The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-19
CHAPTER 18Th. F. NO. 425.

CHAPTER 18Th. F. NO. 425.
| AN ACT to provide a tax on dogs, and con-
stituting fund for the liquidation of dam
ages caused by the same; and providing for
| a penalty for violation thereof.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature OF the State
of Minnesota:
Section l. Assessors, at the time Of making
| the annual property assessment, shall list all
| persons who own, keep or harbor dogs, male
| or female, except pups under four months OF
age, and the number owned, kept or harbOred
by each person in the town, city, village or
| district which they assess.
Sec, 2 tax OF one % dollar on all male
| dogs and tax of three 90 dollars on all
| female dogs shall be annually levied by the
] county commissioners, or as other taxes are
/ levied, on all dogs so listed, without any e1c-
| e1nptlon account Of the exemption laws OF
| this state the Same to be collected as other
Sec g. The money received from this tax
| shall be set aside by the county auditor 10
form a special fund for the purpose Of pay
ment Of damages committed by dogs killing OF
| injuring sheep in any part OF the county
Whenever any damage is sustained by reason
| thereof, the owner of such sheep shall, as Soon
| as possible thereafter, and within two % days
/ notify Of the supervisors, or any member
| Of the village or city council WITHIN whoSe
| jurisdiction tho damage has been sustained
| When complaint of such loss is made to q
supervisor, or any member Of the village OF
| city council, the official to whom such com
| rlaint has been made will at once proceed &c
| view the damage incurred, with a view to h1
! upon the amount of the same. If the loss *
/ ceeds ten 0O) dollars, he shall call in the
| assistance Of any taxpayer within the district
who is not of kin to the party who has sui
! But when the loss exceeds fifty $50 dollars,
! the board, Of supervisors, in the one case, ans
J not less than three % members OF the village
town or city council in the other, shall %
| called upon to fix the amount OF the los
The amount Of the loss fixed upon shall i'm
mediately be reported to the town clerk or tbs
| village or city clerk or recorder, who shal
| forthwith issue to the person sustaining sucf
| damage or loss a certificate containing Ins
! name OF the person who has suffered sucE
| dor
amount thereof as fixed by said viewers, pay
able after April first after said loss has oe
! Cured and If there is not sufficient fund
| on hand to pay losses in fun, then to pay pr
| rata
OF such certificate out Of any funds in his
4 hands applicable to the same, on order OF thf
county auditor. PROVIDED howeyeT' tha { az az
| damages assessed as herein provlded sna44 no.
| exceed the sum of ten $1,000 dollars for eact
| and every registered sheep, three CD dollars fo
! each and every unregistered sheep anG Two g
] dollars for each and every lamb under six 6
| months Of age killed or rendered worthless DJ
Sec. 4 The officer or officers, or person
| chosen as viewer, shall receive compensation
| at the rate of two % collars per day 70
| damage sustained under this act, to be PAL,
! by the county treasurer on warrant OF thf
! county auditor out Of the fund raised unde'
| its provisions, after April hnst as provided
| above.
Sec. 3. Any person who owns keeps o
| harbars dog or dogs on the first OF May, II
! each year, or afterwards before assessment !:
| made, and who neglectS refuses to repor
| the same for taxation, shall upon conviction
| thereof be deemed guilty Of a nisdemeanor
| and be fined in a not less than ten 10
| lars nor more than twenty-five t25) dollars
! and in default thereof be committed to thu
| common Jail of the county for not more thar
| thirty 800 days And all fines 50 collected
| shall be paid into the county treasury OF tn
! county and be credited to said special fund
| Sec. g. Whenever said fund in tbs hands o
I the county treasurer equals two thousand
| q OOO) dollars, then all sums in excess Of twt
| thousand e. 900 dollars on the first of JULY
! each year, shall be transferred, after the pay
| ment OF all losses provided for in this act, t
! the road and bridge fund of the county.
! Sec. Z. Any parson or persons who keep o
harbor or any owner who permits to run o.
| large a dog or dogs that have bitten, worried
/ chased, killed or damaged any sheep or lamb
| after having been notified that such dog O
| dogs have bitten, worried, chased, killed o.
| damaged any sheep lamb, shall be deeFnet
| guilty OF a misdemeanor, and on conviction
| thereof shall be punished by fine OF not lesi
| than five 90 dollars and not more than fifty
| (5O) dollars or by Imprisonment in the count
i Jail not more than sixty (6C) days or by boil
| fine and Imprisonment
All moneys received from such fines shall b.
4 paid to the treasurer of the county and By
| him credited to the fund heretnbefore proytdet
for.
Sec 8. This act shall not apply to eountiel
having population Of seyenty-fve thousand
/ (75,OO0N or over.
| Sec. 9. All acts and parts Of acts inconsis
! tent with this act hereby repealed.
| Sec TO- This act shall take effect and be n
! force from and after May first, 1901.
! Approved April 8, 1901.