42 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



ject the person charged therewith, if found guilty, to the penalties pro- 

 vided therein. 



SEC. 37190. [Duties of police officer; penalty.] When a sheriff, 

 constable, marshal, police officer, or any agent for -any duly incorpor- 

 ated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, has reason to be- 

 lieve that any person within his jurisdiction is about to violate the pro- 

 visions of section sixty-nine hundred and fifty-tivo, of the Revised 

 Statutes, he shall forthwith arrest such person ,and take him before a 

 magistrate named in section seventy-one hundred and sir; upon the 

 proper affidavit being filed, such officer shall hear the witnesses pro- 

 duced, on oath, and if he find the complaint true, order the accused to 

 enter into a recognizance, with sufficient sureties, in a sum not less than 

 one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, that he will- 

 not violate the provisions of said section sixty-nine hundred and fifty- 

 two, within one year thereafter, within this state, and in default of such 

 recognizance the officer shall commit the accused to jail, there to remain 

 until such order is complied with, or he is otherwise discharged by due 

 course of law, or until he shall make and subscribe an oath, in the 

 presence of two witnesses, that he will not violate the provisions of said 

 section six thousand nine hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes 

 of Ohio, nor aid or abet in so doing within said year. Upon convic- 

 tion of such person for a subsequent violation of the provisions of said 

 section within said year, he shall be fined not less than twenty-five dol- 

 lars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned not 

 less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both, in the dis- 

 cretion of the court. 



SEC. 3720. [Police powers of officers and agents.] An officer, 

 agent, or member of any such association may interfere to prevent the 

 perpetration of any act of cruelty to animals in his presence, and may 

 use such force as may be necessary to prevent the same, and to that end 

 may summon to his aid any bystanders. 



SEC. 3721. [Interpretation of certain words.] In this chapter, 

 and in every law of the state relating to or in any manner affecting 

 animals, the word "animal" shall be held to include every living dumb 

 creature ; the words "torture," "torment," and "cruelty," shall be held 

 to include every act, omission, or neglect whereby unnecessary or un- 

 justifiable pain or suffering is caused, permitted, or allowed to con- 

 tinue, when there is a reasonable remedy or relief ; and the words "owner" 

 and "person" shall be held to include corporations ; and the knowledge 

 and acts of agents and employes o"f corporations, in regard to animals 

 transported, owned, employed by, or in the custody of a corporation,, 

 shall be held to be the act of such corporation. 



SEC. 3722. [Member may require police officer to act.] A mem- 

 ber of any such association may require the sheriff of any county, the 

 constable of any township, the marshal or policemen of any city or 

 village, or the agent of any such .association, to arrest any person found 

 violating the laws in relation to cruelty to persons or animals, and to 

 take possession of any animal cruelly treated, in their respective counties, 

 cities, or villages, and deliver the "same to the proper officers of such 

 associations; and for such service, and for all services rendered in car- 

 rying out the provisions of this chapter, such officers, and the officers 

 and agents of the association, shall be allowed and paid such fees as 

 they are allowed for like services in other cases, which shall be charged 

 as costs, and reimbursed to the association by the person convicted. 



