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Commissioners of Woods, in their Reports, to certify all Grants made

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being shall, in every Report which shall be made by them to the King's most Excellent under this Act. Majesty and to both Houses of Parliament touching or concerning the Land Revenue of the Crown, from and after the passing of this Act, certify and report every Grant which shall have been made under and by virtue of the Provisions of this Act since the Time of the making their last preceding Report, and to whom and for what Purpose the same shall have been made, and what Land or Ground shall be comprised therein, and all other Particulars relating thereto.

The Act

3 G. 4. c. 7). and Part of the Act

3 W. 4. c. 19. repealed.

CA P. LIX.

An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws relating
to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals, and the
Mischiefs arising from the driving of Cattle, and to make
other Provisions in regard thereto. [9th September 1835.]
WHEREAS frequent Accidents arise from improperly driv-
ing Cattle, and many and great Cruelties are practised
by improperly driving and conveying Cattle to, at, and from
'public Markets and otherwise, as well as in slaughtering and
keeping and detaining the same without Food and Nourishment,
to the great and needless Increase of the Sufferings of dumb
Animals and to the Demoralization of the People, and whereby
the Lives and Property of His Majesty's Subjects are greatly
' endangered and injured: And whereas it is expedient to reduce
into One Act, and to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers and
Provisions of several Acts now in force relating to the cruel
and improper Treatment of Cattle, and the Mischiefs arising
from the driving thereof, and also to prevent as far as possible
the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle and other Animals,
and to make divers Provisions in regard thereto :' Be it there-
fore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
Authority of the same, That the Act herein-after mentioned, (that
is to say,) an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His
late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to prevent
the cruel and improper Treatment of Cattle, and so much of an
Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Ma-
jesty, intituled An Act for the more effectual Administration of
Justice in the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the several Police
Offices established in the Metropolis, and for the more effectual Pre-
vention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity for
Three Years, as recites and enacts as follows, (that is to say,)
"And whereas divers Places in and about the Metropolis are
kept and used for the Purpose of fighting or baiting of Bears or
other Animals, at which Places idle and disorderly Persons com-
monly assemble, to the Interruption of good Order and the
Danger of the public Peace; be it therefore enacted, that any

Person

Person who shall, within Five Miles of Temple Bar, keep or use or shall act in the Management or conducting of any Premises or Place whatsoever for the Purpose of fighting or baiting of Bears, Cock-fighting, baiting or fighting of Badgers or other Animals, shall, on Conviction thereof before any One Justice of the Peace, forfeit any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, and in default of immediate Payment shall be liable to be imprisoned and kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding Two Months, unless the said Penalty shall be sooner paid," shall be and the same are hereby severally repealed, and made null and void to all Intents and Purposes, save and except as to any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred and not recovered, and to any Offences or other Matters committed and done before the passing of this Act.

Any Person wantonly and cruelly beating or otherwise

ill-treating any Cattle, &c. or improperly driving the

to Prison.

II. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall from and after the passing of this Act wantonly and cruelly beat, illtreat, abuse, or torture any Horse, Mare, Gelding, Bull, Ox, Cow, Heifer, Steer, Calf, Mule, Ass, Sheep, Lamb, Dog, or any other Cattle or domestic Animal, or if any Person who shall drive any Cattle or other Animal shall, by Negligence or ill Usage in the driving thereof, be the Means whereby any Mischief, Damage, same, whereby or Injury shall be done by any such Cattle or other Animal, every any Mischief such Offender, being convicted of any or either of the said Of. shall be done, fences before any One Justice of the Peace for the City, Town, shall, upon Conor County in which any such Offence shall have been committed, viction, be fined shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay (over and above the or committed Amount of the Damage or Injury (if any) done thereby, which Damage or Injury shall and may be ascertained and determined by such Justice) such a Sum of Money, not exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Five Shillings with Costs, as to such Justice shall seem meet; or the Offender shall, in default of Payment, be committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction for the City, Town, or County in which such Offence shall have been committed, there to be imprisoned for any Time not exceeding Fourteen Days; provided that nothing in this Act contained shall prevent or abridge any Remedy by Action against the Employer of any such Offender where the Amount of the Damage is not sought to be recovered by virtue of this Act.

