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nourishment and care at the owner's expense, and shall have a lien 

 on such animal for the'same. 



" Sect. 9. In all cases where a lien is given under this act, the 

 person or corpoi'ation having- such lien may sell such animal or 

 animals at public auction, in the town or city where such animal 

 was found or is detained, after giving the party claiming or owning 

 such animal three days' notice in writing ; or in case such party 

 cannot be found, then by publishing notice of the time and place 

 of sale three times in any newspaper printed in the county where 

 such animal was found or detained ; and from the proceeds of such 

 sale may deduct all costs, charges and expenses, and a reasonable 

 compensation for trouble in the matter, and hold the balance, if 

 any, for and pay over the same on demand, to the party or parties 

 owning the said animal or animals, or his .or their legal represen- 

 tatives. 



"Sect. 10. It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, 

 police officers and constables, to prosecute all violations of the 

 provisions of this act which shall come to their notice or know- 

 ledge ; and all fines collected under this act shall be paid over to 

 the treasurer of the city or town where the offence for which the 

 fine is imposed, was committed ; and in case a society should be 

 formed in such city or town for the prevention of cruelty to animals 

 then such fines shall inure and be paid over to such society, in 

 aid of the benevolent objects for which it shall have been formed, 



"Sect. 11. The several municipal and police courts and trial 

 justices in this State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the 

 Supreme Judicial Court of all offences under this act." 



This law is an effluence from that genuine spirit of humanity for 

 which many of our people are noted in this country, and for which 

 I would I could say that all the citizens of the State of Maine 

 were celebrated. 



Let me say, that I wish our Legislature would enact a law, no 

 matter how unpopular it might be, that it should be unlawful for 

 any man to use upon any horse, reasonably well broken and rea- 

 sonably under the control of his driver, any check rein whatsoever, 

 and any person using such a rein should be liable to a fine of $20. 

 In breaking a young horse you may be obliged to use rather severe 

 methods, and so some things which may seem a little cruel, unless 

 you have more wisdom than most men, because they are intractable 

 and very unsubmissive ; but when a horse is well broken, and rea- 



