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 CONTENTS: 
 
 1. List ok <'fki(i:i!S f(iii 1.'»72. 
 
 2. KlIlST AnNTAI, ItKI'Olir, and Pn()C'KKIi|\<iS ok TIIK Ax.MAI, MlXTINfi 1,'rni 
 
 AuciST, 1ST2. 
 :;. Law ok TIIK l>(i,\iiNioN iii-.si'KCTiNfi rinKi.TY ri) Ammai.s. 
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 I'RISTF:!) by a. S. WOODUUun. KT.CIN M'HKKT. ckntue tmwv, 
 
 1872. 
 
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THE 
 
 MKTKOPOLITAN SOCIETY 
 
 roH riiK 
 
 PREVENTION of CRUELTY to ANIMALS. 
 
 ' C O X T K NTS: 
 
 1. List of ()KriCKi;s ron 1872. 
 
 2. FiusT Anniai, Rkpokt, and PitorKRi.iNtis of tiik Asntai :MKKnv«;. l!"'!:* 
 
 Aur.rsT, l''T2. 
 
 3. Law or thk Dom" -ion nKRi-KCTixr. ("ihki.ty to Ammai.<. 
 
 4. COXSTITiriON. 
 
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 rniNTKl) RY A. p. WOODIUJUN, KUJIN STUEKT. CF.NTKK T<'WN 
 
 1872. 
 

 THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, THE RIGHT HON. THE KARI. ()F 
 
 DITFFERIN, P.C., Ac, Ao. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALI), P.C, K CD. 
 
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 ^fficerg cil i^c Society : 
 
 1872. 
 
 Vice-'Pi'csitleufit. 
 JOHN ROCHESTER, Jn., M.P. HON. JAMES SKEAD. 
 
 J. M. CURRIER, M.P. ALLAN (JILMOUR. 
 
 J A GRANT, M.P. EDWARD McGILMVnAY 
 
 Committee. 
 
 BROWN CHAMBERLIN 
 AMOS ROWE. 
 A. DRLMMOND. 
 JOHN STUART. 
 ROBERT SURTEES. 
 ROBERT BLACKBURN. 
 G. W. EATON. 
 THOS. McKAY. 
 GEORGE MAY. 
 SAMUEL ROGERS. 
 
 DR. McLaren. 
 
 GEORGE HAY. 
 ALEX. MUTCHMOR. 
 WILLIAM HUTCHISON. 
 E. J. MALLOCH, Ml). 
 E. A. MEREDITH. 
 WILLIAM WHITE. 
 G. W. STEACV. 
 JOHN MATHER. 
 JOHN DURIE. 
 J. M. GARLAND. 
 
 Z. WILSON. 
 H. J. McLARDY. 
 
 MxceHiiye Cotnt»itfec, 
 JOHN STUART. WM. HLTCHISON. 
 
 (JEORGE MAY. DR. MALLOCH. SAMUEL nO(iERS. 
 
 Secretary- I'rensnrcr. 
 H. J. McLARDY. 
 
 HoHorarj Soticitor. 
 
 Honorary }'eterinarj> Snrffcou. 
 A. 0. F. JOLEMAN. 
 
 Inspector. 
 
MIOTKOPOLITAISI SOCIETY 
 
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 FOR THK 
 
 PREYENTION OP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 
 
 ANNUAL MEETING, 1872. 
 
 The flr^t annual meeting of the Mutropolitan Society for the Preven- 
 tion of Cruelty to AnimalH, took place on the 15th Augunt, 1872, in the 
 Hall of the Ottawa Literary and Historical Society, Uttawa. In the 
 absent of the President, Dr. K.C Malloch occupied the chair, and amongst 
 those present were Messrs. John Stuart^ William Hutchison, Samuel 
 Uogcr^, Dr. McLaren, H.J. McLardy, &c. The minutes of the previous 
 ^^enerul meeting, were read and approved. The Secretary -Treasurer, then 
 read as follows the 
 
 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT. 
 
