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TABLE D. 

 LAWS 1894, CHAPTER 115. 



Approved by the Governor, March 8, 1894. 



AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF LOST AND 

 STRAYED ANIMALS, AND FOR SECURING THE EIGHTS 

 OF THE OWNERS THEREOF. 



The People of the /State of New York, represented in 

 Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 



SECTION 1. Every person who owns or harbors one 

 or more dogs within the corporate limits of any city 

 having a population of over twelve hundred thousand 

 shall procure a yearly license for each animal, paying 

 the sum of two dollars for each one, as hereinafter 

 provided. 



SEC. 2. Licenses granted under this act shall date 

 from the first day of May in each year, and may be re- 

 newed at the expiration of the term by payment of one 

 dollar for each renewal. 



SEC. 3. Each certificate of license or renewal shall 

 state the name and address of the owner of the dog, 

 and also the number of such license or renewal. 



SEC. 4. Every dog so licensed shall at all times have 

 a collar about its neck, with a metal tag attached thereto 

 bearing the number of the license stamped thereon. 



SEC. 5. Dogs not licensed pursuant to the provisions 

 of this act shall be seized, and if not redeemed within 

 forty-eight hours may be destroyed or otherwise dis- 

 posed of, as hereinafter provided. 



SEC. 6. It is further provided that any cat found 

 within the corporate limits of any such city without a 

 collar about its neck bearing the name and residence of 

 the owner stamped thereon may be seized and disposed 

 of in like manner as prescribed above for dogs. 



