The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia containing the Charter as amended and re-enacted as a whole (approved March 14, 1908), the constitutional and legislative provisions of the state relating to cities, and the general ordinances of the city enacted as a whole August 6th, 1909, in effect September 1st, 1909 |
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Sec. 585. Animals—cruelty to—penalty, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to overdrive, overload, or
to drive when overloaded or unfit for work, or deprive of necessary
sustenance, or to torture, torment, or cruelly beat, mutilate,
or cause or procure to be so overdriven, overloaded, overworked,
deprived of necessary sustenance, tortured, tormented,
cruelly beaten or mutilated, any animal, either as owner or otherwise.
The word "animal" shall be held to include every living
dumb creature. The words "torture" and "torment" shall be held
to include every act, omission or neglect, whereby unnecessary or
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and the words "owner" and "person" shall be held to include
corporations as well as individuals; and the knowledge and acts
of any person employed by corporations in regard to animals
transported, owned or employed by or in the custody of such corporation,
shall be held to be the act and knowledge of such corporation.
Any one convicted of violating this ordinance shall be
fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense.
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