Cattle Driving Act 1852 No 23a (NSW)

No. XXIII.

An Act to prevent Cattle being driven th rough

populous towns and places except within

certain hours. [23rd November, 1852.]

into or through populous towns and places except within certain WH E R E A S it is necessary for the safety of the public to prevent the driving of Cattle intended for sale slaughter or shipment

hours Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows :—

1. No Cattle intended for sale slaughter or shipment shall be driven into or through any part of any town or place to which the Governor shall upon the application of the inhabitants thereof or of the Bench of Magistrates thereat have decided and notified in the New South Wales Government Gazette that this Act shall apply except between the hours of six o'clock in the afternoon and eight o'clock in the morning and every person who shall drive or cause to be driven any such Cattle as aforesaid into or through any part of such towns or places at any other hour shall on conviction before one or more Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding twenty shillings for each and every head of Cattle so driven.

2. In the construction of this Act the word " Cattle" shall
extend to and include bulls cows oxen heifers and steers but shall not
be held to apply to milch cows or cattle in teams or to working cattle. No. XXIV.