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158 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 [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.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 [ Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]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 other

wise 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 con

stable, or until he can be taken before a Magistrate .

Dogs mad or 4. And be it further enacted and ordained , that it shall be lawful
straying, &c.
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 then
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 .