 The General Committee present their first annual report with 
 mingled regret and thankfulness ; thrinkfulncss at the good accomplished, 
 nod regret that more and better work has not been done. 
 
 Difficulties almost always arc met with at the inauguration of a new 
 i^ociety, and the Metropolitan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
 Animals has had its full share of such preliminary trials and discourage- 
 ments. The people of the capital looked upon the work of the Society 
 with favor ; and were ready when canvasHed, to contribute funds for 
 carrying it on; but opposition was experienced from quarters the least 
 expected. Either from ignorance or misapprehension of the nature of the 
 law, and the mnnni-r of its being placed on the Statute Book, some of the 
 most prominent city officials, who must needs dual with the carrying out 
 of the law, actively or passsively thwarted the working of the Society, 
 and prevented its ellorts having the influence they otherwise would have 
 had. The law against cruelty to animals was placed on the Statute Book 
 iit the instance of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
 Animals ; and it was intended that it si ould be enforced by that, and 
 other similar societies, they calling in the assistance of the police, 
 constables, and magistrates, when required. It is essential that this 
 
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ttlioulil bo cleurly uridcrHtooii, nml tliiil tho iittnoHt liai niony nnd unity of 
 action Hhoiild uxirit bvtwoon tlio otticcrH of tlio Hucicty uiiil the oKiinnry 
 ininiHtcFH of tliu law. I'nlcHH tliiH im the caMo, tlie hiw, and the olijtc'tH v( 
 the Hociety, cannot bo carried out. Your coinmittie liuve to regret that 
 that hearty co-operation has cot exinted. 
 
 Tho lirHt concern of the coinmittoe waH to make known the exlHtence 
 of the Kocicty, and itii determination to enforce tlie law ; und the next to 
 Hccure, if poBHible, a Huitable inKpcctor. The tlrHt of thcNc oliJectH waH 
 realiKcd by the kindncHH of tho prcHs, and tlie printing', posting, and 
 diHtribtition in tho city and Riirrounding dlMtrictR, of 200 billM, Kctting 
 forth the law in French and KngliMh, and the reHuliition of tliis Hociety to 
 enforce it. To obtain a Huitable inspector Iiuh been foiuid much more 
 difficult, and hns not been acconiplinhed even yet. altliongh Neveriil 
 perHonn have been tried. The llrst inspector, appointed for two nioiitliH, 
 Detective E. J. O'Neill, whh the bent and nmst etUcient olHcer the Society 
 haR yet had. A proMH of other duties caused him to reHi.u:n. Three «)therH 
 liave been tried for various periods during tho year, none of thern, how- 
 ever, coming up to tho expectationK and roquirenients of this committee. 
 Tho committeo are fully persuaded that to obtain au eflicient inspector, 
 and properly carry out the objects of tho Society, it will bo netiesuary to 
 engage a competent man to devote his wliole time to tho work, paying 
 liim a Hufticiont yearly salary of not loss than four hundred dollars. 
 
 Tho Committoo received 3,000 copies of a sheet Almiina*-, inculcating 
 humanity to dumb animals, from tho Canadian Society of Montreal, and 
 targe numbers of these were distributed in Lower Town, tlie Cliaudicrc, 
 Hull, and through the country. 
 
 Communication was opened by the SocreUiry-Treasurer with the 
 American Society at N«-w York, tho Massachussets Society of Itoston, the 
 I'onnsylvania Society of I'hiladelphia, and the Cuuadiiin Society of Mont- 
 veal ; and ho has to acknowlutlge receipt of the publications of three of 
 tbc'tto societies. Mr. Henry Bergh, tho distinguished Tresident of the 
 American Society, also presented our Society with a shield or seal, 
 bimilar to those which ho had given to all such societies formed on this 
 ctmtiuout, for which the committee duly teuderud him the thanks of tiic 
 hociety. 
 
 Th(! society is under obligations to Mr. A. 0. F. Coleman for his 
 jirofessional services, as Veterinary Surgeon, given gratuitously. 
 
