Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-17
The Dog Law.

AN ACT providing for the registry Of dogs and
defining the duties Of township officers in Ger.
tain cases.
SKc. !. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly
cfthe Htate Of .owa: That every owner or keeper
Of dog shall. On or before the 10th day Of May,
1862, and each year thereafter, cause it to be
registered, numbered and described in the Office OF
the Clerk of the township where said owner q
keeper resides, and shall pay TO said Clerk for
said registry the sum Of one dollar for every
male dog, and three dollars for every female
dog, and shall receive from said Clerk q certifi-
cate Of registry, number and description Of said
dog, which certificate shall be prtma tacie evil
dence Of the proper registry Of said dog in any
township Of the State.
The Township Clerk shall receive fo. every
certificate SO issued, twenty cents from the funus
accruing under the provisions Of this section.
SEC. 2. The Township Cle.k shall keep an
account OF tho amount received and paid out
under the provisions Of this act, which account
shall always be open to the inspection of any
citizen Of the township, and sehail annually on
the first Monday in June, post in some conspic-
uous place in his township list OF all dogs
furnish copy thereof te each Constable in the
SEC. ). There shall be a collar placed upon
tho neck Of each dog registered uudsr this act,
by the owner thereof; said collar may be Ieath- :
ern or metallic, AMI shall not be less than one
upon the came. either by engraving or punching
with holes, or sewing with thread Of q color dii-
fe,ent from the collar. All dogs caught without
collar on, specified in this section, shall be
considered nuisance, and shall be DESTROYED as
set forth in section Of this act.
SRC. 4. ANY person placing q collar on any
dog not registered, shall be gsilty Of misde
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not exceeding ten dollars.
SIC. 5. The Township Clerk Of each township
shall be required to give bond in the sum of
twice the amount of money that will be likely
to como into his hands BY tho provisions Of thu
act which amopnt shall be fixed by the trus-
tees said bond shall be approved by the town
ship trustees, and filed with thcm for the use Of
any one injured by the improper acts of said
Clerk.
SEC. 6. Any person owning, keeping or har-
boring dog over the age of three months, not
registered according to the provisions Of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of q mlsdemeanor, aad up-
on conviction thereof shal be fined fve dollars, 10
be collected as other fines. If before Judgment
the defendant cause his deg to be registered as re-
quired by the provisions Of this act and pay all
costs up to the time Of pleading such registry it
shall be bar to any further prosecution for that
ofeRse.
SEc7 ANY person who shall msliciousy kill
any registered dog, or shall steal or entice away
such dog, shall, upon Conviction thereof, be pun
ished by q fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and
shat also be liable to the owner for all damages
SEC. s. Any person may, and every police Off :
Ger, constable marshal shall kill or cause to be
destroyed all dogs going at large and not colared
and registered according to provisions oft his act
cicers shall receive twenty five cents for each dog
so destroyed, to be paid out Of the funds accruing
under the provisions of this act.
SIC. 9. 1t shall be awful for any person to kill
any dog caught in the act Of worrying, manning or
killing any sheep or lambs, or other domestic ami
NAL, Or any dog attacking or attempting to bite
any person outside Of the enclosure Of the owner,
and the owner shal be liable to the party injured
for all damages done by his dog.
SEC. 10 The township trustees Of each town
ship shall require all dogs over three months Of
age not registered according to the PROVISIONS of
this act to be destroyed, and shall enforce all
penalties herein provided, and any officer who
shall neglect Or refuse to perform tho duties i'm
posed upon him by this act, shall be punished by
. fine not exceeding ten dollars for each convic-
ticn.
SIC. II. All funds received for the registry OF
dogs, except much of is necessary to defray the
expenses Of registering and killing dogs provid-
ed in Sections and Of this act, are hereby SET
apart as school fund, to be paid to the township
district treasurer, and divided among the several
eub-districts in each township as other school
funds are arportioned: Provided taat ia any
township whore there is city organization o. in
pay into the city school treasury treasury Of the
independent district its share Of such apportion-
ment.
SEc. IL. All fines and ferfeitures imposed a.
pen lily for the violation Of any Of the provis.
ions Of this act, OF neglect Of any duty imposed
by the same shall be prosecuted for by complaint
Of any citizen, before justic Of the peace hav
ing jurisdiction, and no mere technical objection
! to the form of the information shall be SLOWED
| to defeat sprosecution 60 commenced.
SEC. l3. This act being deemed Of immediate
Importance, shall take effect from and after il.
publication in the State Register, Desmoime.
7sn.es and losca Hossesssad and Fdrner, newspa
pers published in the city Of Desmoines, or any
| two Of them.
RUSH CLARK.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
JOHN r. NEEDHAM,
President of the Senate.
Approved, March 2sth, 1861.
SAMUEL ]. KIRKWOOD.
thereby certify that the foregoing il tru,
copy from the original roll on file in my Office.
ELIJAH SELLS,
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