Butte record., 1854-02-11

THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL ON DOGS.
Before the City Council Of Stockton
on Monday night, the following informal
report Of the special committee on dogs
was read. 1t contains some lpalpable
hits:
To the Hon. Tie Mayor and Commoa
Council Of the City Of Stockton:
The Committee on Dogs having ex-
amined carefully the subject they were
directed to investigate, respectfully re-
port.
Our first object was to ascertain the
number running at large We estimate
them at 300. This census may be re-
lied upon One intelligent creature, of
the hunter and setter species, named
Misery" we could not count, cause
he lodged away from us at the head
quarters of the dogs, near the corner Of
FL Dorado and the Levee. We classify
the animals as follows: Hunter and
Setter, 400, Bull dogs, 80; Useful dog,
l. The balance are Diggers. The
useful dog was the house-dog Of men,
Der of your committee, and may now be
seen III the region Of Tuleberg. This
interesting animal should, of course, be
exempted from any Ordinance that your
honorable body may pass.
The particular attention Of your com
mittee was directed to the habits Of these
animals. Amongst the most prominent
of them we would notice the following,
which alone VIII show the necessity of
regulating them in some way or other.
We remarked that each Of the male spe-
cies is allowed to enjoy plurality of
wives; in fact, system obtains among
them similar to the social system Of the
Mormons. Now, one wife is sufficient
and more too-for any animal, and the
pluarlity system should be put down.
Again, an astonishing amount of ignor-
ance exists among them, and this natur-
ally leads to crime.
They seem to have no notion Of the
laws Of naeuua and tuwm, for if a dog sees
a piece of meat belonging to another, he
does not hesitate to seize it if he can
This is something like fillibustering,
though they may be useful and good, not
withstanding The pugs--the little
dogs-are decidedly pagnacious, and the
rule seems to be that--the smaller the
animal the bigger and more ferocious an
imal he considers himself This is
fault, however, that is not altogether
confined to dogs. A poet has written 9.
dqggerly line, which says
'sLet dogs delight to bark and bite,
For It's their nature too."
But your committe think that when it oc-
ours that cur should unnecessarily quar-
rel with another cur, and put on more
(h )air than he is entitled to, the curyii-
inear line Of his tail should be curtailed
by a concurrent resolution of this body.
It has been said in favor of water-dogs
that they are musical animals, because
their bark IS on the c, but we had rather
their bark were on the slough.
We believe that all the useful dogs in
the city have masters who would be glad
to put collars on them and pay for them
a reasonable lisence, and we commend
that that license be put at s. year for
dogs and $40 for sluts, if agreeable to
the chairman of the Finance Committee
The propriety of such measure viii
at once be seen, for these animals have
become so numerous Of late that they
are positive nuisance. They attack
horses in the streets and are an annoy
ance to ladies'.
We report fayorably on the prayer Of
the petitioner. All of winch is respect
fully presented
Signed by the Committee on Dogs.
a. Wolf, Chairman,