The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-04-29
CHAPTER Te.-The Dog Law.

or before the otn Gay OF May, IooI, anu
each year thereafter, cause it TO be reg
istered, numbered and decribed in the
Office Of the clerk Of the township where
said owner or 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 a certificate
of registry, number and description of
said dog, which certificate shall be prima
Jacia evidence Of the proper registry of
said dog in any township OF the State
The township clerk shall receive for ev-
cry certificate so issued twenty cents,
from the funds ACQUIRING under the pro-
visions of this section.
SEC. 9. The township clerk shall
keep an account of the amount received
and paid out under the provisions OF this
act, which account shall always be open
10 the inspection of any citizen OF the
township, list OF all dogs registered for
the cur chi year, and shall also furnish
copy thereoft TO each constable in the
township.
SEC. 3. There shall be collar placed
upon the neck Of each dog registered un,
der this act, by The owner thereof; said
collar may be leather or metallic, and
shall not be less than one inch wide, with
the number and year made plain upon
the same, either BY engraving or punch
inc with holes, or sewing with thread of
a color different from the collar. All
dogs caught without collar on, specified
in this section, shall be considered nui-
sance, and shall be destroyed as set forth
in section 9Th Of this act.
SEC. 4. Any person placing CELLAR
on any dog not registered, shall be gull
IL Of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not exceeding ten
dollars.
SEC. 5. Tie township clerk Of each
township shall be required to give bond
in the sum Of twice the amount OF money
that viii be likely 10 come into his hands
by the provisions of this act, which am
cunt shall be fixed by the trustees said
bond shall be approved by the township
trustees, and fled with them for the use
of any one injured by the improper acts
of said clerk.
SEC 6. Any person owning, keeping
or harboring dog over the age Of three
months, not registered according to the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemearor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined five dollars,
to be collected as other fines. L before
lud rment the defen dant cause his dog to
be registered as required by the provis-
ions of this act, and pay all costs up TO
the time of pleading such registry, il
shall be a bar TO any further prosecution
for that offence.
SEC. 7. Any person who shall mall
ciously kill any registered dog, or steal
or entice away such dog, shall upon con-
viction thereof he punished by fine not
exceeding fifty dollars, and shall also be
liable to the owner for all damages.
SEC. 9. Any person may, and every
police officer, constable, or marshal shall,
kill or cause to be destroyed all dogs 60
ing at large and not collared and register
ed according to the provisions of this act
officers shall receive twenty five cents for
each dog so destroyed, TO be paid out Of
the funds accruing under the provisions
Of this act.
SEC. 9. 1t shall be lawful for any
person to kill any dog caught In the act
I,e worrying, manning or killing any
sheep or lamb, or other domestic animal
or any dog attacking or attempting to
bite any person outside Of the enclosure
Of the owner, and the oner shall be La
BILE to the party injured for all damage
done by his dog.
SEC. 10. The township trustees of
each township shall require all dogs over
three months of age not registered ac-
cording to the provisions Of this act, TO
be destroyed, and shall enforce all pen
allies herein provided, and any officer
who shall neglect or refuse to perform
the duties imposed upon him by this act,
shall be pun shed by fine rot exceed
ing ten dollars for each conviction.
SIC. II. All funds received for the
registry Of dogs, except 50 much as is
necessary to detray The expenses of reg
isiering and killing dogs as provided il
sections and of dis act, are hereby
set apart as a school fund TO be paid to
the township district treasurer, and di-
vided among the several sub districts in
each township as other school funds are
apportioned Provided, That in any
township where there is city organiza
ton or independent sub-district, the
township clerk shall pay into the city
school treasury or treasury of the indie
pendent district its share Of such appor
tionment
SEC. r. All fines and lorfeitures i'm
posed as penalty for the violation of
any Of the provisions Of this act or neg
lecl Of any duty imposed by the same,
shat be prosecuted for by the complaint
Of any citizen before a justice Of the
peace having Jurisdiction, and no mere
technical objection to the form Of the
information shall be allowed TO defeat q
prosecution so commenced.
SEC 10. This act being deemed o
immediate Importance, shall take effecI
from and aft It's publication in the State
Register, Des Moines Times and lows
Homestead and Farmer, newspapers
published in the city OF Des. Noines, OF