The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-04-24

per htdl WIN no RESTRICTION. |tftI'
uDon the dog, they felt .hcy c.u..
not afford t. take 'hc ciaucc Of r~ .
Gucing sheep with the dog onlition.
remaining as they were.
Statistics show tia, ia 1850. q.
y'ar before the Civil War, When Ken.
lucky population was only i.ljj.-
G,c people, Kentucky pos r.saj two
millions and half t2,5OO.O sheen.
while the statistics Of 1917 when
kentucky's population vns over
&.00O.100) three million people.
there were only ii2.G sheep in the
State.
When this information was con
veyed to DR.. Richard Stephenson,
President Of the Kentucky Sheep
Breeders Association, Lexington. Ky.
realizing the great shortage of sheep
not only in Kentucky but America.
and further acknowledging the impcr-
alive need and crying demand for the
greatly increased supply of meat.
wool and hides. DR. Stephenson is
sued call to the farmers and others
interested in the sheep industry of
this State to meet at Lexington. Ky.
january p. i9ls. Ter the purrsst +
taking the necessary steps toward in
crrasing the sheen production of this
State, and the required protection to
the industry.
Prior to the meeting Of January
2stn, and after several conferences
Of the Kentucky Sheep Breeders
Assn, a tentative draft Of a dog law
vas drawn and submitted to those
present at the meeting on that date.
which, after some amendments by a
Committee appointed by the kentuc-
H. Sheep Breeders Association. the
1913 Kentucky Legislature crystaliz-
Cd INTO law the Act now known as
the Dog Law. and among it, many
provisions the one that seems TO peeye
TAN PAYER" most is that provis-
ion placing the general enforcement
Of same under the Commissioner of
Agriculture. and allowing the CoW-
missioner of Agriculture > per cent
Of the total amount collected for lie
onses in the various Counties in Ken
lucky 20 be used by the Commissioner
Of Agriculture for the general en-
forcement of the act
There was never any question in
the minds If the Committee who
drafted this Act other than that the
local or County enforcement of same
should be placed in the office of the
Sheriff. and realizing that many of
the Sheriff. had as their Deputies men
Sheriff, and being DESTROYS of remov-
ing the general enforcement of the
Act as far from any local political in
fuence as possible, and realizing that
the live stock industry Of the State is
a large part and parcel of the Agri-
cultural industry of the State, the
committee selected by the Kentucky
Sheep Breeders Association TO draft
the law placed the general enforce
ment of same under the Commission
cr of Agriculture.
The Act provides, among other
things, that the Assessor or Tax Com
missioner shall receive Toe for each
dog listed, and the County Clerk 35c
for each license issued, which is tn.
smallest commission allowed the
County CLERKS under any Act for
work of like character.
nor is the . per cent allowed the
Commissioner of Agriculture an ade-
luate amount to effectively enforce
the Act as intended by the Legisla-
;ure 1t should be enforced, nor does
the Commissioner Of Agriculture re-
colve one penny commission, or one
Jenny increase of salary out Of the
3 per cent allowed for the general en-
forcement Of the Act.
Not only has the work Of the Com
missioner of Agriculture been in
creased materially as the result of the
general enforcement of this law be-
ing placed under him, but he has per-
formed this extra service without a
Of complaint, and has not nor
can he under our Constitution receive !
,pa ,1,Il.r .ll;tin,aI ..I.,,. g., a.