XCI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or Act may be repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of amended, &c. Parliament.

XCIL And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Act, Public Act. and shall be judicially taken notice of as such.

SCHEDULES referred to in the foregoing Act.

SCHEDULE (A.)

Name of Rate, Cess, Tax, or Rent to be collected by the Collector

Form of Notice of Demand of Rates and Taxes being due and

No.

To

payable.

By Order of the Collector General of Taxes.

TAKE notice, That the under-mentioned Rates and Taxes due by you for Property in your Occupation, or for which you are liable, from became due and payable on the Day of

to

SCHEDULE (C.)

County of

Form of Warrant of Distress for the Recovery of Rates.
WHEREAS Complaint hath been duly made by
One of the Collectors of Rates to the
Collector General appointed under the Authority

or Borough, &c.,
to wit.

Day of

of an Act, intituled [here insert Title of this Act], that
of, &c., hath not paid and has refused to pay the Sum of
duly assessed upon him in and by a certain Rate [or Rates] for
the said Borough [or District], called the
bearing Date
on or about the
in the Year of our
Lord 184 and duly made according to the Directions and for
the Purposes of [here name the Act under which Authority is
given to make the Rate or Rates], although the same hath been
duly demanded of him: And whereas it appears to me

and that the said

One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said
County or Borough, &c., as well as upon Oath of
One
of the said Collectors of Rates, as otherwise, that the said Sum of
hath been duly demanded in Writing by him from the
said
hath refused to pay the
same for the Space of Fourteen Days after such Demand made,
and doth refuse to pay the same: And whereas the said
having appeared before me in pursuance of my Summons for that
Purpose, hath not shown to me any sufficient Cause why the same
should not be paid [or And whereas it hath been duly proved to
me upon Oath that the said
hath been duly summoned

to appear before me to show Cause why he refuseth to pay the said
Rate or Assessment, but he the said
hath neglected to
appear according to the said Summons, and hath not shown to me
any sufficient Cause why the same should not be paid]: These
are therefore in Her Majesty's Name to command you to levy the
said Sum of

by Distress of the Goods and Chattels of
the said
and if the same shall not be paid within the
Space of
Days next after such Distress by you taken,
together with the reasonable Charges of taking and keeping the
same, that then you do sell the said Goods and Chattels by you
distrained, and out of the Money arising by such Sale that you
detain the Sum of
and also your reasonable Charges
of taking, keeping, and selling the said Distress, rendering to him
the said
the Overplus, on Demand; and if sufficient
Distress cannot be found of the Goods and Chattels of the said
that then
you certify the same to me, together with the Warrants, to the end
that such further Proceeding may be had therein as to the Law
doth appertain. Given under my Hand and Seal, the
Day of
in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and forty

whereon to levy the said Sum of

CAP. XCII.

An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.

[1st August 1849.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His 5&6 W.4.c.59. late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to con

'solidate

'solidate 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: And whereas another Act was passed in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, intituled

An Act to extend to Ireland the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years 7 W.4. & 1 Vict. of His late Majesty's Reign, consolidating and amending the c. 66. Laws relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals: ⚫ And whereas it is expedient to repeal the Provisions of the said • recited Acts, and to make other and more effectual Provisions for promoting the Objects and Purposes of the said Acts: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 from and after the passing Recited Acts of this Act the said recited Acts (excepting so far as they, or either repealed, save of them, repeal any other Act or Part of any other Act,) be and as to Offences the same are hereby repealed, save as to any Offences committed before passing against the Provisions of the said recited Acts, or either of them, of this Act. before the passing of this Act, which Offences shall and may be dealt with, and the Offenders proceeded against and punished, as if this Act had not passed.

committed

Animals.

II. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall from and after Penalty for the passing of this Act cruelly beat, ill-treat, over-drive, abuse, Cruelty to or torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, over-driven, abused, or tortured, any Animal, every such Offender shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

III. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall keep or As to Places use or act in the Management of any Place for the Purpose of kept for Bullfighting or baiting any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, Cock, or other baiting, Dog. fighting, &c. Kind of Animal, whether of domestic or wild Nature, or shall permit or suffer any Place to be so used, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for every Day he shall so keep or use or act in the Management of any such Place, or permit or suffer any Place to be used as aforesaid; provided always, that every Person who shall receive Money for the Admission of any other Person to any Place kept or used for any of the Purposes aforesaid shall be deemed to be the Keeper thereof; and every Person who shall in any Manner encourage, aid, or assist at the fighting or baiting of any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, Cock, or other Animal as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for every such Offence.

guilty of Cruelty to Animals.

IV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall, by cruelly As to Damage beating, ill-treating, over-driving, abusing, or torturing any done by Persons Animal, do any Damage or Injury to such Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage or Injury to be done to any Person or to any Property, every such Offender shall on Conviction of such Offence pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender shall not be the Owner thereof), or to the Person who shall sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum of Money by way of Compensation, not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted: Provided always, that the Payment

E e 4

Persons impounding Animals to provide Food and Water.

Power to supply Food and Water to Animals impounded.

