12 FARMERS 7 BULLETIN 935. 



there is a tax of $2. Dog owners are held liable for damages and costs of suit 

 for all sheep, goats, or poultry killed or injured. It is not necessary for the 

 dog owner to have had previous knowledge that the dog would worry, kill or 

 wound sheep. If the dog is found in the act it may be killed at the time by 

 anyone and the owner of the dog has no recourse. No provision is made for 

 compensation to sheep owners unless the owner of the dog is known or is ascer- 

 tained. 



COLORADO. 



Revised Statutes, 1912. 



City councils are empowered to restrain dogs from running at large and to 

 impose a license fee upon them. "Any dog found worrying or injuring sheep or 

 cattle may be killed and the owner or harborer of such dog shall be liable for all 

 damages done by it." 



CONNECTICUT. 



As amended in 1911. 



Dogs are to be registered when 6 months old. Male dogs and spayed 

 females are taxed $1 and unspayed females $5. The dogs are registered at 

 the town clerk's office by the owners. An additional fee of 25 cents is charged 

 for registration of the dog and issuance of the license tag. The license tag 

 bears the name of the town where tag is issued and the license number, and 

 must be worn by the dog at all times. The selectmen of each town appoint 

 a dog warden whose instructions are to impound every dog found without a 

 collar and plate. If the owner of such a dog is known he is notified and given 

 an opportunity to reclaim the dog, otherwise the dog is killed after 72 hours 

 or sold for not less than $5. Dogs found " pursuing, harassing, wounding, or 

 worrying " any sheep, lambs, or other domestic animals may be killed by any- 

 one. Dogs found at large between sunset and sunrise on a farm where sheep 

 are kept may be killed unless the dog is owned by the occupant of the farm 

 next adjoining that on which the sheep kept or next adjoining any highway 

 which abuts such farm, or unless the dog is under muzzle or is accompanied 

 by or within call of his owner. But even such a dog may be killed if there 

 is reasonable apprehension that if not killed he will cause damage to domestic 

 animals or if he has not a collar and plate. 



Damages from dogs are reported by the sheep owner to a selectman of the 

 town. The selectman and one other person who is named by the sheep owner 

 appraise the damages. The town wherein the dog is registered pays the ap- 

 praised damages and may recover from the dog owner if the owner is known. 

 When the identity of such dogs has been established the "selectman shall order 

 that such dogs shall be killed forthwith." The commissioner of domestic ani- 

 mals may make further regulations. 



DELAWARE. 



1893. From Revised Code of 1915. 



Delaware's dog laws cover only two of the three counties in the State, the 

 counties of New Castle and Sussex. In New Castle County the dogs are listed 

 by the county assessors. Male dogs are taxed 50 cents and females $2. There 

 is a further tax of $1 on each additional male dog. Sheep owners who suffer 

 losses from dogs notify three " disinterested farmers " residing in the " hun- 

 dred " where the loss occurs, and this committee of three appraises the damages. 

 The committee gives the sheep owner a certificate showing the amount of the. 

 loss sustained. The sheep owner presents the certificate to the county treasurer, 

 who pays the amount out of the collected dog taxes. The maximum amount 

 which may be paid for losses is $5 for a sheep and $3 for a lamb. Any person 

 may kill any dog not on the assessment list which is found at large without 

 an owner. Any person may kill any dog caught in the act of killing or worry- 

 ing sheep or lambs. 