III. And whereas Cruelties are greatly promoted and encouraged by Persons keeping Houses, Rooms, Pits, Grounds, or other Places for the fighting or baiting of Dogs, Bulls, Bears, or other Animals, and for fighting Cocks, and by Persons aiding or assisting therein, and the same are great Nuisances and Annoyances to the Neighbourhood in which they are situate, and tend to demoralize those who frequent such Places;' be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, if any Person shall keep or use any House, Room, Pit, Ground, or other Place for the Purpose of running, baiting, or fighting any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, or other Animal (whether of domestic or wild Nature or Kind), or for Cock-fighting, or in which any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, or other such Animal shall be baited, run, or fought, every such Person shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Ten Shillings for every Day in which he shall so keep and use such House, Room, Pit, T 2 Ground,

Persons keeping Pits for fighting Dogs or baiting Bears, &c. guilty of a Nuisance, and liable to

Penalties.

The Person

who shall be the Manager of such House to be deemed the Keeper.

Parties impounding Cattle to provide sufficient Food

for them.

Remedy for the Recovery thereof.

Persons may enter Pounds,

&c.

Ground, or Place for any of the Purposes aforesaid: Provided always, that the Person who shall act as the Manager of any such House, Room, Pit, Ground, or other Place, or who shall receive any Money for the Admission of any Person thereto, or who shall assist in any such baiting or fighting, or Bull-running, shall be deemed and taken to be the Keeper of the same for the Purposes of this Act, and be liable to all such Penalties as are by this Act imposed upon the Person who shall actually keep any such House, Room, Pit, Ground, or other Place for the Purposes aforesaid.

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IV. And whereas great Cruelties are practised by reason of keeping and detaining Horses, Asses, and other Cattle and Animals impounded and confined without Food frequently for many Days;' for Remedy whereof, be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act every Person who shall impound or confine, or cause to be impounded or confined, any Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal, in any Common Pound, open Pound, or close Pound, or in any inclosed Place, shall and he is hereby required to find, provide, and supply such Horse, Ass, and other Cattle or Animal so impounded or confined, daily with good and sufficient Food and Nourishment for so long a Time as such Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal shall remain and continue so impounded or confined as aforesaid; and every such Person who shall so find, provide, and supply any such Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal, with such daily Food and Nourishment as aforesaid, shall and may and he and they are hereby authorized and empowered to recover of and from the Owner or Owners of such Cattle or Animal not exceeding Double the full Value of the Food and Nourishment so supplied to such Cattle or Animal as aforesaid by proceeding before any One Justice of the Peace within whose Jurisdiction such Cattle or Animal shall have been so impounded and supplied with Food as aforesaid, in like Manner as any Penalty or Forfeiture, or any Damage or Injury, may be recovered under and by virtue of any of the Powers or Authorities in this Act contained, and which Value of the Food and Nourishment so to be supplied as aforesaid such Justice is hereby fully authorized and empowered to ascertain, determine, and enforce as aforesaid; and every Person who shall have so supplied such Food and Nourishment as aforesaid shall be at liberty, if he shall so think fit, instead of proceeding for the Recovery of the Value thereof as last aforesaid, after the Expiration of Seven clear Days from the Time of impounding the same, to sell any such Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal, openly at any public Market (after having given Three Days public printed Notice thereof) for the most Money that can be then got for the same, and to apply the Produce in discharge of the Value of such Food and Nourishment so supplied as aforesaid, and the Expences of and attending such Sale, rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Owner of such Cattle or Animal.

V. And be it further enacted, That in case any Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal shall at any Time so remain impounded or confined as aforesaid without sufficient daily Food or Nourishment more than Twenty-four Hours, it shall and may be lawful

to and for any Person or Persons whomsoever from Time to Time and as often as shall be necessary to enter into and upon any such Common Pound, open Pound, or close Pound, or other inclosed Place in which any such Cattle or Animal shall be so impounded or confined, and to supply such Cattle or Animal with such good and sufficient Food and Nourishment during so long a Time as such Cattle or Animal shall so remain and continue impounded or confined as aforesaid, without being liable to any Action of Trespass or other Proceeding by any Person or Persons whomsoever for or by any reason of such Entry or Entries for the Purposes aforesaid.

Cattle.

VI. And be it further enacted, That in case any such Person Penalty on who shall so impound or confine, or cause to be impounded or Parties negconfined, any such Horse, Ass, or other Cattle or Animal as afore- lecting to feed said, shall refuse or neglect to find, provide, and supply such daily impounded good and sufficient Food and Nourishment to such Cattle and Animal so impounded or confined as aforesaid, he and they shall for every Day during which he or they shall so refuse or neglect to find, provide, and supply the same as aforesaid, forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Shillings; which last Sum and Sums of Money shall and may be recoverable by proceeding before any One Justice of the Peace in like Manner as herein-before provided for the Recovery of any Penalty, Forfeiture, Damage, or Injury as herein-before mentioned.

