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SEC. 7. Any person claiming a dog or cat seized 

 under the provisions of this act, and proving ownership 

 thereof, shall be entitled to resume possession of the 

 animal on payment of the sum of three dollars. 



SEC. 8. The American Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals is hereby empowered and author- 

 ized to carry out the provisions of this act, and the said 

 society is further authorized to issue licenses and re- 

 newals, and to collect the fees for such, as is herein 

 prescribed, which fees are to be used by said society 

 toward defraying the cost of carrying out the provisions 

 of this act and maintaining a shelter for lost, strayed, 

 or homeless animals. 



SEC. 9. Any person or persons who shall hinder, 

 molest, or interfere with any officer or agent of said 

 society while in the performance of any duty enjoined 

 by this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and upon conviction shall pay a fine of not less than 

 twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, 

 or be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more 

 than thirty days, or be punished by both fine and im- 

 prisonment. 



SEC. 10. None of the provisions of this act shall ap- 

 ply to dogs owned by non-residents passing through the 

 city, nor to dogs brought to the city and entered for 

 exhibition at any dog show. 



SEC. 11. The thirtieth subdivision of section eighty- 

 six of chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eigh- 

 teen hundred and eighty-two, entitled " An act to con- 

 solidate into one act and to declare the special and local 

 laws affecting public interests in the city of New York," 

 and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 

 the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 12. This act shall take effect immediately. 



THE END. 



