The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-07
CHAPTER XXXVI.

A further supplement to an act entitled
IAN Act for the preservation of sheep"
[Revisionl approved April fourteenth,
one thousand eight hundr ed and forty
six
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State of New Jersey, That
every person who shall own, keep or harbor
any dogs, bitch or bitches shall have the
same registered and numbered with the
clerk OF the township, borough or city in
which the owner or person harborlng the
same shall reside, and Shall place upon the
neck of each dog or bitch kept or harbored
a collar, having engraved thereon, Upon a
metal surface, the name of the owner OF
SAID dog or bitch and the registered number
thereof; and it shall be lawful for any per-
son to kill any dog or bitch found straying
off the owners premises without such collar
upon its neck.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of each township, borough or city in
this state to provide a book for the purpose
of registering the owners name of every
dog or bitch and the number, numbering
them in the order of the owners applying for
said registration, and giving to each person
of the registered number there
Of; the person applying for registration shall
pay the sum of one dollar for each dog or
bitch thus registered. of which the clerk
shall receive twelve cents for each registra
ton, the balance to be applied to paying
damage done by dogs to domestic animals or
poultry, after the same shall have been APP
praised by two freeholders as authorized and
directed by the act to which this is a supple
ment and the supplements to said act. and In
case there is no damage, such balance to be-
come a part of the general u of such
township, borough or city, as the case may
he.
5. And be it enacted, that in case the clerk
of any township, borough or city shall neg
lect or refuse to so register any dog or bitch
when application shall be made to him for
that purpose. he shall forfeit and pay the
sun of ten dollars for each refusal, which
shall be paid to the treasurer OF the W
ship, city or borough, and be applied to the
general fund of such township. ciUy or
borough, as the case may be.
4. And be it enacted, That the common
council of any incorporated city or town or
the township committee of any township in
this state are hereby authorized and en-
powered and whose duty it shall be to APP
point one or more persons IN their respective
cities. towns or townships, with full power
and authority to kill any dog, male or fe-
male, found straying off the owners prem
ises without such collar as above provided
for upon its neck.
5. And be it enacted, That the common
council of any Incorporated city or town
and the township committee or any township
are hereby authorized to nix the compensa-
ton to be paid to any person or persons APP
pointed as above provided for, and to pay
the same out of moneys in the treasury of
such city, town or township.
6. And be it enacted, That the provisions
of this act shall not apply to or affect cities
of the first and second class in this state.
Z. And be it enacted, That none of the pro-
visions of this act shall be construed to repeal
the provisions of any law now in existence
Drovidinp for the taxing of dogs,
8. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and that this act shall take effect inn
mediately.
Approved April a, 1884.