Washington lying within the following bounds: Commencing at the Eastern branch at the foot of Fourth street east and running up Fourth street east to South Carolina avenue; thence along South Carolina avenue to D street south; thence along D street south to Fifteenth street east; thence up Fifteenth street east to B street south; thence out B street south to the Eastern branch, and along the Eastern branch to the foot of Fourth street east.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the boundary lines of the districts hereinbefore enumerated shall be the center of the streets, avenues, roads, or reservations designated as such boundaries.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the boundary lines of the Council districts in said District shall continue as they now exist until otherwise defined by law. Approved August 23, 1871.

Boundary lines to be the center of the

streets, &c.

Boundaries of remain as at present.

Council districts to

CHAP. CV.—An Act providing for the registration of voters in the District

of Columbia.

August 23, 1871.

Governor to ap

registration.

Residence.

Quorum.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the Governor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint annually point a board of a board of registration, to consist of five persons, three of whom shall be residents of Washington, one of Georgetown, and one of the county of Washington, whose duty Duty. it shall be annually to prepare a list of voters in the District of Columbia. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum, and shall have power to appoint as many clerks as shall be necessary to enable the said board to perform their duties with efficiency; and the compen- Compensation. sation of the members of said board shall be five dollars for every day they shall be actually employed in the discharge of their duties, and they shall be entitled to no other fees, perquisites, or compensation whatever; and the clerks appointed by said board shall be entitled to a compensation of four dollars for each day actually employed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said board of registration, for the purpose of preparing the list of voters, as aforesaid, shall hold sessions of said board in the several Delegate districts, not less than one, nor more than three days, and shall give at least five days' notice, in two

Clerks.

Sessions.

Notice.

Rules.

To complete lists before November 1.

throughout the re

five days prior to November 11.

or more newspapers of the city of Washington, of the several places and times of their meetings, as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the board of registration, in the preparation of the list of voters, shall be governed by the following rules:

First. It shall be the duty of the said board to have the lists of voters for all the several Delegate districts aforesaid completed on or before the fourth day of November, and, as the same shall be completed during the progress of the work, to have printed copies thereof put up And post copies in not less than twenty-five public places in each of said spective districts districts, the last of which shall be printed and so put up not less than five days previous to the eleventh day of November next, so that notice of the persons inscribed as voters or omitted from the lists, respectively, may be given as soon as practicable to the voters of the several districts, without delaying for the completion of all the lists. Second. The said board shall convene at the City Hall, of correcting lists. in the city of Washington, on the fourteenth day of November, at the hour of nine o'clock a. m., and hold a session of four days, sitting from nine o'clock a. m. till eight o'clock p. m., for the purpose of correcting the lists aforesaid, by striking off the names of persons they may ascertain not to be qualified, and for placing thereon the names of others who are qualified to vote, but which had been omitted in the first instance for any cause.

To convene Nov.

14, for the purpose

To make out corrected lists for Gov

tendents of election.

Third. Immediately upon the completion of their sesernor and superin- sion for making corrections, as aforesaid, the board of registration shall make, or cause to be made out, in duplicate, a corrected list of the voters for each of the twentytwo Delegate districts aforesaid, one of which they shall send to the Governor of the District of Columbia, and the other to the superintendents of election in each of said districts: Provided, That said board shall be in sessession on election Sion on the day of election, during the hours such election is held, to certify in cases when an error has been made in transcribing names of persons entitled to vote.

Proviso.

Board to be in

day.

Oath.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That each member of said board of registration, and the clerks thereof, before entering upon the performance of their duties, shall be sworn or affirmed faithfully and correctly to perform the same, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the District of Columbia.

District responsi

ble only for ex

penses authorized

by this act or by

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the District of Columbia will not be responsible for any expense incurred by the board of registration not directly authorized by Governor, in writ this act, except on the written order of the Governor.

ing.

ted.

The seventeenth line, second page, being first interlined Interlineation nowith the words "and hold a session of four days, sitting from nine o'clock a. m."

Approved August 23, 1871.

CHAP. CVI.—An Act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals in the Territory of the District of Columbia.

August 23, 1871.

Penalty for overmals, or depriving

driving, &c., ani

them unnecessarily

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly of food, &c. kills, or causes or procures to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated, or cruelly kills any animal, and whoever, having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the same, or unnecessarily fails to provide the same with proper food, drink, shelter, or protection from the weather, shall for every such offense be punished by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Other cruelties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works the same when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandons the same, or who carries the same, or causes the same to be carried, in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits the same to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind, shall be punished for every such Penalty. offense in the manner provided in section one.

Transportation of

companies regulated.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,. That no railroad company, in the carrying or transportation of animals, shall animals by railroad permit the same to be confined in cars for a longer period than twenty-four hours, without unloading the same, for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading by

Penalty.

storm or other accidental causes. In estimating such confinement the time during which such animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included; it being the intent of this act to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-four hours, except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated. Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed, watered, and sheltered during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad company transporting the same, at the expense of said owner or persons in custody thereof. And said company shall, in such case, have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals authorized by this act. Any company, owner, or custodian of such animals who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall, for each and every such offense, be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one or more than five hundred dollars: Provided, however, That when animals shall be carried in cars in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person found warrant authorized. violating the laws in relation to cruelty to animals may be arrested and held without a warrant, in the manner provided by the charter of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, granted by an act of Congress approved June twenty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy, and the person making an arrest, with or without a war. Notice to owners. rant, shall use reasonable diligence to give notice thereof to the owner of animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested, and shall properly care and provide for such animals until the owner thereof shall take charge of the same: Provided, The owner shall take charge of the same within twenty days from the date of said notice. And the person making such arrest shall have a lien on said animals for the expense of such care and provisions.

Proviso.

Arrests without

Proviso.

Mode of obtain

when it is believed

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when complaint ing search warrant is made by any member of the Association for the Preanimals are being vention of Cruelty to Animals, on oath or affirmation, to particular place. any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal

ill-treated in any

cases, that the complainant believes, and has reasonable cause to believe, that the laws in relation to cruelty to animals have been or are being violated in any particular building or place, such magistrate, if satisfied that there is reasonable cause for such belief, shall issue a search warrant, authorizing any marshal, deputy marshal, constable, police officer, or any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to search such building or place.

Prosecution of

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of all marshals, deputy marshals, constables, police offenders. officers, or any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this act which shall come to their notice

or knowledge, and fines and forfeitures collected upon Disposition of fines. or resulting from the complaint or information of any member of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals under this act shall inure and be paid over to said association, in aid of the benevolent objects for which it was incorporated.

Impounded animals to be supplied

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall impound, or cause to be impounded in any pound, with food and water. any creature, shall supply the same, during such confinement, with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water; and in default thereof shall, upon conviction, be punished for every such offense in the same manner provided in section one.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in case any creature shall be at any time impounded as aforesaid, and shall continue to be without necessary food and water for more than twelve successive hours, it shall be lawful for any officer of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, from time to time, and as often as it shall be necessary, to enter into and upon any pound in which such creature shall be so confined, and supply it with necessary food and water so long as it shall remain so confined; such person shall not be liable to any action for such entry, and the reasonable cost for such food and water may be collected of the owner of such creature, and the said creature shall not be exempt from levy and sale upon execution issued upon a judgment thereof.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That any person or per sons who shall keep or use, or in any way be connected

Penalty.

Mode of relieving animals impounded

for more than twelve

hours without food

and water.

ing fowls, &c., prohibited.

Fighting or bait.