LAWS RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 117 



TAMPERING WITH ANIMALS ON EXHIBITION. 



An act to prevent tampering ivith animals, and to prevent the 

 giving or administering of poison or drugs to horses, cattle, 

 dogs, animals, and other live stock, except for medicinal 

 purposes, and making the same a misdemeanor. 



(Approved March 23, 1901; Stats. 1901, p. 553.) 



SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, unlawful to 

 except for medicinal purposes, to administer any poison, drug, X3sn h 

 medicine, or other noxious substance, to any horse, stud, mule, exhibition, 

 ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, colt, filly, dog, e 

 animals, or other live stock, entered or about to be entered in 

 any race or upon any race course in the State of California, or 

 entered or about to be entered at or with any agricultural park, 

 or association, race course, or corporation, or other exhibition 

 for competition for prize, reward, purse, premium, stake, 

 sweepstakes, or other reward, or to expose any such poison, 

 drug, medicine, or noxious substance, with intent that the same 

 shall be taken, inhaled, swallowed, or otherwise received by 

 any horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, 

 gelding, colt, filly, dog, animal, or other live stock with intent 

 to impede or affect the speed, endurance, sense, health, physical 

 condition, or other character or quality of such above men- 

 tioned animal, or other live stock. 



SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 

 cause to be taken by or placed upon or in the body of any 

 horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, 

 colt, filly, dog, animal, or other live stock entered or about to 

 be entered in any race upon any race course in the State of 

 California, or entered or about to be entered at or with any 

 agricultural park, association, race course or corporation, or 

 other exhibition for competition for prize, reward, purse, pre- 

 mium, stake, sweepstakes, or other reward, any sponge, wood, 

 or foreign substance of any kind, with intent to impede or 

 affect the speed, endurance, sense, health, physical condition, 

 of such horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, 

 gelding, colt, filly, dog, animal, or othe.r live stock. 



SEC. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the Penalty. 

 provisions of sections one or two of this act shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the pro- Bepeai. 

 visions of this act are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. 