VII. And whereas great Cruelty is practised by reason of As to slaughter'diseased, old, and worn-out Horses sold or taken to Knackers ing Horses, &c. or Slaughtermen for the Purpose of Slaughter, being frequently ⚫ resold or compelled to work, or kept without sufficient Food;' for Remedy whereof be it further enacted, That if any Person keeping or using any House or Place for the Purpose of slaughtering or killing any Horse or Cattle (which shall not be for Butcher's Meat) shall at any Time hereafter slaughter or kill any Horse or Cattle (not being for Butcher's Meat) without having previously taken out a Licence for that Purpose, and without having previously affixed over the outer Gate or Entrance from the public Highway to said licensed Premises the Board and Inscription in manner and form prescribed according to the Provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for 26 G. S. c. 71. regulating Houses and other Places kept for the Purpose of slaughtering Horses, every such Person shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than Ten Shillings, or be liable to such Punishment as in the said Act is provided.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That every Person so keeping or using any House or Place for the Purpose of slaughtering or killing Horses or other Cattle shall kill and slaughter every such Horse or Cattle within Three Days next after such Horse or other Cattle shall have been purchased by or brought and delivered to him, or any Person in his Service or Employ, for the Purposes of Slaughter as aforesaid, and shall also in the meantime, and until such Horse or other Cattle shall have been so slaughtered, find and provide such Horse or other Cattle with good and sufficient daily Food and Nourishment, and shall also,

Horses to be slaughtered

within Three Days after Purchase, and

in the meantime to be provided with Food.

Any Constable or Peace Officer,

or the Owner of any Cattle, may

seize Offenders.

As to Names of Offenders.

Limitation as to summary Proceedings.

As to Convictions.

at the Time of receiving such Horse or Cattle for the Purposes aforesaid, enter in the Book which by the said Act of the Twenty-sixth of George the Third is required to be kept by such Person for the Purposes in the said Act mentioned, a correct Description of the Colour and Gender of the Horse so purchased by or delivered to him for the Purposes aforesaid, with the Date of receiving the same; and if any such Horse or other Cattle so received for the Purpose of being slaughtered as aforesaid shall be employed in any Manner of Work, or shall not be supplied with good and sufficient Food during the Time he shall survive, every such Person so receiving every such Horse or other Cattle shall for each and every such Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Forty Shillings nor less than Five Shillings for every Day on which such Offence shall be committed or continued.

IX. And, for the more easy and effectual Apprehension of all Offenders against this Act, be it further enacted, That when and so often as any of the said Offences shall happen it shall and may be lawful to or for any Constable or other Peace Officer, or for the Owner of any such Cattle or Animal, upon View thereof, or upon the Information of any other Person (who shall declare his, her, or their Name or Names and Place or Places of Abode to the said Constable or other Peace Officer), to seize and secure by the Authority of this Act, and forthwith and without any other Authority or Warrant to convey any such Offender before any One Justice of the Peace within whose Jurisdiction the Offence shall have been committed, to be dealt with according to Law, and such Justice shall forthwith proceed to examine upon Oath any Witness or Witnesses who shall appear or be produced to give Information touching any such Offence (which Oath the said Justice is hereby authorized and empowered to administer).

X. And be it further enacted, That if any Person who shall be apprehended for having committed any Offence against this Act shall refuse to discover his Name and Place of Abode to the Justice before whom he shall be brought, such Person refusing shall immediately be delivered over to a Constable or other Peace Officer, and shall by him be conveyed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction for the City, Town, or County within which the Offence shall have been committed, or in which the Offender shall have been apprehended, there to remain for a Space not exceeding One Calendar Month, or until he shall make known his Name and Place of Abode to the said Justice.

XI. And be it further enacted, That the Prosecution of every Offence punishable under this Act shall be commenced within Three Calendar Months next after the Commission of the Offence, and not otherwise; and the Evidence of the Party complaining shall be admitted in Proof of the Offence, and also the Evidence of any Overseer or Inhabitant of the Parish in which the Offence shall have been committed, notwithstanding any Forfeiture or Penalty incurred by the Offence may be payable to the Overseers of the Poor of such Parish.

XII. And be it further enacted, That in every Case of a Conviction under this Act, where the Sum which shall be awarded

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