Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-06-13
MEASURE PASSED By LAST
LEGISLATURES CONSIDERED
BEST FOR AUDRAIE CON-
DITIoEs : COUNTY OF
PICERs WILL Re
CEIvR coMPREsA-
TI0E FOR EXTRA
WORK.
The Adoption Rests in Hands of the
County Court-wil be Very Bffec-
tive Against Sheep Killing
CANNES -Part Of the Lsw
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Readers.

49,
Dog Tax law and Assessor Jackson
was Instructed TO enforce the proyi-
sions Of this act OF the last Legisla-
ture.
The Courtdecided that there should
be q fair compensation for the addi-
tional duties 1t imposes on the As
SCISSOR, County Clerk and Constable
and q fixed schedule was adopted AZ
fecting the pay OF these officers.
The law provides that its enforce
ment depends upon the action OF the
County Court and shall apply only in
such Counties as ordered by the Court.
The important provisions OF the
sheep or other domestic animals or
domestic fowls, by a dog or dogs, may,
in any court Of competent jurisdic
tion, recover against the osner, owners
or harborers OF such dog or dogs the
full amount OF such damages, together
with the sourt costs and reasonable
attorney fees Accrulng to such action;
and IL such judgement cannot be
collected on execution, upon satisfac-
tory proof thereof being made, the
county court shall order such Judge
ment and costs paid out OF the county
dog fund.
Should the person or persons who
have been damaged by a dog or dogs,
as specified in the foregoing section Of
this act. be unable, after diligent in
quiry, to discover or clearly identify |
the owner, owners or harborer OF the
dog or dogs that caused said damages,
hey may present their claim to the
county court, and said county court
shall fully and carefully inquire into
such claim by the examination OF wit
nesses and, when satisfied that the
facts alleged are true, shall approve
said claim, or such portion OF 1t, as
appears TO be Just and equitable, and
shall order the same paid lout OF the
county dog fund.
Nothing In this act shall be con-
to apply to the incorporated
cities or towns Of this state which now
have, or may hereafter enact, ordi-
nances providing for the levying and
OF license tax on dogs.
Each constable after being notified
Of his appointment and furnished with
. certified copy OF the names OF the
owners or harborers Of dogs, and the
number thereof, subject 10 q license
tax under the provisions Of this act,
shall Immediately proceed to collect
the same, and on the failure or refusal
for 0 than ten days OF any owner
or harborer OF any dog or dogs regis
tered BY the assessor, as provided 10
section a Of this act 10 pay the H.
cense tax the constable shall kill such
dog or dogs, for which service he shall
receive a dollar for each deg 50 kill
payable out cf the county dog fund.
Any constable, after being notified,
who shall fall or refuse to perform the
duties imposed by this act, shall for
feit and pay q SUM equal 10 the entire
AMOUNT OF the license tax levied In his
township or district.
All license tax collected under this
vet shall be paid into the county treas
lry, 70 be known and designated as
The county dog fund.
Any animal OF the dog kind that
'hasess worries, Injuries or kills any
'heep, lamb, goat, kid, domestic fowl
lr other domestic animal not the pro-
perty Of she owner or harborer Of such
log, outside OF the premises OF the
,wner or harborer OF such dog, or in
.ures any person not . trespasser, may
killed by any person at any time or
place. Any person damaged by the
Jury OF killing. manning or intheir
aw follows:
There shall be levied and collected,
IS hereinafter provided for the right
o keep or harbor dogs, an annual
license tar OF one dollar for each and
very male and female spayed dog and
dollars for each and every female
log 50 registered and returned by the
IsseSsor, as provided for by section one
u hisstact which license tax shall be
'aid BY the owner or harborer thereof.
The clerk Of the county court shall,
within ten days after receiving the re-
urn Of the registration from the as
essorss commence to make out and
20 the constable OF each town.
hip, city or town, q certified copy OF
he registration Of dogs, as made by
he assessor thereof, and In townships
" districts where there are more than
me constable, the county court. shall
designate, by order, which constable
hall act as collector OF the license tax
IS aforesaid. The constable so desiQ-
lated shall, before entering upon bis
Inties of such collector, give a good
md sufficient bond. to be approved by
he county court. conditioned upon
he faithful performance OF bis duty;
'e shall also take an oath that he will
aithfuily and diligently discharged
he duties Of bis office.
Anderson and Renfro Gibbs, Sidney
iouston, and Miss Mary Buckner, oil
iarshall, are visiting relative I'M