 WOI!K AND PIIOSECL'TIO.SS. 
 
 The attention of the committee was early directed to the market, 
 and the cruel manner in which calves, sheep and poultry were brouglit 
 there, and kept until purchased. Inspector O'Neill took steps to remedy 
 the evil, which ho found, on warning tho farmers and hucksters, arose 
 tnorc from ignorance than intentional cruelty. The result was that the 
 
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 practii'u of liiiiiKiiK; Hlircp and poultry to nmrki-t tird l>y tlu* Iff^H almoHt 
 ontiri'ly diHapponrcd. They were bronglit and kvpt in i-oopM. TIiIh waK 
 an important point f^ainttd ; but an the society Iihm now hern f(»r Homi- 
 tlmt! witliout an iniipcttor, tlin old, t>vil, and cruel pmrtice huM revivctl. 
 Tt liHH Itcfu fru(|uently pointed ont to tlie police, wImi, however, have 
 takcMi no Htepti to protect those duinh crentiireN wliieli iire inrnpablu of 
 protecting thcinHelveK. 
 
 Karly in September lanl a petition wqk presented to the City (*ouneil. 
 praying to have the nIkI( and edging cnrtK of the city duly licensed and 
 numbered. ThiH was neccHHary to Mecure the eonvictioD of personn 
 driving thcHO vehicleH, who are fre<|iiently guilty of great cruelty. The 
 horses are generally wretched, apparently ill fed, an<l often unf\t for work. 
 The dcRlre of the Hociety in thin regar«l was defeated by the opposition of 
 an inlhicntial city official, who Htated that the law could enforce itself 
 and that there was no need of a society. 'I'he truth Ih tliat the law is a 
 dead letter, a8 is well known to every intelligent obsi-rver, wherever sut li 
 a society as this does not exist. 
 
 NunibcfH of cases of nllegeil cruelty were reported tn the oIlicrrM nl 
 the Society, generally without proof. Most of iIicm- were iuvistigatnl 
 and on incjuiry it was found impossible to procure evidence to obtain ii 
 conviction. In Novetuiier, a carter named I.aliberte was brought U|i ity 
 the inspector before tlie police magistrate, for living u horse unlit to be 
 driven. The very small line of one dollar (uilv was imposed, at the 
 instance of the Chief of Police, and in consideratioti of th<- olVender having 
 a large family. In Murdi last, Inspeitor llolland's attention \vaH«lireetei( 
 to u case of gross cruelty, th<- balding a living horse by the neck to the 
 river, to expose him tin re to die. Ample* evidence to convict was readily 
 obtained, and the perpetrator of the crime duly summoned to appear 
 before the I'tdice Magistmte. Tlie inspector, tliroiigb some mistake, 
 failed to appear in time to prosecute. The case, however, was gone into 
 at the suggestion of the City Clerk, and the guilt of the accused fully 
 established. No line, however, was imposed for one of the grossest of 
 olVences against the law of huiuRUity, the man being dismissed with a 
 repriuumd. The committ«te felt this to be a great discoiiragement to the 
 working of the Society. 
 
 Members of tlit; lomuiittie and tlie Secretary-Treasurer have person- 
 ally e.xerted themstdves to prevent cruelty. Many persons drivitig galled 
 liorses have been induced liy the remonstrances of your olHcers to relieve 
 their horses of sufl'ering. A farmer from (ioulbourn was i-topped, and 
 retiuired to have u collar altered to relieve the neck of one of his horses, 
 which was very badly galle«l. A iiack driver also was brought before the 
 Police Magistrate and lined, for cruellv beating his horses. 
 
