Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-01-15

lished ut Chicago, gives the fol-
lowing resume Of Missouri's new
dog law, which We publish by re-
quest:
At the special session held i'll
1907, the Missouri legislature
passed new dog law. This Jaw
provides for the assessment OF
every dog, male and female, over
six months old, the return or list
to be imade under oath rs is the
return Of other personal property.
1t was passed rs all emergency
act aid is not to be effective IN
any county until the county court
makes al order Of record adopting
its provisions and requiring its
enforcement in that county. The
law provides for the registration
by the assessors of all dogs, the
list to be turned in to the clerk
of theiconnty court.
The annual license tax is 81 for
each male and female spayed deg
and q for each aud every female
dog registered aud returned by the
assessor. On the failure or re-
fusal for more than 10 days Of
any owner or harborer of any dog
registered by the assessor to pay
the license tax it is the duty Of
the constable to kill such dog.
The revenue collected under this
act constitutes the county dog
fund.
"Any animal of the dog kind
that chases, worries Injuries or
kills any sheep. lamb, goat, kid,
domestic fowl or other domestic
animal not the property of the
owner or harborer of such dog,
or Injuries any person not o tres.
passer, may be killed by any per-
SON ut any time or place. Any
person damaged by the killing,
manning or injuring Of their sheep
or other domestic animals or do
nestle fowls, by a dog or dogs,
msy in any court OF competent
jurisdiction, recover against the
owner, owners or harborers Of
such dog or dogs the full amount
of such damage, together with the
court costs and reasonable attor.
ney fees .sccruing to such action;
and such judgment cannot be
COLLECTED OIL execution, upon sat
isfaotory proof hereof being made,
the county court shall order such
judgment and costs paid out Of
the comfy dog fund.
"Should the person or persons
who have been damaged by a dog
or doss, as specified in the fore
going section of this act, be un-
able, after diligent inquiry, to dis
cover or clearly identity the own
or, owners or harborer of the dog
or dogs that caused said damages,
they may present their claim TO
the county court. and said coun-
~ court shall fully aud carefully
enquire into such claim by the ex-
animation If witnesses and, when
satisfied that the facts alleged
are true, shall approved said
claim, or such portion of it, rs
appears to be just and equitable,
aud shall order the same paid out
Of the county dog fund"
The old lax, in fierce in those
countless, where the new one has
not been adopted, is as follows:
"Sectipn LIN every case where
sheep or other domestic animals
are killed or manned by dogs, the
owner Of such animals may recov.
or against the owner or keeper OF
such dog or dogs the full amount
of damages, and the owner shall
forthwith kill such dog or dogs;
and for every day he shall refuse
or neglect to do 30, after notice,
IN shall pay in forfeit the sum of
81, and it shall he lawful for any
person to kill such dog or dogs.
This section has been held to
apply where only one sheep was
killed aud to render unnecessary
any allegation as to the dogs
vicious deposition.
"Section 2.-If any person shall
discover any dog or dogs in the
act Of killing, wounding or chas-
ing sheep in any portion of this
state, or shall discover any dog
or dogs under such circumstances
as to satisfactorily show that such
dog or dogs has or have been re-
Gently engaged in killing or chas.
ing sheep or other domestic ami
NAL or animals, such person 50
authorized to Immediately pursue
aud kill such dog or dogs; provid-
ed, however, that such dog or
dogs shall not be killed in any
enclosure belonging to- or being
in lawful possession Of the owner
of such dog ar d"gs."
1t has been held that this sec.
tim allowing the killing Of sheep
killing dssgs was an act Of outlaw
ry ust only against sheep-killing
dogs. but against dogs discovered
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