630 LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 



premises occupied or belonging to him, shall, on a similar conviction, be 

 liable to the same penalty. 



Railway companies are forbidden to carry cattle, etc. , for a longer pe- 

 riod than twenty-eight consecutive hours without unloading them for 

 rest, food, and water for five consecutive hours unless prevented by storm 

 or other unavoidable cause. 



The foregoing does not apply, however, when cattle are carried in 

 any car or vessel in which they have proper space and opportunity for 

 rest and proper food and water. 



The Canadian Criminal Code also makes the maliciously poisoning, 

 maiming, etc. , of animals, a criminal ofTense. 



DISEASED ANIMALS. 



By chapter 273, Revised Statutes of Ontario, it is enacted : — 



Where it appears to any person that any horse or other animal is 

 diseased, such person may notify any Justice having jurisdiction in the 

 municipality, and the Justice, if in his opinion there is reasonable cause 

 therefor, shall forthwith by writing, under his hand direct a competent 

 veterinarian to inspect the animal alleged to be diseased. The vet- 

 erinarian on receiving such instruction, shall, with all practicable speed, 

 make an inspection and report his opinion in writing to the Justice. 



Where it appears to a veterinarian that any horse or other animal is 

 diseased, he shall forthwith notify the owner or other person in charge of 

 the animal, and shall also give notice to the Justice having jurisdiction as 

 aforesaid. 



After the owner or other person in charge has received notice from a 

 veterinarian that an animal is diseased, it shall be unlawful to turn out, 

 drive, or lead, or to cause such animal to be turned out, driven, or led 

 through any place where it may be brought into contact with or to be 

 in any danger of transmitting disease to other animals, until it has been 

 determined by the court of summary jurisdiction as hereafter provided, 

 that the animal to which the notice relates is free from disease. 



The Justice, upon receiving the report of a veterinarian that an animal 

 is diseased, may at once issue his order to a constable, directing him to 

 seize and detain such animal, and cause the same to be kept in some 

 place where it will . not be brought in contact with or be in danger of 



