Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act 1865
WHEREAS much Loss and Damage is suffered in Ireland by the Owners of Sheep and other Property by the Ravages of Dogs, and there is great Difficulty in identifying the Owners of such Dogs: And whereas it is expedient to regulate the keeping of Dogs: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: