Chapter 1332. Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 1332.— An Act Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia. June 30, 1902.[[Public, No. 209](/us/pl/57/209).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That sections three, four, and District of Columbia.Dog tax in.Vol. 20, p. 173, amended. nine of the Act of Congress approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 3. That the pound master of the District of Columbia shall, Dogs without tags, etc.Impounding of. during the entire year, seize all dogs found running at large without the tax tag issued by the collector aforesaid attached, and all female dogs in heat found running at large, and shall impound the same; and Time of redemption. if within forty-eight hours the same are not redeemed by the owners thereof by the payment of two dollars they shall be sold or destroyed, as the pound master may deem advisable; and any sale made by virtue Sale valid. hereof shall be deemed valid to all intents and purposes in all courts of the District of Columbia.
“Sec. 4. That any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided Dogs with tags, personal property.Exception. for, except female dogs in heat, shall be permitted to run at large within the District of Columbia, and any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided for shall be regarded as personal property in all the courts of said District, and any person injuring or destroying the Civil action for damages. same shall be liable to a civil action for damages, which, upon proof of said injuring or killing, may be awarded in a sum equal to the value usually put upon such property by persons buying and selling the same, subject to such modifications as the particular circumstances of the case may make proper.
“Sec. 9. That if any owner or possessor of a fierce or dangerous dog Dangerous dogs.Punishment of owner. shall permit the same to go at large in the District of Columbia, knowing said dog to be fierce or dangerous, to the danger or annoyance of the inhabitants, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars; and if such animal shall attack or Animal to be killed by poundmaster. bite any person, the owner or possessor thereof shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in addition to such punishment the court shall adjudge and order that such animal be forthwith delivered to the pound master, and said pound master is hereby authorized and directed to kill such animal so delivered to him. 548 Female dogs.
“If any owner or possessor of a female dog shall permit her to go Penalty. at large in the District of Columbia while in heat he shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.” " Approved, June 30, 1902.