Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1883 — THE DOGS. [ARTICLE]

THE DOGS.

The Biij. Passed by the Last G>nemAL ABBEMHLY CO'CETAriNG ’EM The following is House bid No. 61 «« prtsed, signed by the Governor and cow on file in the office of the Secretary of State. It is better known as the dog bill, and will U-of mtenst to owners of these animals: An a< t to provide for tbejtaxation of does, to regulate matters connected therewith and providing penalties f.*r the violation oi the provisions ot this act, "An act to pn.Uct sheep husband'y, to regulate matters connected there whit, iO provide f'v registration, taxing a killing dogs,” approved April 13, 1381, and deci ring emergency. Section I Be it enacted bv the General Assembly of the -tate of ludiaua, That the As essors of each Township within this State shall, between the first day Ot April and the first day of June, in e„ch year, list every dog over the age oj six months within his Township to the persons owning, keepin ' or hai tauing the same, and such person shall be charged on the tax duplicate $1 if a dog or a spayed teiuale dog. and S 2 lor each additional dog unspayed, and #2 for each additional dog more than one ot any kind or six whether so owned, kept of harbored by such prison, which amount so charged eftiall be carried to the column of total amounts and as other taxes are collected.

t'ec. 2. Every assessor who shall fail to use due diligence in listing any dog owned, kept or harboied within his town ship between the first day of Api'l and live first day of .June" in each year shall be fined in any sum not exceeding J 5 for each dog no’, listed for want of suci diligence. \ Sec. 3: Every person liauleio taxa t,on iu any Township within this State, and residing therein when listed for taxation, shall msks and subscribe on oath, in which shall be stated the number of dogs, male and female, spayed and unspayed, over the age ot six mouths, owned, kept or harbored by such person, and any person who shall make a false statement as to the number of such dogs so owned, kept <>r harbored by him shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding $ 100. Sec. 4. Any dog that is known to kill or maim sheep may be killed by any person, and any person who shall own, keep or harbor any dog after he know s |that such dog has killed or maimed slr.ep shall be fined in any sum not exceeding SSO. Sec- 5. Any person who shall mischievouly or maliciously inju e any dog that has been duly listed for laxat.ion, or any person who ahail steal, take and carry away any dog that has been duly listed according to law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction t-hall be lined in any sum not exceeding $2 0, to which may he added imprisonment in the County Jail for any teiin not exceeding 30 days. Provided that in all cases su h dogs are ii jure,! or killed while engaged in committing damages to the property of ai.y other person than the owner of such dog, < r is known to be a cog that will kill or maim sheep, the above provisions shall not apply. bee 0 All money derived from the taxation oi dogs and fines under the provisions ot this act shall constitute a fund Known as the d g tund, and be used for the payment of damages sustained by the owners of the she- p maimed or k lied by uoab within any Township, and each lownsniD trustee in this estate is reqtnr td to collect annually the taxes and fines of the County Treasurer. The Several County Aud.tors shall set apart the amount of sucli.tax colleete 1 in each and every Township, and the Coun’y Treasutet shall pa> the same with fines collected. to the Township Trustee in whose Township the dogs we e listed or the penalties originated, and said Trustee shall hold the same for the purpose atoresaid.

Sec. 7. The owner of sheep killed or maimed by dogs should within ten days from the tune thereof report to the Trustee of his ownship, under oath.iu which he should state the number, age (as he believes) and the value of the sheep so Killed, and the damages sustained on ac count ot the maim d; ami any person who shall make any false statement of any such matters shall be fined in any sum not exceed inn $100; to which may be added imprisonment in the County Jail for any time not exceeding 3n days.

Sec. 8 The Trustee shall register such losses iu the order reporied. which order snail be observed in the payment of such losses, piovidedthat no person shall secure nay tor sheep killed or maimed by a dog oh neo, kepi or harbored by himself; and provided further, that the dog fund heretofore collected shall be added to and applied with tbe fund aris mg under the provisions of this act’ and w hen it shall so oc?ur, on the first Monday in March of any year, in any Township; that said fund shall acumu late to an amount exceeding SSO over and above orders drawn against tbe same, the surplus, aforesaid shall be paid and tr .Deferred to the school reve ue ot the Township and expended as a part thereof for tuition. See. 9. That an act entitled “Ao aet to protect sheep husbandry, td regulate matters connected therewith, to provide for registeting, taxing and killing dogs,” approved April 13, 1881, be and the same is hereby n pealed. Sec. 10. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore it shall be in force from and after its passage. William D. Bynum, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Thomas Hanna, President of the Senate. 8. W. Edwins, Principal of the House of Representatives. March 7, 1883, —This bill has become an act without the approval of the Gov ernor, bv the expiration of the Constitutional time for signing it. Frink H. Blackledge. Private Secretary. Filed in this office March 8, 1883, at «. p. m. • W. R. Myers. Secretary of State.