Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-10


age done by dogs within their respective
townshps or boroughs, and shall have
full power and authority to examine as
witnesses any person CT persons that shall
appear before them respecting the premis-
es, upon oath or affirmation to be by them
and il shall be the further
duty OF the said appraisers, and they are
hereby required to ascertain whether the
owner of the sheep so destroyed owns, pos
scsses or keeps dog or dogs about his or
her premises, and shall make report Of the
fact to the commissioners Of proper county
with the valuation Of sheep so destroyed;
and ifit shall appear to the said commits
siopers that the owner aforesaid did not
make true return to the proper assessor
of the dog or dogs subject 10 taxation, the
said owner shall not be entitled to receive
any part OF the said demage or valuation
money.
SECTION s. That the persons appointed
by this act as appraisers Of damage done
to sheep by dog or dogs, shall severally
receive for their services the sum Of one
dollar per day while so engaged, and to be
paid to them by the person applying for
their services; which sum or sums shall be
added to and paid with the damages 50 APP
praised. And the said appraisers, after
their election and before they enter upon
the duties enjoined upon them by this act,
shall scverally take and subscribe before
some justice of the peace Of the proper
county, an oath or affirmation that they
will, when called on for that purpose, fai
thfully and impartially perform all and
every the duties enjoined upon them by
this act, to the best Of their Judgment and
ability. And any justice of the peace to
whom application is made, is hereby re-
quired to administer such oath or affrma.
ton, and shall give certificate therof
without fee or reward; which certificate
shall be Immediately fled in the office of
the county commissioners.
SECTION 9. That if any person in the
said county of Blair shall permit any dog
to be kept or to remain about his premises
that is not returned by him to the assessor,
such person shall be liable, if sued before
any justice of the peace, to pay fine OF
three dollars, with costs, one-half ofwhich
fine shall be for the use of the informer,
and the other half to be paid by the justice
to the county treasurer, and by him placed
with the fund of taxes Oh dogs; said fine
to be recovered as debts of that amount
arc by law recoverable.
SECTION I. That any dog seen within
an enclosure where cattle or sheep are Kept
within the said county, except when in
company with his owner or some of his
family, may be lawfully killed.
SECTION 8. That when sheep shall be
destroyed by dog Or dogs within the
county of Blair, which sheep shall belong
to and owned by any person or persons
residing out of the said county, and II OF
within any county or district in which ,
tax is levied and collected on dogs, spcl
person or persons shall not be entitled t.
receive from the commissioners of the sale
county of Blair, any compensation for tn
sheep so destroyed.
SECTION 8. That should the fund or
originating out ofthe tax on dogs, so a
aforesaid, accumulate in the treasury t.
an amount beyond what the county com.
missieners may think necessary to carr,
out the provisions of this act as herei
before provided for, they shall have powe
and they are hereby required as often a
such contingency occurs, to proceed t
set apart such surplus for common schoO
purposes, and to divide tie same amon
the several school districts within the sal
counties, in proportion to the number 9
taxable inhabitants in each of the sal
school districts within the said counties, i
proportion to the number of taxable in
hahitants in each Of the said school district
and shall draw their warrants for the sey
eral amounts so found on the county trea
surer, in favor of the respective schoc
treasurers of the several districts, who sha
pay out, account acd settle for the So;
moneys SO received, as ell ether money
of the general school fund are by thel
paid out, accounted and settled for.
j. LAWRENCE GETZ,
Speakep 0fLhs House Of Representative
DAVID TAGGART,
Speaker o. the .Sen0t
AppRoyEp-Thc twentieth day of May
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundre
and ffty-seven-
JAS. POLLOCK.