Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-12
KEEPING DOGS COSTLY NOW
First License Costs S5-or S12, Re-H-
cense 81 or Sc and Extra Dogs
SO Each

Important new dog legislation be-
came law last week when Gov. Glenn
ent signed a bill from which the fol-
lowing is quoted:
"a person who owns, harbOrs or
keeps dog more than four weeks old
shall annually, on or before the first
day of April, cause it to be register
ed, numbered, described and licensed
for one wear from such first day OF
April. in the office of the clerk of the
town wherein such dog is kept, and
shall cause it to wear a collar dis
tinctIv marked with the name of the
owner or keeper, and its registered
number, and shall pay for such IL
cense two dollars for one male or
spaved female dog and six dollars Tor
one female dog if such dog was IL
censed prior to the first day of April
1919. for dogs that have not been
licensed prior to such date the fee for
such license shall be five dollars Tor
one male or spayed female dog and
twelve dollars for one female dog. II
a person or member of his household
obtains a license on additional dogs
the fee for such licenses shall be ten
dollars each, and if the license fee for
any dog Is not paid as aforesaid, its
owner or keeper may procure IL
cense on or before the 18th day OF
MAY by paying fee fifty per cent IN
excess of that otherwise required. A
person who becomes the owner al
ter the first day of April of dog
four months old which has not been
licensed, or a person who owns, keeps
or harbors a dog which becomes four
months old after the first day OF
April, shall within ten days apply for
and obtain a license for such dog IN
the same manner as the annual IL
cense is obtained provided that If
such application is made after the
18th day of October the fee for such
license shall be half the amount 9TH
erwise required. The owner or keep
er of dogs kept for breeding purpos-
es may take out annually, on orbefore
the first day of April, special IL
| cense for such dogs, provided ne
keeps such dogs within a proper en-
closure and when the number OF dogs
so kept does not exceed ten IN num-
Der, the fee shall be thirty dollars
and for each additional dog so kept,
an annual fee of two dollars. Dogs
covered by such special license shall
be exempt from other license fees.
"a license from a town clerk shall
be valid in any part of the state, and
may be transferred with the dog Ii
censed, provided such license Is re-
corded by the clerk of town where
such dog is kept. A person may bring
or cause to be brought into the state
for a period not exceeding thirty days
one or more dogs for show, trial or
breeding purposes. The town clerk
shall report TO the states attorney,
I May 2Oth Of each year, all dogs Il
censed for the first time, that is, more
/ than four months old.
Before a person shall be entitled
70 obtain a license for spayed fe-
male dog he shall deliver 70 the town
clerk a certificate signed BY duly
I licensed veterinary surgeon or duly
registered physician showing that
such female dog has been spayed-
Such certificates shall be kept on file
'fThe town treasurer shall keep ac-
count Of the amount paid into the
/ treasury each year under the pro-
visions Of this chapter, which shall
constitute a dog fund; and If in any
year the amount received for dog IL
censes is not sufficient 70 pay the
amount awarded for damages 70
sheep and other domestic animals,
such deficiency shall be paid from the
town treasury.
Selectmen may offer a bounty Of
five dollars for any one killing a dog
caught IN the act Of killing or worry
ing sheep"