136 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



4. Any person convicted of an ofEence against Section 3 of this 

 Act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100-00 nor less than 

 $50-00, and in default of pa}Tnent of said fine to a penalty not exceed- 

 ing six nor less than two months. 



5. Any person may kill any dog which he finds lurking about 

 any enclosure in which are kept foxes or other fur-bearing animals 

 for breeding purposes, and annoying or terrifying said animals, or 

 any dog giving tongue and terrifying the animals so kept enclosed, 

 or any dog which he finds straying or being upon his or her property 

 on which are kept enclosures of foxes or other fur-bearing animals 

 of which he or she is the caretaker; provided, however, that no dog 

 so straying, lurking or being on the premises above herein referred 

 to, when muzzled or accompanied by the owner or person having 

 charge or care of such dog, shall be so killed unless there is reason- 

 able fear or apprehension that such dog, if not killed, is likely to annoy 

 or terrify the said animals within the said enclosures. 



6. The provisions of Chapter 123 of the Consolidated Statutes 

 of New Brunswick, 1903, relating to Summary Convictions, shall so 

 far as applicable and not inconsistent herewith, apply to all prosecu- 

 tions and proceedings under this Act. 



QUEBEC 



An Act Relating to Foxes and Other Fdr-bearing Animals 



Kept in Captivity 



WHEEEAS certain persons in the Province of Quebec have engaged 

 in the business of raising or breeding foxes and other fur-bear- 

 ing animals kept in captivity; 



Whereas it is desirable to encourage this industry, as well because 

 of the diminishing supply of our m.ost valuable furs, as of the rich 

 source of profit which this industry has proved itself to be in some 

 of the sister pro\dnces; 



Whereas it is essential to the successful breeding of these animals 

 in captivity that they should be protected from disturbance by strangers, 

 or persons other than the owner or keeper of the said animals; 



Therefore, His Majesty, with the advice and consent of the Legis- 

 lative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, enacts as 

 follows : 



1. Every one is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty here- 

 inafter provided who at any time hereafter, in any part of the Province, 

 without the consent of the owner or caretaker of a ranch or enclosure 

 where foxes or other fur-bearing animals are kept in captivity for breed- 



