person making shall have lien said animals for the expense O. such care and provision,

 Section 5. When complaint is made, on oath or af frmatiOn, to any magistrate authorized to issue war rants ill criminal cases that the complainant believes and his reasonable to believe, that the laws i, relation to cruelty to animals have or are bcin: violated i'll any particular building place. such mag israte, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause fo such belief, shall issue search warrant authorizin: any sheriff, deputy sheriff. constable police office to search such building place but such s.arcl shall be made after sunset unless specially authorized by the magistrate upon satisfactory cause shown Section 6. In this act the word animal" or siani mas shall be held to include all brute creatures ant birds. The knowledge aud acts of agents of and per sons employed by corporations in regard to animal transported, Owped employed by or in the custod of such corporations shall be held to be the acts an Knowledge of such corporations

 Section T. It shall be the duty of all informing off to prosecute all violations of the provisions of th act which shall come to their notice knowledge ant fines and fOrfetureS collected upon or resulting iron the complaint or information of officer agent any society for the prevention of cruelty animals shall inure and be paid over to said society. Approved. July D 1874