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register their dogs with the town clerk. Each municipal corporation is required 

 to make ordinances for the seizure and killing of all dogs not claimed by any 

 person. All municipal corporations required to enforce the State law by 

 ordinance. Licensed dogs are required to wear a collar containing the license 

 number of the dog and the name of the owner. Owners of dogs are liable for 

 damage done to sheep. If any dog is known to be a sheep killer the owner must 

 kill the dog or cause it to be killed ; penalty for failure to kill a dog after being 

 notified to do so subjects the owner to a fine of $10. Dogs caught killing, 

 wounding, or chasing sheep may be killed by any one, and a dog found at large 

 without a collar may be killed. The 1916 amendment provides for the appraisal 

 of damages to live stock by two freeholders and compensation for such damages 

 from the dog-tax fund. The 1917 law prohibits dogs running at large during 

 certain seasons, except when accompanied and controlled by their masters or 

 being trained. 



NEW MEXICO. 

 Codification of 1915. 



The State law requires all cities, towns, and villages to collect a tax of $1 on 

 each male dog and $2 on each female, for municipal purposes. A fine of $10 is 

 imposed on persons who keep a dog and do not pay the tax. A sheep owner 

 has a right of action on the owner of a sheep-killing dog and such dog must be 

 killed by its owner. Each municipality is required to make ordinances regu- 

 lating the running at large of dogs. No one is allowed to keep a sheep-killing 

 or a vicious dog. 



NEW YORK. 

 Enacted 1917. 



Male dogs over four months old are taxed $2 and females $3. The license is 

 obtained from the town or city clerk. Every licensed dog is required to be 

 tagged and unlicensed dogs to be killed. Any person may kill any dog while 

 it is " attacking, chasing, or worrying " any domestic animal or is attacking 

 fowls. If the commissioner of agriculture decides that the State regulations 

 are inadequate, he may publish an order that the dogs in such town be confined 

 at night from May 1 to November 1, or any shorter period of time within these 

 dates. The owner of a dog is liable for all damages done by it. '* The fact 

 that a dog is without a tag attached to a collar * * * shall be presumptive 

 evidence that such dog is unlicensed and that a tag was not issued and attached 

 as so required. An action shall not be maintained for an injury to or destruc- 

 tion of a dog without a tag" unless the owner can prove that the dog had a 

 tag w r hich was removed without his knowledge or consent. The commissioner 

 of agriculture on his own motion or the application of at least two residents 

 may issue an order restraining the owner of a dog which is " dangerous to per- 

 sons, domestic animals, or fowls " to run at large outside the premises of the 

 owner, for any length of time specified in the order. If dog owner permits his 

 dog to run at large after receiving such an order he is subject to a fine of $25. 

 Failure to have a dog licensed causes the dog to be killed if tax is not paid by 

 the owner within five days after the dog is impounded. Dog owners are held 

 liable for all damages done to live stock and in the case of sheep there is added 

 to the amount of the damages $2 for each ewe of the age of one year or upwards, 

 in the flock " attacked, chased, or worried by such dog." Owners of stock 

 which has been " attacked, chased, worried, injured, or killed by a dog " may 

 present a claim for damages to the commissioner of agriculture, and the com- 

 missioner causes an investigation and determines the amount to be paid. Reim- 

 bursement is made from the State treasurer's office. Anyone killing a dog 

 must report the same to some village or city official or pay a fine of $10. Dam- 

 ages paid for by the State are taken from the dog-tax fund. 



