LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 63I 



transmitting the disease to other animals, until the case has been deter- 

 mined by the courts. 



The Justice, on receiving from any veterinarian a notice that an animal 

 is, or appears to be, diseased, shall forthwith issue a summons directed 

 to the owner, or other person in charge of the animal, requiring him to 

 appear before a court of summary jurisdiction, at a time and place to be 

 specified in such summons, t« show cause why the said animal should not 

 be destroyed. 



In case it appears to the court of summary jurisdiction, by the evidence 

 of one or more competent veterinarians, that the animal is diseased, the 

 court shall make an order for the killing and burying or burning of such 

 animal within twenty-four hours, and, in default thereof, may impose a 

 fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and a further sum of fifty dollars 

 for every twelve hours thereafter until the same is killed or burned, and 

 all the penalties so imposed shall be applied to the use of the municipality. 



The council of any municipality may indemnify the owner of any 

 animal killed or destroyed under the' provisions of this act for the loss 

 sustained by such owner. 



Every person having in his possession or under his charge an animal 

 which is, or appears to be, diseased, respecting which no notice has been 

 given as aforesaid, shall, as far as practicable, keep such animal separate 

 from other animals not so diseased, and shall, with all practicable speed, 

 give notice to a veterinarian of the existence, or supposed existence, of 

 the disease. Upon receipt of such notice, the veterinarian shall proceed 

 as in the other cases. 



No owner or other person in charge thereof shall turn out, lead, or 

 drive any horse or other animal, knowing such horse to have been kept 

 in the same stable with any diseased animal, or otherwise expose to con- 

 tagion or infection, in, upon, or through, any place without a license 

 from a veterinarian first had and obtained, or without other order from 

 the court in that behalf. 



Any person obstructing a veterinarian or constable acting in execution 

 of this act, may be seized and detained until he can be taken before a 

 Justice, to be dealt with according to law. Any person violating any of 

 the provisions of this act, respecting which no express penalty is pro- 

 vided, shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars. 



The Dominion Parliament has also passed an act known as ' ' The 