 This is, it must be acknowledged, an unsatisfactory exhibit of work 
 for the past year ; and yet there is cause for thankfulness that a beginning 
 
haa bcun niodu to put a Htop to the vast aiiiuiint of cruulty practitud on 
 dumb animalM, and that gomothing l>aa been douc in tbi» direction, 
 notwithHtanding the diiicouragenivntH thrown in the way of the Hocicty 
 irom the want of an energi-tic iiinpector, and the oppoHJtion of thoae from 
 whom a«fliHtanco might have been expected. Your committee cannot 
 help expreaMng regret at tlie unwiilingneHH of mcnbcro of the nociety to 
 appear and give evidence in caHuM of cruelty coming under their notice. 
 A refuHal to do tliiH makes a man particrim critniuin, and prcvcntH the 
 odictirM of the society carrying out the law. It is necesHary not only to 
 give information that an act of cruelty Iihn been committed but to testify 
 to it if required. Thus only, by the co-operation of all, can cruelty be 
 ctfectually stumped out. 
 
 There are two other points deserving of attention ; the flrxt is the 
 selling by farmers and lumbermen of worn out horses to the poorer carters 
 in the city. Some means ought to be taken to nrevent this. These 
 horses are only lit to be killed, and sufTer great torture at the hands of 
 slab drawers and water carters. The other point is the need of a public 
 abattoir for slaughtering cattle, provided with all the needful appliances. 
 The private slaughter houses cannot have all these appliances ; and are 
 both exceedingly olfeUHive and dangerous to health, and often the scenes 
 (if great cruelty. The Committee, now to be appointed, might well take 
 these matters up. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 
 nCCKIFTB. 
 
 Annual Subscriptions $107 00 
 
 Interest 1 60 
 
 Loan by Secretary-Treasurer 1 65 
 
 $110 15 
 
 KXI'ENDITl'RB. 
 
 Inspectors allowances $45 00 
 
 Triuting, postage, books, &c 29 80 
 
 ISalance in Bank :)5 35 
 
 H. J. 
 
 $110 15 
 
 McLARDV, 
 
 Secretary-Treamirer. 
 
 The report was adopted, and the following gentlemen elected as the 
 Uencral Committee for next year ; Eugene Martineau, John Rochester, 
 jr., M. P., J. M. Currier, VI. P., J. A. Grant, M. P., Hon. James Skead, Allan 
 Gilmour, Edward McGillivray, Brown Chambcrlin, Amos Howe, A. 
 Drummond, John Stuart, Bobert Surtees, Robert Blackburn, 0. W. Eaton, 
 Thomas McKay, George May, Samuel Rogers, George Hay, Alex. Mutch- 
 
m,.r WilUnm HntchUon, K. C. Mallock, M. I) , K. A. MrnMlitl., Win. 
 Wliito, O, W. SteiM7,.Iohn Mnthcr, John I)urlt«, J. M. Omlaml, Z. M lUon, 
 Dr. M« Urcn, and II. I. MoLardy. 
 
 It wftH moved by Mr. Stuart, nccondt.l by Mr. llntcbiHon, and 
 ndcptod tbat tbi- minutrB of tbe annniil n..<tinf:, the \M «'f ..niier«, tbr 
 annual report, financial Htottint-nt, Um; Law r.npitting Cruelty to Aninialu 
 iind tiio Conntitution of tbe Society, be printed. 
 
 After some convernation on tbe necHHlty of a viRoroua effort beiuK 
 made to raiHe Hufflcient fundn to Kccure the ^erviccH of an eniei. i.t 
 innpfctor, tbe meeting adjourned. 
 
AX ACT RESPECTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 
 
 (.i2andJS Virt., Chap. 27.) 
 
 Whereas it is expcidlent tliiit provision should be made, rxti'mhu'i tu 
 nil Canada, for tiie punishmetit of cnicity to animals ; Therefore, Her 
 Majesty, by and witli the advice and consent of the Senate and House of 
 t'onimons of Canada, enacts as follows : 
 
