128 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. [ART. 2.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

1888, ch. 518.

128. Whoever shall unnecessarily overdrive, overwork, over-
load, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly
or unnecessarily beat, cruelly mutilate or cruelly kill, or cause or
procure to be so unnecessarily beaten, mutilated or killed, any
horse, ox or other animal, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered
on complaint of any person before any justice of the peace, or
any court of competent jurisdiction in said county.

Ibid.

129. Every owner, driver or possessor, or person having
charge or custody of a maimed, disabled or diseased horse, mule
or other animal, who shall cruelly work the same when
unfit for work, or cruelly abandon the same, shall be punished
in the same manner as provided in the preceding section.

Ibid.

130. Any person who shall keep or use any bull, bear or dog
for the purpose of fighting or baiting the same, or as a target to
be shot at, either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksman-
ship, or who shall be a party to or be present as a spectator at
any such fighting, baiting or shooting of any bear, bull or dog,
or any person who shall rent any room, shed, hall, ground or
premises for the purpose of fighting, baiting or shooting any
animal aforesaid, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned
in the jail of Anne Arundel county for not less than thirty days
nor more than ninety days, or be both fined and imprisoned, in
the discretion of the court before whom such person may
be tried and convicted.

ELECTION DISTRICTS.

P. L L, (1860, ) art. 2, see. 89.

131. Anne Arundel county is divided into eight election
districts, according to their present bounds and limits, and all