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but taxing all dogs 75 cents and applying fund to expenses of enforcing the 

 law, damages for sheep, and the destruction of predatory animals. A law of 

 1914, which does not apply to any city or town requiring a license tax and 

 must be adopted .by each county before becoming effective therein, makes it a 

 misdemeanor to fail to confine a dog to the limits of the premises on which he 

 is regularly kept, when unaccompanied by the owner. 



WASHINGTON. 



Code of 1915. Amended 1917. 



The law as given in the 1915 code empowers cities or townships to license 

 dogs and to make ordinances restraining dogs from running at large. The 1917 

 amendment states that any person can kill any dog found "chasing, biting, in- 

 juring, or killing" sheep off the dog owner's premises, but if not killed the dog 

 shall thereafter be kept in leash or confined. If the dog thereafter runs at 

 large any person can kill it. The owner of a dog which has been identified as 

 a sheep killer is notified to kill it within 48 hours and failure so to do imposes 

 a fine on the owner of not less than $5, and $1 per day thereafter until such 

 dog is killed. The act does not apply to cities of the first or second class, which 

 regulate the licensing of dogs by ordinance. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



Enacted 1917. 



County courts and municipal councils issue license to dog owners upon ap- 

 plication. There is a tax of 25 cents on all dogs. It is unlawful for anyone 

 to allow his or her dog to run at large on any inclosed land or to trespass upon 

 any land belonging to another. If any dog is permitted to run at large or to 

 " kill or assist in killing, injuring or chasing " sheep the proof that the dog 

 was at large at the time and at place of the injury complained of, is evidence 

 of the guilt of the dog. Any dog found at large in any public place without 

 owner or keeper is seized. No unnaturalized resident (?an own a dog. Anyone 

 violating the law is subject to fine. The dog owner is liable for all damages 

 done to sheep if the sheep owner successfully prosecutes him. (Full text of 

 law on page 31.) 



WISCONSIN. 



General Statutes 1915. 



The State empowers towns and municipalities to tax dogs not less than $1 

 nor more than $10 and also to make regulations concerning dogs running at 

 large. "Any person may kill any dog * * * found killing, wounding, or 

 worrying" sheep, lambs, or other domestic animals. The owner of a dog is 

 liable for all damages done by his dog even though said owner is ignorant of 

 the disposition of the dog to kill, wound, or worry farm animals. If a dog 

 owner is notified that his dog is worrying or killing live stock he is required 

 to keep the animal confined. After being notified to confine the dog, the owner 

 is liable for double the amount of the damage done by the dog in a second 

 offense, but the damages are to be recovered by the owner of the live stock 

 who suffers the loss. Also the dog, after the first offense may be killed if found 

 off the owner's premises. Neither the State nor the counties make compensa- 

 tion for losses incurred through dogs. 



WYOMING. 



Towns and 'municipalities are empowered to tax at their discretion. Dogs 

 used in the forest reserves for the purpose of hunting must be licensed and 

 tagged. On such dogs the tax is $1. Dogs caught in the act of chasing live 

 stock may be killed in cases where the safety of the stock is threatened, pro- 

 vided the stock so threatened is not upon land belonging to the owner of the dog. 



