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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Mr. Fletcher's bill [S. 84] defining cruelty to animals-a misdemeanor-and for the destruction of certain animals, was read the second time, with a Committee report recommending that it lie on the table.
Mr. FOULKE considered that bill an important one. Though objectionable in some features, in its present form, there can be made out of it a substantial imrpovement on the present law. He moved to recommit the bill.
Mr. VAN VORHIS regarded the provisions so sweeping in their character that it would require a substitution of new matter.
On motion of Mr. WILLARD it was referred to the Committee on Revision of Laws, with the consent of Mr. Foulke.
