Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-01-18
MANY MADISON DOGS
WILL HAVE TO BE SHOT
Unless Owners Pay Tax and Cecure
License Tags Quickly-Sherif
Whitlock Gets Instructions

Although there are 2,663 dogs listed
for taxation with the Assessor or Tax
Commissioner of Madison county, IL
censes have only been taken out for
1907, and officials at the court house
+odav said that unless their owners
secure proper license and tags 70
show that the dog tax has been paid
they will have to be shot and very
soon.
Instructions are going out from
frankfort to Sheriffs and other ofti-
cers that their duty must be done
about this matter. Sheriff Pete Whit
lock has Just received letter OF IN
s+,,,ctions from the State Department
~ Agriculture about the matter
,,s,;.h will be of interest. 1t says:
January 16, 1919.
20 the Sheriff.
An act of the 1918 Legislature Great
a rbat is known as the dog law,
conv of which is herewith enclosed
-, dsince the legislature imposed up
=, the sheriff the duty of enforcing
.L;s law and gives to the Commits
s;o,er of Agriculture the power 10
o,,nlov all proper means for the err
+orcqment of this Act, placing the
neral enforcement of the Act under
tho Commissioner Of Agriculture, tins
;s 70 request you to read the enclosed
bulletin carefully and render all CO.
,neration possible to this Department
IN the enforcing Of this law.
The duty of the Assessor is to re-
,or+ 70 the County Clerk and to the
commissioner of Agriculture RECORD
= oil dogs listed and the County
C1ert among other duties is required
- raport to the Commissioner OF Ag-
ricuIture on February LIST, 1913, ana
On the first day Of each succeeding
-,ortb thereafter a list Of all dogs IL
,onsed which win aid both your de-
rartnent and this department mater
i,uv in enforcing the law as you VIII
have access TO all records IN posses
sion of the County Clerk
Therefore, since this Act became
Elective January lst, 1919, am no"
c,Ilinr upon you for an effective en-
forcement of this law and while l DO
NOT wish to be drastic or to impose
hardship upon anyone, and would
suggest that as a final warning 70 tne
dog owners that you give it publicity
through your papers or by posters, II
the authority vested in You and the
demand upon you by this department.
for a rigid enforcement OF this Act
The purpose of this Ate is to pro-
mote and protect the sheep industry
in this state, which is at an alarm
fnglv low ebb and with your assist
anoe I hope to so protect that indus
try in order that the farmers may
with all safety have upon his premis-
es a herd Of sheep.
If can serve you further In TINS
matter. only command me. Yours
very truly. MAT s. COHEN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Some Questions Answered on the
New Dog Law.
/. It is lawful for anyone to own,
keep, or harbor a dog or dogs on OF
after January 1, 1919, unless said dog
or dogs are licensed.
.. Fees-First male dog 81; all
subsequent male dogs, 81 each; fiirs'
female dog 81; all subsequent female
dogs 81 each.
8. Additional fee is to be charged
owner by County Clerk for issuing IL
cense.
4. County Clerk shall issue license
whenever applied for.
5. The law specifies no age limit
A dog is a dog as soon as whelped.
8. The license collected under this
law are for 1919. Said license fee
collected by County Clerk or deputy
shall be turned over to the County
Treasurer. The Commissioner OF Ag-
riculture is to receive 5 per cent OF
the total amount collected for license
The county clerk or deputy receives
25 cents for each license issued The
Tax Commissioner or Assessor receiv-
es 10 cents for each dog listed by him,
Z. Kennel tags can be supplied
each individual dog in a kennel ps
owner stating number of dogs ne ex-
poets to be kept in kennel and ther
upon payment of fee stipulated in Law
County Clerk can issue license ane
order sufficient duplicate kennel tags
of the same serial number as license
to supply each dog in said kenne
with tag of same number as license
Said duplicates to be ordered from the
Koehler Stamp and Stencil Co., o.
Louisville, KY, either direct or thru
this department.
T1,,,<.- C1orlr sc IN deliver orig