Offences and penalties

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

18. Any person who

(a) Brands or directs, aids or assists to brand any stock with a brand which has not been recorded under the provisions of this Ordinance;

(b) Brands or causes, directs or permits to be branded with his own brand any stock of which he is not the owner without the authority of the owner;

(c) Blotches, defaces, or otherwise renders illegible or alters any brand or mark upon stock or directs, causes, or permits any such brand or mark to be blotched, defaced or otherwise rendered illegible or altered; shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof before a justice of the peace liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of $200. 1900, c. 22, s. 18.

FORM B.

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF A

(2) That the said brand was actually sold to me by the

(4) That I am to the best of my knowledge and belief the rightful owner of all. . . . .running at large in this

(horses or cattle)

district, branded with the said brand.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath and by virtue of The Canada Eridence Act 1893.

To all whom the same may in any wise concern:

Take notice that I have this day sold (numbers and description of anima's sold) to (name of person).

TARIFF OF FEES.

On application for allotment of a brand...

$1.00

On application for change in the record of a brand
On every transfer of a recorded brand.

1.00

1.00

For every search of the brand record

For every certified abstract from the brand record........

.25

25

1900, c. 22, tariff of fees.

THE

CHAPTER 77.

An Ordinance respecting Fences.

HE Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Fence Ordinance." Short title 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 1.

PROVISIONS REGARDING FENCES.

lawful fence

2. No action for damages caused by domestic animals shall Absence of be maintained nor shall domestic animals be liable to be dis/trained for causing damage to property unless the same is surrounded by a lawful fence. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 2.

defined

3. Any of the fences in this section described shall be deemed Lawful fence a lawful fence:

1. Any substantial fence not less than four feet high if it consists

(a) Of rails or boards not less than four in number, the
lower one not more than eighteen inches from the
ground and each panel not exceeding twelve feet in
length;

(b) Of upright posts, boards or palings not more than six
inches apart;

(c) Of barbed wire and a substantial top rail, the wires to
be not less than two in number and the lower one
not more than twenty inches from the ground, posts
to be not more than sixteen and a half feet apart:
(d) Of three or more barbed wires, the lower one not more
than twenty inches from the ground, posts to be not
more than sixteen and a half feet apart;

(e) O' not less than three barbed wires on posts not more
than fifty feet apart, the wires being fastened to
droppers not less than two inches in width and one
inch in thickness or willow or other poles not less
than one inch in diameter at the small end or wire
dropper, the said droppers or poles being placed at
regular intervals of not more than seven feet apart;
(f) Of two posts spiked together at the top and resting on
the ground in the shape of an A which shall be joined
by a brace firmly nailed near the base, with three

Fences around crops

Fences surrounding stacks

Liability of adjoining owners for line fences

Trespassing of animals

Liability of

Owner

Disagreement

as to fencing or damages

rails firmly secured on the one side of the A, the top rail not less than four feet and the bottom rail not less than eighteen inches from the ground, there being also firmly secured on the other side of the A one rail not more than twenty inches from the ground;

(g) Of woven wire secured to posts not more than 35 feet apart;

2. Any river bank or other natural boundary sufficient to keep domestic animals out of any land. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 3.

4. No fence surrounding growing crops or crops in process of being harvested shall be deemed a lawful fence unless it is situated at least eight feet from such crop and otherwise complies with the provisions of this Ordinance. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 4.

5. Any fence surrounding stacks of hay or grain shall be deemed a lawful fence if constructed according to the provisions of section 3 of this Ordinance and situated not less than ten feet from such stacks. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 5.

6. Whenever two owners or occupiers of adjoining parcels of lands desire to erect a line or boundary fence between such adjoining parcels for the common advantage of both they shall bear the expense of the erection in equal shares and thereafter the expense of maintaining and repairing such fence shall be borne by the adjoining owners or occupiers in equal shares.

(2) Whenever the owner or occupier of any parcel of land erects a line or boundary fence between such land and an adjoining parcel of land the owner or occupier of such adjoining parcel of land as soon as he receives any benefit or advantage from such line or boundary fence by the enclosure of his land or any portion thereof or otherwise howsoever shall pay to the first mentioned owner or occupier a just proportion of the then value of such line or boundary fence and thereafter the expense of maintaining and repairing such fence shall be borne by the adjoining owners or occupiers in equal shares. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 6.

7. The owner of any domestic animal which breaks into or enters upon any land enclosed by a lawful fence shall be liable to compensate the owner of such land for any damage done by such animal. 1903 (2nd Session), c. 28, s. 7.

8. In case adjoining owners or occupiers of land disagree as to what is a lawful fence or as to the proper location of a proposed or existing line or boundary fence or as to the just proportion of a line fence which each such owner or occupier should make or put in repair or as to the amount which any such