Exportation of Horses Act 1874 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO TEIGESIMO OCTAVO

VICTORLE REGINJE

No. 3

An Act to regulate the Exportation of Horses.

[Assented to 17th July, 1874.

Preamble HEREAS complaints are made that many horses are exported

Wexist for checking such wrongful exportation, for prevention thereof be by persons other than their true owners, and that no means

it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and

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its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council thereof, as follows :-

1. This Act may be cited as The Exportation of Horses Act, Short title

1874.'

2. From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to No horse to be

export any horse or horses from this Colony without authority in writing em:criistteil	n asustiout
from the Resident Magistrate of the port from which such horse or horses rity
is or are to be exported, or in the absence of such Resident Magistrate from some Justice of the Peace resident in or near such port permitting the exportation of the same. Any person exporting any horse without having obtained such written authority for the exportation of the same shall be guilty of an offence, and on being convicted thereof in a summary manner by two Justices of the Peace, shall forfeit and pay
a sum not exceeding twenty pounds for each and every horse so Penalty
exported.

3. The Resident Magistrate of any port from which it may be Resident Magic-

proposed to export any horse or in the absence of such Resident to."ft"Y port

Magistrate any Justice of the Peace resident in or near such port, shall authority

on application from the person proposing to export the same, and on receiving from him a description of such horse or horses and of any brands or other marks upon the same, grant to such person a written authority for such exportation. Such written authority shall sanction only the exportation of such horse or horses as answer the description given in the application, and shall on the exportation of such horses be given up to the police constable or other person authorised to receive the same.

4. For the purposes of this Act a horse shall be deemed to be Definition of

exported when it is put on board a ship bound for any place beyond the 'Exportation'

limits of this Colony.

5. The application for exportation of horses and the authority for Form of applicas

the exportation of the same shall be in the form provided in the ' km ""d	authority
Schedule annexed to this Act.

6. The sum of one shilling shall be paid to any Resident Magistrate Fee payable for

or Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, but for the public purposes of the certificate

Colony in respect of each and every horse which he may authorise to be exported as aforesaid.

FRED. A. WELD,

GOVERNOR.

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SCHEDULE

Place Date

To Esq.,

Resident Magistrate.

I hereby apply for permission to export the horses as hereunder described:—

No. Brand Colour Height General Description

hands in.

1 AB near side Bay 15 1 Gelding; one white leg;

hog mane

2 NT conjoined off Piebald 14 3 Filly ; aged; white face;

shoulder splint off fore leg

Signature of Applicant.

To (Police Sergeant or other officer

authorised by Resident Magistrate).

I hereby authorise you to permit the shipment of the horses as above described.

Resident Magistrate.

Place Date

I hereby certify that the horses described on the other side hereof were shipped

on board the (barque) , on the day of

18 . [If the horses were not all shipped, add with the exception of Nos.

and .]

Sergeant of Police (or other person authorised).

N.B—This document, when signed by the Sergeant of Police or other person authorised as above, is to be returned by him to the Resident Magistrate and recorded in his office.