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Dogs mad or straying, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1845.
Good Order and Cleanliness.
distance of less than one hundred and fifty [“Three hundred” as amended by Ordinance No. 9 of 1857.] yards from low water-mark, between the hours of nine o'clock at night and gun-fire in the morning: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any boat moored or at anchor alongside of any private wharf with the consent of the owner thereof. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
9. Every person who shall cast or throw any ballast, rubbish, or other substance, either from the shore or from any vessel, into the harbour of the said Colony, so as to create a nuisance or obstruction therein, or shall neglect within a reasonable time to remove any sunken vessel in the said harbour belonging to him or in his charge or keeping. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.] 10. Every person who shall wantonly or cruelly mutilate or otherwise ill-use any horse, mule, dog, or other animal.
And it shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody without warrant any person who shall commit any such offence within view of any such constable; or if such offence shall not have been committed within view of such constable, then upon the complaint of the party who shall have been injured or annoyed by, or been witness to, the commission of any such offence; and in the absence of any such constable it shall be lawful for the party so injured or annoyed, or who shall have seen the offence committed, to seize and detain the offender until he can be given into the custody of such constable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to destroy any dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state, or which has been bitten by any dog or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state: and the owner of any such dog or animal, who shall permit the same to go at large after having information or reasonable ground for believing it to be in a rabid state, or to have been bitten by a dog or other animal in a rabid state, shall be liable to penalty of not more than ten pounds: And it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that it shall be lawful for any constable belonging to the Police Force to destroy any dog which shall be found straying or wandering about during the day-time without any owner, and not wearing a collar with the name and residence of the owner inscribed thereon; and such constable is hereby further authorized to destroy any dog which shall be found straying or wandering about between the hours of ten o'clock at night and gun-fire in the morning.