340 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



little pain as possible. The police must keep a proper register 

 of all dogs seized, and every such register shall be open to 

 inspection at all reasonable times by any member of the 

 public on payment of a fee of one shilling, and the police may 

 transfer such dog to any establishment for the reception of 

 stray dogs, but only if there is a proper register kept at such 

 establishment open to inspection by the public on payment 

 of a fee not exceeding one shilling. 



Another section enacts that any person who takes possession 

 of a stray dog shall forthwith either return the dog to 

 its owner or give notice in writing to the chief officer of 

 police of the district where the dog was found, contain- 

 ing a description of the dog and stating the place where 

 the dog was found, and the place where he is being detained, 

 and any person failing to comply with the provisions of this 

 section shall be liable on conviction under the Summary 

 Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding forty shillings. 



IMPORTATION OF DOGS 



The power of making Orders dealing with the importation of 

 dogs is vested in the Board of Agriculture, who have absolute 

 authority in the matter. 



The initial step to be taken by a person wishing to import 

 any dog into Great Britain from any other country excepting 

 Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, is that he 

 must fill up an application form to the said Board, which he 

 has previously obtained from them, in which he applies for a 

 licence to land the dog under the conditions imposed by the 

 Board, which he undertakes to obey. 



On the form he has to give a full description of the dog, the 

 name and address of the owner, the proposed port of landing, 

 and the approximate date of landing, and further from 

 lists which he will receive from the Board he must select 

 the carrying agents he proposes should superintend the 

 movement of the dog from the port of landing to the 

 place of detention, and also the premises of a veterinary 



