The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-06-23
MISSISSIPPPS DOG LAW.

Section I. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Mississippi, That
the board of supervisors of each county
in the state of Mississippi are hereby
authorized and empowered to levy a
tax of one dollar upon each and every
male dog over six months old, and the
sum of three dollars upon every female
dog over six months DID, in their re-
spective counties, to be collected from
the owner, keeper or barborer Of any
and all such dogs, and the assessor shall
when such levy is made by the board of
supervisors, assess each and every dog
over six months to the owner thereof,
if said owner is to be found, otherwise
to the keeper, or harborer of such dog
or dogs, and the assessment shall be
made at the same time ard in the same
manner as other property is assessed.
When such taxes are collected from such
levy it shall be set apart and known
as the school house improvement fund,
to be used to repair and improve the
public school houses cf the county, and
shall be distributed as the superintendent
Of each county and county school board,
where any such taxes are collected, shall
determine.
Section 2. Should the board of SUI
pervisorS of any county refuse or fail
to levy said tax then 20 per cent of the
qualified electors of such county may,
by petition in writing to said board
within 80 days from the filing Of said
petition, to call an election to submit
to the qualified voters of the county the
question of this levy, and it shall be the
duty of the board of supervisors to call
such election and to SO arrange the
tickets that each voter may vote for or
against the proposed levy. Should ma
jority vote for such levy, the board of
supervisors shall proceed to levy said tax.
When any county shall have once levied
said tax the board of supervisors shall
levy said tax each succeeding year until
the same shall be voted down by the ma
jority of the electors at an election to be
held for the purpose upon petition for the
same in the same way and manner as
provided herein for initiating the same.
Section 8. When any county shall
have adopted this act it shall be the
duty of the owner or harborer of any
dog or dogs to procure a good and suf-
| hcient collar, with metallic plate there
on, on which shall be plainly inscribed
the name of the owner or owners of said
dog. 1t shall be lawful for any person
to kill any dog, found at large on whose
neck there is no collar as aforesaid, and
no action shall be maintained for such
killing.
Section q. Every person who shall har-
Dor on his or her premises collarless
dog for a space of 10 days, after this act
shall have become effective, shall be held
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dogs.
Section S. The owner or owners OF
/ any dog or dogs, who shall permit the
same to run at large for 10 days after
this act shall become effective. without
such collar as heretofore described, and
without paying the tax as herein pre-
scribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined not less than SIS nor more
than $50 for each and every offense
when said sum, when so collected, shall
be placed in the fund as set out in Sec
of this act.
i Section s. 1t shall be unlawful fol
any person, or persons, to harbor, keel