South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts11—Pound book, copy of this Act, and file of Gazette to be kept by
poundkeeper
(1) The keeper of
every public pound shall be provided by the authority appointing him with a
copy of this Act and with a book in the form in Schedule
3, to be called the "pound book", and shall be furnished by the Government
Printer with a copy of the Government Gazette containing the notice of the
appointment of that poundkeeper.
(2) Such poundkeeper
shall make entries, in a legible handwriting, in the pound book stating, with
respect to all cattle impounded in such pound, the particulars indicated in
Schedule 3. No such entry shall be made after any dispute has arisen
concerning such entry. Any person to whom any cattle impounded in such pound
are delivered shall sign the pound book in the appropriate place. The
poundkeeper shall, on the last day of each month, transmit to the treasurer of
the council or to the Treasurer of the State (according as the pound is
situated within or outside the boundaries of a district) a true copy of all
the entries made in the pound book during such month.
(3) The pound book
shall be and remain public property, and shall be delivered up to the
authority appointing him by the poundkeeper on his ceasing to hold that
office, or sooner if demanded.
(4) The copy of this
Act, the pound book, and the copy of the Government Gazette containing the
notice of his appointment and furnished to him as aforesaid by the Government
Printer shall be kept by the poundkeeper at or near the pound, and shall at
all reasonable times be produced by him to, and be open for inspection by, any
person desiring to inspect the same. The poundkeeper shall, if required, grant
extracts (signed by himself) from the pound book upon payment of twenty cents
for every one hundred words or part of one hundred words of each such extract.
(5) The poundkeeper
shall file and preserve, for not less than two years, all orders made by any
justice concerning any cattle impounded.
(6) Any poundkeeper
who—
(a)
neglects or refuses to produce, free of charge, a copy of this Act, the
pound book, or the copy of the Government Gazette furnished to him as
aforesaid by the Government Printer, for the inspection of any person desiring
to inspect the same; or
(b)
neglects to make any entry in the pound book as hereinbefore provided,
and any person to whom any cattle impounded are delivered who neglects or
refuses to sign the pound book as hereinbefore provided, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding eighty dollars.
(7) Any poundkeeper
who—
(a)
wilfully delays making any entry in the pound book as hereinbefore provided;
or
(b)
knowingly makes any false entry in the pound book; or
(c)
erases or destroys any entry previously made in the pound book,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred and sixty dollars.