 1. Whosoever wantonly, rruelly or nnnecessarily beats, binds, ill 
 treats, abuses or toitures any Horse, Mure, <Je!din>(, IJull, Ox, Cow, Heifer, 
 Stetr, Calf, Mule, Ass, Sheep. Lamb, Pij:, or other Cattle, or any Poultry, 
 or any Dog, or Domestic Animal or Uird, or whosoever driving any cattlt; 
 or other animal, is l)y negligence or ill usHge in the driving thereof the 
 means v.hcreby any mischief, damage or injury is done by any such cattle 
 or other animal, shall U|)on being convicted of any or either of the said 
 oflfences befuv any one Justice of the Peace for tiie District, County or 
 place in which the offence has been committed, fcr every such olfence. 
 forfeit and pay (over and above the amount of the damage or injury, if 
 any, tlone thereby, which «lamage or injury shall and may be ascertained 
 and awarded by such Justice,) such a sum of money not exceeding ten 
 (lollarf^ nor less than one dollar with costs, as to such Justice seems meet. 
 
 2. The offender sliall in default of payment be committed to the 
 Common Gaol or other place of confinement, for the district, county, or 
 place in which the ofl'ence was committed, there to be imprisoned for any 
 time not exceeding thirty days. 
 
 3. Nothing in this Act contained shall prevent or abridge any remedy 
 by action against the offender or his employer where the amount of the 
 damage is not sought to be recovered by virtue of this Act. 
 
 4. When any offence against this Act is committed, any constable or 
 other peace officer, or the owner of any such cattle, animal or poultry, 
 upon view thereof, or upon the information of any other person (who 
 shall declare liis or their name or names and place or places of abode to 
 the said constable or other peace officer) may seize a' id secure; by the 
 authority of this Act, and forthwith, and without any other authority or 
 warrant, may convey any such offender before a Justice of tlie Peace 
 within whose jurisdiction the offence has been committed, to be dealt 
 with according to law. 
 
 5. If any person apprehended for having committed any offence 
 against this Act refuses to discover his name and place of abode to the 
 Justice of the Peace before whom he is brought, such person shall be 
 immediately delivered over to a constable or other peace officer, and shall 
 by him be conveyed to the Common Gaol or place of confinement for the 
 district, county or place within which the offence has been committed, or 
 in which the offender has been apprehended, there to remain for any term 
 not exceeding one month, or until he makes known his name and place 
 of abode to the said Justice. 
 
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 6 Tlic proRccution of every oflfence ptmiHliablu undfi- this Act mtiKt 
 be commenced within three months next after the commission of the 
 offence, and not otherwise. 
 
 7 Kvery off.nce agsiinst anv of th.- sections of tltis Act is a misch-- 
 nieanor, and mav be pnnislud as sncii, or may be proseciit.d iii the 
 manner directed 'bv the Arl n-yrl^n;/ Ihr .!i,l,e> „f.lnslir,„ uj ihe I'race, nut ,,l 
 Srssi.mK ill rfliilii'H to miinmiiu rotirirtin,,., ,n.<l onUrn, SO far as no provision 
 is lienl'.v made for anv matter or thint' wlii. h may be required to be done 
 witii respect to such prosecution : and all tlie provisions contained in the 
 said Act sliall be applicable to such prosecutions, in the same manner as 
 if they were incorporated in this Act. 
 
 8 All pecuniary penalties nicoven-d before any .Justice of tlie Peace 
 under this Act, sh.dl be divi.led, paid and distribute«l in the followmif 
 manner, that is to say : one moiety therer.f to the Corporation of the city, 
 town. villaKc, township, i)arish or place in which the ollence was com- 
 mitted, and the other moiety, with full costs, to the person who informed 
 and prosecuted for the sani;-, or to such other person as to such Justice 
 .seems proper. 
 
 9 Every sum of money ascertained, ami awarded or adjudged, by any 
 Justice of the Peace under this Act, to b.- p;iid fs the ..uK.uut of any 
 damajfe or injurv occasbmed bv the commission ol any ot the oih'nc( s 
 herein before mentioned, shall be paid to ti..' person wlio has sustained 
 t,uch damage or injury. 
 
 in Where the word "cattle ' i^ us. d in tlds A. t it shall hiue tlie 
 meaning: assigned to it in the Act nspeetin- larceny and oth. r simihii 
 otVences. 
 
