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Nuisances on public roads.
Turning horse, &c. loose.
Negligence in driving cattle, &c.
Flying kites, &c. or making slides.
Fireworks, &c.
Leaving ploughs, harrows, &c. on the road.
Slaughtering, beasts, &c. on a road.
Laying stones timber, &c.
Further fine for every day that materials are left on road after notice to remove the same.
Scalding casks, beating flax, or winnowing corn, &c.
Keeping dogs unlogged or unmuzzled.
Justices may order dangerous dogs to be killed.
Drying flax or burning bricks or weeds. &c.
Carrying timber, &c. crosswise.
Exposing horses, &c. for show, sale, or hire.
Allowing swine. &c. to wander on roads.
Swine, &c. wandering on roads may be impounded if owner is not known.
Surveyor or contractor not liable to fine, except in certain cases.
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10. Any person who shall commit any of the next following offences shall be liable to the punishment herein-after specified in each case:
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1. Any person who shall in any public road or street of a town turn loose any horse or cattle, or set on or urge any dog or other animal to attack or worry any person, horse, or other animal, or who by negligence or ill usage in driving cattle shall in any public road or any street of a town cause any mischief to be done by such cattle, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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2. Any person who shall fly any kite or play at any game, or make or use any slide upon ice or snow, on any public road or in any street of a town, to the danger of the passengers; or who shall cast or throw any fireworks or discharge any firearms on any public road, or within sixty feet of the centre thereof, or in any street or passage of a town, or who shall cast, throw, or discharge the same, or suffer the same to be cast, thrown, or discharged, from out of his house, shop, dwelling, lodging, or habitation, or from out of any place thereto belonging, into any public road, street, or passage, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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3. Any person who shall leave or permit to be left on any public road any plough, harrow, cart, or other carriage, without the horse or other animal being harnessed thereto, unless such carriage shall have been accidentally broken down there, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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4. Any person who shall slaughter any beast, or leave any dead beast, or skin or permit to be skinned any beast, on any public road or within thirty feet of the centre thereof, (save within any house or inclosed yard,) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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5. Any person who shall lay any stones, timber, dirt, dung, turf, straw, rubbish, or scourings of any ditches or drains, or other object, on any public road or within thirty feet of the centre thereof, or in any street of a town, so as to cause danger or mischief to any passengers, and shall allow the same to remain there longer than shall be absolutely necessary, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings; and for every cartload of dung, rubbish, scourings, clay, stones, bricks, sand, or lime, or other like materials, which shall have been so laid on any public road or street, and which shall be allowed to remain there for more than twenty-four hours after the owner thereof, shall have been required by any justice or by the county surveyor, by notice in writing, to remove the same, such owner shall, in addition to the above fine for so leaving the same there in the first instance, be also liable to a further fine not exceeding two shillings and sixpence for every day that the same shall be allowed to remain there after the expiration of the said period of twenty-four hours:
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6. Any person who shall hoop, scald, or fire any cask, or bind any car or cart wheels, or beat any flax, or thresh or winnow any corn, on any public road or street of a town, or within thirty feet of the centre thereof, (save within any house or inclosed yard,) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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7. Any person who shall keep or suffer to be at large within fifty yards of any public road any dog, without having such dog muzzled, or without having a block of wood fastened to the neck of such dog, of sufficient weight to prevent such dog from being dangerous, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings; and it shall be lawful for the justices of the petty sessions district to issue a warrant to any sub-inspector, head or other constable, directing him to seize or kill any dangerous dog which shall be so kept near any public road contrary to the provisions of this Act, and such sub-inspector, head or other constable may accordingly seize or kill any such dog:
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8. Any person who shall dry any flax, or burn any bricks or lime, or any weeds or vegetables for ashes, or make or assist in making any fires commonly called bonfires, or any kind of fire, upon any public road or within sixty feet of the centre thereof, save within any house or inclosed yard,) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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9. Any person who shall lead or drive on any public road or street of a town any car or other carriage with timber, boards, or iron laid across, so that either end shall project more than two feet beyond the wheels or sides thereof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
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10. Any person who shall expose upon any public road or in any street of a town any horse or other animal for show, hire, or sale, except in any fair or market or other place lawfully appointed for that purpose, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings:
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11. Any person who shall allow any swine or other beast to wander upon any public road, or about the streets or passages of any town, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two shillings; and in case the owner shall not be known, it shall be lawful for any person by whom any such swine or other beast shall be found wandering upon any such road, street, or passage, to impound the same, subject to the provisions herein-after contained as to the impounding of distresses:
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Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall render any county surveyor or road contractor liable to any fine for any act done by such surveyor in the discharge of the duties of his office, or by such contractor in the necessary execution or performance of his contract; but if any such surveyor or contractor shall lay or cause to be laid any heap of stones, gravel, rubbish, or other matter whatever, upon any public road, and allow the same to remain there at night, to the danger or personal damage of any person passing thereon, (all due and reasonable precautions not having been taken by him to prevent any such danger or damage,) such surveyor or contractor shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
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