The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-03-01
Dog Owners Must Buy a License for
Each Dog.

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for you to acquaint yourself with
| the law which provides that you
must pay a tax of 81 on each
male dog, and 81 for each female.
The law, act No. 239. which we
publish below, provides that you
must not allow your dog to run at
large, even though they may be
wearing a collar bearing a tag on
which you have paid the license.
Sheriff L. O. Clinton has re-
ceived a supply of tags which
| owners of dogs are required to
put on their animals by March L.
The law in full is as follows:
ACT NO. 2Ss.
Prohibiting the running at large of
dogs; levying license tax on dogs, and
providing for the collection of such tax.
and the issuance of license tax tags;
prescribing the procedure to be OBJ
served when dog is found running at
large; providing for the killing of un-
licensed, dangerous, and vicious dogs;
requiring police juries to provide dog
pounds; prescribing penalties for the
violation of the provision of this Act:
and repeating all laws inconsistent here
with.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the state of Louisi-
ana, That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to suffer or permit
any dog or dogs in his possession, or
kept by him, about his premises, to
run at large on any unenclosed land, or
trespass upon any enclosed or unen-
closed lands of another
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the secretary of state shall pre-
pare and deliver to the criminal sheriff
of the parish of Orleans and to the
sheriff of each of the other parishes of
the state, consecutively numbered SUBJ
stantial, aluminium or brass license tax
tags, hearing the calendar year, the
name of the parish, and the consecu-
tive number, which shall be delivered
BY such officers to any citizens of the.
parish or of the state of Louisiana who
may apply therefor and pay fee of
one (S1.00) dollar for each license tax
tag, in the case of a male dog, or two
($2.0O) dollars in case of female dog,
which tags will be fastened upon the
collars worn by the dog owned or kept
by such citizen, and for which fee such
officer shall issue receipt showing the
name and address of the citizen, and
the year and number of the license tax
tag. Such officer shall also keep re-
cord book showing the name and adj
dress of each citizen to whom such IL
cense tax tags are issued, the number
of such license tax tag so issued and
the year thereof, and shall receive
twenty-five (25c) cents for each IL
cense tax tag issued; provided that
such fees retained by such officers shall
not be put into the sheriff salary fund,
but shall be compensation to him in adj
dition to his salary.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, etc,
That anv citizen may, and the sheriff,
constable, or other police officers of any
parish, ward or municipality. shall
seize any dog found unaccompanied by
its owner or keeper and. running at
large on any road, street or other pub
lie place, or trespassing on any premis-
es other than the premises of the own
err If such dog is wearing collar
bearing such license tax tag, it shall be
impounded and the citizen or officer so
seizing and impounded said dog shall
Immediately thereafter by written no.
tice notify the owner of such a dog as
disclosed by the records herein provid-
ed for to be kept that such dog has
been seized and impounded by him, and
unless such owner or keeper of such
dog shall. within seven days from the
receipt of said notice claim such dog,
and pay such citizen or officer fee of
one (sl.0O dollar for seizing and fee
of twenty-five (25c) cents for each day
it is impounded. it shall be killed forth
with in any humane manner. Provided,
that any citizen or officer may kill any
dangerous or vicious dog or dogs not
registered as herein provided for, or
any dog permitted to run at large af-
ter the owner or keeper shall have no.
tice not to permit such dog to run at
large; if such dog be off the premises
and out of the control of its owner or
keeper. No citizen or officer shall be
liable to damages or to prosecution by