 11. This Act shall coinmeiKc ami take etle<t u|.oii, from and after the 
 t^rst day of January, one tliousand eight lumdivd and seventy. 
 
 In the 3rd Session. 1st Parliament, :;:; Victoria, IsTO, the following 
 clanse was added to this law : '• And any person wli.. in any manner, 
 (encourages, aids or assists at the lighting or haitiiu' ot any hull, bear 
 badger, dog, cock, or other kind <.f animal, whether of doui.'stic or wild 
 nature shall, upon being convicted before any one Justice of the 1 eace, 
 for the District, County or place in which the (dlence was commuted for 
 every such oltenc e forfeit and pay such a sum of money not exceeding 
 forty dollars, nor kss than two dollars, with costs, as to such Ju.stice 
 seems meet I ! 
 
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CONSTITUTION. 
 
 1. Tjie title of this Sotiety is " Tiik MKTuorobiTAx So( ikty kou ntK 
 Pkeve.n'TIOn of Ciu'klty to Animalh." 
 
 2. Its object sliall l»e to provide efleclivo means for preventing 
 Crnelty to Animals in Ottawa City, and tiie snrrounding Counties, 
 
 A. Any person may become a Slember of this Society by payinf? the 
 sum of not less tlian two dollars as nn annual subscription. The name of 
 any member ni'f,'lecting for one year to pay his subscription, or at any 
 time wholly refusing to pay it. may be erased by the Committee iVom the 
 list of members. The Committee may, from time to time, elect patrons 
 and houoiary members. 
 
 4. The Committee, consisting of thirty members, who shall manage 
 all the afliiirs of the Society, sliall bo elected at the Annual General 
 Meetiiig of the Soeiety, on the third Thursday in Aujiust. They shall 
 appoint from among themselves a President, six Vice-Presidents, and 
 Secretary-Treasurer, who shall be fx-ntfirio Members (»f the Committee, 
 and may also, from time to time, n|)point such other Officers, and make 
 such Rules or By-laws as they may tiiiuk lit, provided that these rules be 
 not inconsistent with this constitution. They miiy also fill any vacancies 
 that may occur in any otlices of the Society, between one annual meeting 
 and another. 
 
 5. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be iield on the third 
 Thursday in August, when the outgoing Committee shall present a 
 general report of the procet dings of the Society, and an abstract of the 
 state of accounts and general concerns of tlu; Society up to the 1st day of 
 August previous, and the Committee for the ensuing year shall then b.; 
 elected by ballot or nomination, as may be decidrd on at the meeting. 
 
 ti. A Special Meeting of the Society may he held at the call of the 
 Committee, and shall be held upon the written n tiuest of live inc mliers 
 of the Society, a week's notice of the meeting being given by the Secre- 
 tary-Treasurer. 
 
 7. At all meetings of the Society, seven .M( mbers present, (who have 
 paid their subscriptions,) shall constitute a <|Uornm. I*'ive members shall 
 constitute a quorum at meetings of the Committee. 
 
 8. Any Article of this Constitution may be altered, amended, or 
 suspended for any length of time by consent of two-thirds of the mem- 
 
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 bcrs proHcnt at a nK-.tins s,..cmlly conv.ne.l for thut pun.oHo. provi-U-.J 
 ^hlt sue alteration, n.ncn.lm.-nt, ..r snsp.nsi..n shall have Ik-.u sin..,!.... 
 ;!;ri;:!! ::.nn.;ni... t.. ,„..!».. a ...U. noti... shall 1. ..v.„ of 
 nmoeting for such purpose K. 
 
 9 ThiH Constitution shall h. pri.>to.l, and a copy th.n..f. w.th a l.s 
 of th.Committ.o, shall In- .lolivrnd to .-very m...nh,.r, hut no ..,.<■ .hal 
 1 1!^^ fron> L .fi^ct of those Hul,. on any aH^.^tion o. not h. v... 
 r<'<'(;ivcil thcin.