Tennessee Code: Article V: Cruelty to Animals
Summary: Tennessee's laws concerning cruelty to animals from 1858. The laws cover what qualifies as cruelty to animals to the punishment to be given a slave that is cruel to animals.
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Tennessee Code 1858: Article VI: Killing Game, Poisoning Fish, Fire Hunting
Summary: Tennessee laws from 1858 concerning the hunting of game, poisoning of fish, and the use of fire to hunt. The law establishes the punishment for the above mentioned offenses.
Rhode Island Public Laws 1857-1872: Chapter 912: An act for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Summary: A collection of the laws concerning cruelty to animals from Rhode Island for the years 1857-1872. The act covers such topics as bird fighting, cruelty to animals, enforcement of the act, and procedural issues concerning the act.
Pennsylvania Statute Laws 1920: Article 16: Agriculture Laws
Summary: Pennsylvania laws concerning the treatment of animals in agriculture. The laws cover such topics as maiming and disfiguring animals to the transportation of an animal.
Pennsylvania Statute Law 1920: Article 14: Criminal Law
Summary: Pennsylvania laws concerning the criminal punishment for cruelty to animals from 1921. The laws cover such topics as transportation of an animal to the powers of an agent from any anti-Cruelty society.
Pennsylvania Law of Session of 1860: Cruelty to Animals
Summary: Section 46 of Pennsylvania Session Law from 1860 covers cruelty to animals. The section describes what is cruelty to animal and the punishment for it.
New York Consolidated Laws 1938: Sections 180-196
Summary: Article 16, entitled "Animals", concerns New York's Law about the treatment of animals from 1938. The act covers such topics as poisoning of animals to abandoning diseased or injured animals. In addition, the act provides definitions in section 180.
New York Consolidated Laws 1909: Sections 180-196
Summary: Article 16, entitled "Animals," concerns New York's Law about the treatment of animals from 1909. The act covers such topics as the keeping of animals for fighting to abandoning diseased or injured animals. In addition, the act provides definitions in section 180 for important words such as animal and torture.
New York Revised Statute 1881: Chapter 682: Section 26
Summary: Section 26 of Chapter 682 from New York Revised Statutes 1881 concerns the treatment of animals by the owner or any other person. A person found harming such an animal would be guilty of a misdemeanor.
New York Revised Statutes 1874: Chapter 12: Sections 1-8
Summary: Chapter 12, entitled "An act relating to animals," concerns New York's Law about the treatment of animals from 1874.