No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. <51 



A SUPPLEMENT TO AN ACT FOR THE TAXATION OF DOGS 

 AND THE PROTECTION OF SHEEP. 



A SUPPLEMENT 



To an act, entitled ''An act for the taxation of dogs and the pro- 

 tection of sheep," approved the twentv-fifth day of May, Anno 

 Domini one tlioii«and eight hundred and ninety-three, providing 

 that the fund raised by the taxation of dogs be applied, in addi- 

 tion to the loss of sheep, for the loss of other domestic animals 

 bitten by mad dogs. 



Section L Be it enacted, &c., That the fund raised by the taxation 

 of dogs, as provided by the act of the General Assembly, entitled 

 ''An act for the taxation of dogs and the protection of sheep," ap- 

 proved the twenty-fifth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight 

 hundred and ninety-three, in addition to the application thereof for 

 the payment of losses sustained by the destruction and damage to 

 sheep, be applied for the payment of horses, mules, cattle and swine 

 bitten by mad dog or mad dogs, and destroyed or necessary to be de- 

 stroyed by reason thereof. Said damages shall be ascertained and 

 recovered in the same manner as provided by sections three, four 

 and five of the said act: Provided, That in no case shall the value of 

 each horse or mule exceed one hundred dollars, the value of each 

 head of cattle forty dollars, and each head of swine six dollars. 



Section 2. All acts or supplements of acts inconsistent with the 

 provisions of this supplement are hereby repealed: Provided, That 

 this supplement shall not repeal or affect the provision of any special 

 law relating to the same subject in any county, township, borough 

 or city in this Commonwealth. 



Approved—The 11th day of April, A. D. 1901. 



