Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-07
ACT OF ASSEMBLY

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lection of sheep" approved the
twenty fifth day of May, Ammo Do
mini one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three; requiring all dogs
to wear a collar to be provided by
the owner, together with a tag to
be attached thereto showing pay.
ment of tax, said tag to be provided
by the commissioners; imposing
certain duties upon constables, tax
collectors and county commission
ers; and providing for the killing
of dogs whose owners fail to comply
with this act and the act to which
this is supplement; and providing
penalties for failure to comply with
the provisions of this act.
Section |. Be it enacted, &C.,
That hereafter all dogs, made tax
able by the act to which this is a
supplement-, shall be required to
wear, at all times, a substantial
collar, to which shall be attached
the tag hereinafter mentioned; said
collar to be furnished by the owner
of said dog or dogs; and said tag to
be furnished by the county COM
missioners, and to be paid for by
them out of the fund realized from
the taxation of dogs.
Section 2. The county commits
sioners of the several counties shall
prepare and furnish, annually, to
the several tax collectors of the
county metal tags, 30 be given by
said tax collectors to the owners of
dogs when said owners shall pay
the tax assessed upon said dogs.
Upon one side of said tags shall be
stamped, in raised letters, the fol-
lowing, DOG tax for. ........ naming
the Year,: paid"
Section 3. At the time of pay
ment of dog tax by the owner of
such dog, the tax collector shall
give to said owner one of said tags,
prepared for the year for which
said tax is paid; which said tag
shall thereupon be attached to the
collar of the dog for which said tax
was paid by the owner of said dog.
Section 4. Should the owner of
any dog or dogs neglect to pay the
tax assessed for said dog or dogs,
and to comply otherwise with the
provisions of this act, it shall i'm
mediately thereafter be the duty of
the proper tax collector to give
written notice to said owner that if
he fails to pay said tax, and also to
comply with the provisions of Sec
tions one and three of this act as to
the collar and tag required to be
woren, within ten days, or kill his
dog himself within said time, that
said dog will thereupon be killed
by the constable of the proper dis
trict: Provided, That for the notice
written and mailed or delivered,
under this provision, the said tax
collector shall be entitled to receive
the sum of twenty-five cents, which
amount shall be paid to him by the
county commissioners at the time
of the next settlement of accounts
between said officer and the county
commissioners. For failure of the
tax collector to perform his duty
under the requirements of this sec
tion, he shall be liable to penalty
of two dollars in each case, which
amount shall be deducted in any
settlement occurring between said
officer and the county commission
ers.
Section 5. In cases of default by
any such owner as to comply with
the requirements of this act, and
particularly with section four as to
payment of tax, wearing collar and
tag, and killing his said dog, it
shall thereupon be the duty of the
tax collector of said district, and
shall also be the right and privilege
of any citizen of the proper district
to notify the proper constable of the
said district of such failure and de-
fault, and that it thereupon be-
comes the duty OF said constable to
kill said dog. And in either case,
it shall thereupon be the duty of
such constable to kill all such dogs;
al d for such service said constable
shall be entitled to receive for each
dog killed and buried, cremated, or
otherwise legally disposed of, by
him., from the county commission
ers, out of the fund realized from
the taxation of dogs, the sum of
one dollar. For failure to perform
his Official duty under the provisions
of this section, the constable shall
be liable to a penalty of two dollars
for each offense, which said amount
shall be deducted from any amount