26 G. 3. c. 71.

Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the Nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent or in any Manner affect the Punishment to which such Person or the Owner of such Animal may be liable for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by Action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered under this Act. V. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall impound or confine, or cause to be impounded or confined, in any Pound or Receptacle of the like Nature, any Animal, shall provide and supply during such Confinement a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water to such Animal; and every such Person who shall refuse or neglect to provide and supply such Animal with such Food and Water as aforesaid shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Penalty of Twenty Shillings.

VI. And be it enacted, That in case any Animal shall at any Time be impounded or confined as aforesaid, and shall continue confined without fit and sufficient Food and Water for more than Twelve successive Hours, it shall and may be lawful to and for any Person whomsoever, from Time to Time, and as often as shall be necessary, to enter into and upon any Pound or other Receptacle of the like Nature in which any such Animal shall be so confined, and to supply such Animal with fit and sufficient Food and Water during so long a Time as such Animal shall remain and continue confined as aforesaid, without being liable to any Action of Trespass or other Proceeding by any Person whomsoever for or by reason of such Entry for the Purposes aforesaid; and the reasonable Cost of such Food and Water shall be paid by the Owner of such Animal, before such Animal is removed, to the Person who shall supply the same, and the said Cost may be recovered in like Manner as herein provided for the Recovery of Penalties under this Act.

VII. And whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating Houses and other • Places kept for the Purpose of slaughtering Horses, it is enacted, that every Person and Persons licensed according to the Pro'visions of that Act shall cause to be painted or affixed over the Door or Gate of the House or Place where he, she, or they 'shall carry on the Business of slaughtering Horses or other Cattle, in large legible Characters, his, her, and their Name and Names, together with the Words "Licensed for slaughtering Horses, pursuant to an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year "of His Majesty King George the Third:" And whereas no Penalty is provided by the said recited Act for the Refusal or Neglect to comply with the said Provision:' For Remedy where of Persons keeping be it enacted, That any Person licensed as aforesaid who shall re

Places for slaughtering Cattle, &c. to

affix Names, &c.

6.66

fuse or neglect to comply with the said recited Provision of the said recited Act shall forfeit and pay for such Offence a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and shall forfeit and pay a like Penalty for every Day during which such Refusal or Neglect shall con tinue, such Penalties to be recovered as Penalties under this Act are directed to be recovered.

VIII. And

VIII. And be it enacted, That every Person keeping or using Regulations or acting in the Management of any Place for the Purpose of as to Cattle slaughtering Horses or other Cattle (not intended for Butchers sent to be slaughtered. Meat) shall, immediately upon any Horse or other Cattle being brought to or delivered at such Place for the Purpose of being slaughtered, cut off or cause to be cut off the Hair from the Neck of such Horse or other Cattle, and within Three Days from the Time of such Horse or other Cattle being brought or delivered as aforesaid shall kill or cause to be killed the said Horse or other Cattle, and until such Horse or other Cattle shall be killed shall supply such Horse or other Cattle with a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water; and if any Person keeping or using or acting in the Management of any such Place shall neglect or omit to cut or cause to be cut off the Hair of the Neck of such Horse or other Cattle, or to kill or cause to be killed any such Horse or other Cattle, within the Time above limited, or shall neglect or omit to supply a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water to such Horse or other Cattle as aforesaid, every such Person shall on Conviction of any or either of the said Offences be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

not to be employed.

IX. And be it enacted, That if any Person keeping or using or Cattle intended having the Management of any Place for the Purpose of slaughter- for Slaughter ing Horses or other Cattle (not intended for Butchers Meat) shall use or employ or cause or permit to be used or employed any Horse or other Cattle brought to or delivered at, or which shall be in or upon, such Place for the Purpose of being slaughtered, or shall permit or suffer any such Horse or other Cattle to leave the said Place, to be employed in any manner of Work, every such Person shall be liable to forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings for every Day on which such Horse or other Cattle shall be so used or employed, or shall be absent from such Place; and every Person who shall be found using or employing Penalty. any such Horse or other Cattle, or in the Possession of any such Horse or other Cattle whilst so used or employed, shall be liable to forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings for every Day he shall use or employ or be so possessed of any such Horse or other Cattle as aforesaid.

Description of
Cattle to be

entered in a
Book.

X. And be it enacted, That every Person keeping or using or having the Management of any Place for slaughtering Horses or other Cattle (not intended for Butchers Meat) shall, at the Time of receiving any Horse or other Cattle in such Place, enter in a Book such a full and correct Description of the Colour, Marks, and Gender of such Horse or other Cattle as may clearly distinguish and identify the same; and if any such Person shall refuse Penalty for or neglect to make or cause to be made such Entry in a clear and Neglect. distinct Manner, or shall refuse or neglect to produce such Book before any Justice of the Peace whenever required by such Justice so to do, or shall refuse to allow such Book to be inspected, and Extracts to be made therefrom, at all reasonable Times, by any Constable, or other Person duly authorized by such Justice, every such Person shall be liable to forfeit and pay a Penalty for every such Offence not exceeding Forty Shillings.

XI. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Per- Persons licensed son who shall be licensed to slaughter Horses, during the Time to slaughter while Horses not to