Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1899 — The Dog Law Got ’Em. [ARTICLE]

The Dog Law Got ’Em.

Three men were before Squire Burnham Monday morning, charged with having failed to pay their \ dog tax, as required by law. They | were Zachariah Lambert and Sam l Obenchain, of Kankakee Tp., and l Lyman Zea, of Rensselaer. All \ plead guilty and were each fined | 1 cent and costs. Lambert’s bill \ was $13.50. Obenchain’s $12.56 | and Zea’s $9. The two first paid j but Mr. Zea stayed his for 90 days. The law requires the trustees to ! report refusals to pay dog tax and i , the prosecuting attorney to bring prosecutions. All these men were given ample • notice to pay their dog tax, before they were prosecuted, first by the trustee, then by the deputy ' prosecutor and then by the justioo, but they paid no attention until ' Christie Vick got after them with a warrant. These are the first prosecutions in this oounty under this law, but many others are likely to follow.