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STATE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Unlawful to 

 use bristle 

 bur, etc. 



Penalty. 



Repeal. 



Injuries to 

 animals. 



Extent of 

 liability. 



USE OF BRISTLE BUR, ETC. 



An act to prohibit the use of the bristle bur, tack bur, or other 

 like devices on horses or other animals in this state. 



(Approved March 13, 1903; Statutes 1903, p. 139.) 



SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful hereafter in this state for 

 any one, owner, driver or other person, having the care, custody 

 or control of any horse or other animal, to use what is known 

 as the bristle bur, tack bur, or other like device, by whatsoever 

 name known or designated, on any said horse or other animal 

 for any purpose whatsoever. 



SEC. 2. A violation of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed a misdemeanor and any one found guilty thereof shall 

 be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 

 more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment 

 in the county jail not less than ten nor more than one hundred 

 and seventy-five days, or may be punished by both such fine 

 and imprisonment. 



SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the pro- 

 visions of this act are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and 

 after its passage. 



LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO ANIMALS. 

 Civil Code. 



3340. For wrongful injuries to animals being subjects of 

 property, committed wilfully or by gross negligence, in disre- 

 gard of humanity, exemplary damages may be given. 



3341. The owner, possessor, or harborer of any dog 

 or other animal, that shall kill, worry, or wound any sheep, 

 angora goat, or cashmere goat, or poultry, shall be liable to 

 the owner of the same for the damages and costs of suit, to be 

 recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction : 



1. In the prosecution of actions under the provisions of this 

 chapter, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to show that 

 the owner, possessor, or harborer of such dog or other animal, 

 had knowledge of the fact that such dog or other animal would 

 kill, wound or worry sheep, goats, or poultry. 



2. Any person on finding any dog or dogs, or other animal, 

 not on the premises of the owner or possessor of such dog or 

 dogs, or other animal, worrying, wounding, or killing any 

 sheep, angora or cashmere goats, may, at the time of finding 

 such dog or dogs, or other animal, kill the same, and the owner 

 or owners thereof shall sustain no action for damages against 

 any person so killing such dog or dogs, or other animal. (As 

 amended, Stats. 1903, p. 54.) 



