Year: 1862

DOGS


AN ACT providing for the registry Of dogs, and


defining the duties Of Township Officers in Ger


tain cases.


Section l. Be Il enacted by the General
assembly of the Stats of Io,ca, That every
owner or keeper of a dog, shall on or be-
fore the 18th day of May, 1862, and each
year thereafter, cause it to be registered,
numbered and described in the Office ofthe
Clerk of the Township where said owner
or keeper resides, and shall pay to said
Clerk for said registry the sum of one
dollar for every male dog, and three dol
lars for every female dog and shall receive
from said Clerk a certificate Of registry.
number and description of said dog, which
certificate shall be prima .tdcie evidence of
the proper registry of said dog in any
township ofthe State. The township clerk
shall receive for every certificate so issued
twenty cents, from the funds accruing un-
der the provisions of this Section.


Sec. :. The township clerk shall keep
an account of the amount received and paid
out under the provisions of this Act which
account shall always be open to the inspec-
ton of any citizen of the township, and
shall annually on the first Monday fJune,
post in some conspicuous place in his town,
ship list of all dogs registered for the
current year, and shall also furnish copy
thereof to each constable in the township


Sec. 3 There shall be a collar placed
upon the neck of each dog registered under
this Act by the owner thereof; said collar
may be leathcru or metallic, and shall not
be less than one inch wide, with the num-
Der ard year made plain upon the same,
either by engraving or punching with holes,
or sewing with thread of color different
from the collar. All dogs caught without
a collar on, specified in this section, shall
be considered nuisance and shall be de-
stroyed as set forth in section Sth of this
Act.


Sec. 4. Any person placing collar on
any dog not registered, shall be guilty of
amisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars.


Sec. 5. The Township Clerk Of each
township shall be required to give bond
in the sum oftwice the amount of money
that will be likely to come into his hands
by the provisions of this act, which amount
shall be fixed by the trustees; said bond
shall be approved by the Township Trus-
tees, and filed with them for the use of
any one injured by the improper acts of
said clerk.


Sec. 6. Any person owning, keeping
or harboring a dog over the age of three
months, not registered according to the
provisions Of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of m,sdemeanor, and upon convic
ton thereof shall be fined five dollars, to
be collected as other fines If before judg.
ment the defendant cause his dog to be
registered as required by the provisions of
this act, and pay all costs up to the time
ofpleading such registry, it shall be bar
to any further prosecution for that offence.
Sec. 7. Any person who shall mali
ciously kill any registered dog, or shall
steal or cntice away such dog shall upon
conviction thereof be punished by fine
not exceeding fifty dollars, and shall also
be liable to the owner for all damages.


Sec. 8. Any person may, and every
police officer, constable, or marshal shall,
kill or cause to be destroyed all dogs 60
ing at large and not colared and registered
according to the provisions of this Act
Officers shall receive twenty five cents for
each dog so destroyed, to be paid out of
the funds accruing under the provisions of
this Act.


Sec. 8. 1t shall be lawful for any per-
son to kill any dog caught in the act Of
worrying, manning or killing any sheep or
lambs, or other domestic animal, or any
dog attacking or attempting to bite any
person outside Of the inclosure of the own
er, and the owner shall be liable to the
party injured for all damages done by his
dog.


Sec TO- The township trustee Of each
township shall require all dogs over three
months Of age, not registered according to
the provisions of this Act, to be destroyed,
and shall enforce all penalties herein pro-
vided, and any officer who shall neglect or
refuse to perform the duties imposed upon
him by this Act, shall be punished by
fine not exceeding ten dollars for each con
viction.


Sec. IL. All funds received for the
registry of dogs, except so much as is nee
essary to defray the expenses Of registering
and killing dogs as provided in sections
one and eight of this Act, are hereby set
apart as a school fund to be paid to the
Township District Treasurer, and divide!
among the several sub-districts in each
township as other school funds are appor
toned: Provided, That in any township |
where there is city organization or indie
pendent ubdissrict, the Township Clerk
shall pay into the city school treasury ,.t or or
treasury of the independent district us
share Of such apportionment.


Sec. 10. All fines and forfeitures i'm
nosed as a penalty for the violation OF any
r. p The PROVISIONS Of this Act, or neglect OF
INV duty imposed by the same, shall be c
Prosecuted for by complaint Of any citizen c
,efore Justice of the Peace having jaris- I
iction, and no mere technical objection to q
he form Of the information shall be allow.