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they think proper; which determination shall be 

 final. 



There must certainly be a mistake o^ four for fou?'- 

 teeri, or fourteen for four, for an appellant cannot 

 give fourteen days notice within Jour days after the 

 cause of complaint. 



The owner of a mischievous dog, if suffered to be 

 at large unmuzzled, may be indicted, and an action 

 for damages will, in such case, lie again^^t him : such 

 action, however, cannot be brought, unless the 

 owner had notice of his having bit some person once 

 before. 



An action will also lie against a man for keeping 

 a dog accustomed to bite sheep, provided it can be 

 proved that the owner knew him to be guilty of such 

 a practice; and his having once wounded or killed a 

 sheep is sufficient to constitute it. 



If a dog fall upon another, the owner of the at- 

 tacked dog may beat, and even kill, his enemy, in 

 order to save him. 



Duty on Dogs. 



Every person who shall keep any grey-hound, 

 hound, pointer, setting-dog, spaniel, lurcher, or 

 terrier, or who shall keep two or more dogs, of what- 

 ever description or denomination the same may be, 

 shall annually pay fourteen shillings for each. 



And every person who shall inhabit any dwelling- 

 house assessed to any of the duties on inhabited 

 houses, or on windows or lights, and shall keep one 

 dog and no more, not being of the above description, 

 shall pay eight shillings annually for such dog. 



The duty does not extend to dogs under six 

 months old ; the proof of the age to lie with the 

 owner, on an appeal to the commissioners. 



Persons compounding for their hounds are charged 

 thirty-six pounds. 



