OF DOGS.

Township, ete,

(1642) SEC. 6. The inhabitants of any township or incor-Regulations by porated village, may make such by-laws concerning the relating to Dogs. licensing, regulating and restraining of dogs going at large, as they shall deem expedient, and may affix any penalties not exceeding ten dollars, for any breach thereof; but no such by-laws shall extend to any dog not owned or kept in such township, and no person shall be obliged to pay more than two dollars annually for any license granted under the provisions of this chapter.

for Licenses to be

(1643.) SEC. 7. All money received for the several licenses Moneys received mentioned in this chapter, shall be paid to the Treasurer, for paid to Treas the use of the township or village, as the case may be.

SEC. 8, 9. (a)

urer.

An Act for the Protection of Sheep and other Domestic Animals, and for other purposes.

[Approved March 28, 1850. Laws of 1850, p. 155.

be killed.

(1644.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House When Dogs may of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That any person may kill any dog that he may see chasing, worrying, wounding, or killing any sheep, lambs, swine, cattle, or other domestic animal, out of the inclosure or immediate care of the owner or keeper, unless the same be done by the directions or permission of such owner or keeper; or any dog that may suddenly assault him while he is peaceably walking or riding anywhere out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of such dog.

Dogs killing imals.

(1645.) SEC. 2. If any dog shall have killed or assisted Owner liable for in killing, wounding or worrying any sheep, lamb, swine, Domestic An cattle, or other domestic animal, or that shall assault or bite, or otherwise injure any person while traveling the highway, or out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of such dog, such owner or keeper shall be liable to the owner of such property or person injured in double the amount of damages sustained, to be recovered in an action of trespass, or on the case, and it shall not be necessary, in order to sustain an action, to prove that the owner or keeper knew that such dog was

(a) Repealed. See Sec. 1648.

may be examined.

Trial; parties accustomed to do such damage or mischief; and upon the trial of any cause mentioned in this section, the plaintiff and defendant may be examined under oath, touching the matter at issue, and evidence may be given as in other cases; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Court by the evidence, that the defendant is justly liable for the damages complained of under the provisions of this act, the Court shall render judgment against such defendant for double the amount of damages proved, and costs of suit; but in no case shall the plaintiff recover more than five dollars costs.

Judgment.

Owner shall cause Dog to be killed.

lect.

(1646.) SEC. 3. The owner or keeper of any dog which has been chasing, worrying, wounding or killing any sheep, lamb, swine or cattle (not the property of such owner or keeper), out of his enclosure, or which has assaulted or bitten any person while peaceably walking or riding out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper, shall, within forty-eight hours after having received notice thereof in writing, cause such dog to Penalty for neg-be killed. For every neglect so to do, he shall forfeit the sum of three dollars, and the further sum of one dollar and fifty cents for every forty-eight hours thereafter, until such dog shall be killed, unless it shall satisfactorily appear to the Court before which a suit shall be brought for the recovery of said penalty, that it was not in the power of such owner or keeper to kill such dog But no recovery shall be had, unless it shall satisfactorily appear that such dog has done the mischief of which such owner or keeper has had notice as aforesaid.

Supervisor to sue for Penalty.

(1647.) SEC. 4. Whenever a citizen of any township where the trespass has been committed, shall make a complaint in writing, verified by his oath or other testimony, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor thereof, that a penalty imposed by the provisions of this act has been incurred, he shall commence a suit for the recovery thereof in his name of office, and proseMoneys to be paid cute the same with due diligence; and the moneys recovered shall be by him paid into the Township Treasury, to be applied towards the incidental expenses of the township.

into Township Treasury.

Sections 8 and 9,

Chap. 49, R. S.,

(1648.) SEC. 5. That sections eight and nine of chapter 1845, Repealed. forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of 1846, are hereby repealed: Provided, Such repeal shall not affect any action pending.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

ing Wolves, etc.

(1649.) SECTION 1. Every person, being an inhabitant of this Bounty for ki11State, who shall kill a full grown wolf, or a wolf's whelp, in . any organized township in this State, shall be entitled to a bounty of eight dollars for each wolf over three months old, and four dollars for each wolf's whelp under the age of three months, to be allowed and paid in the manner hereinafter provided.

Head, etc., to be

(1650.) SEC. 2. Every person intending to apply for such Wolf or Wolf's bounty, shall take such wolf or wolf's whelp killed by him, or taken to Justice. the head thereof, with the ears and skin entire thereon, to one of the Justices of the Peace of the township within which such wolf or whelp shall have been taken, who shall thereupon associate with him another Justice, or an Assessor, or Commissioner of Highways of such Township, to act with him in deciding upon such application.

(1651.) SEC. 3. The person claiming such bounty shall then Examination of be sworn by such Justice, and state on oath the time and place,

applicant.

When Certificate to be given.

Certificate to be delivered to Su

pervisor.

Certificate to be

laid before Board

etc.

when and where every wolf and wolf's whelp, for which a bounty is claimed by him, was taken and killed; and he shall also submit to such further examination on oath, concerning the taking and killing of such wolf or whelp, as the Justice and officer associated with him may require, and the statement made by him shall be reduced to writing in the form of an affidavit, which shall be subscribed by the person making it.

(1652.) SEC. 4. If it shall appear to the Justice and officer associated with him, that the wolf or whelp was taken and killed within such township by the person applying for such bounty, and that the mother of any such whelp was not taken before she brought forth the same, they shall cut off and burn to ashes the ears and scalp of such wolf or whelp, and deliver to the person so applying a certificate of the facts, and whether the same was over or under the age of three months when taken, annexing thereto the original affidavit made and subscribed by such person.

(1653.) SEC. 5. Such certificate, with the affidavit annexed, shall, within fifteen days after the date thereof, be delivered to one of the Supervisors of the same county; and if such Supervisor shall doubt the correctness of the certificate or affidavit, he shall give notice to the person claiming the bounty to give further evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall retain the papers in his hands until such further proof shall be made.

(1654.) SEC. 6. If such Supervisor shall have no doubt as of Supervisors, to the correctness of such certificate and affidavit, or if his doubts shall be removed by further proof, he shall lay such certificate and affidavit before the Board of Supervisors at their next meeting, and if the board shall be satisfied that such certificate and affidavit are just and correct, they shall award to the person to whom such certificate shall have been granted the bounty above specified, and shall cause the certificate and affidavit to be filed with their clerk.

Duplicate Certifi

cates of bounties

to Treasurer,

paid.

(1655.) SEC. 7. Duplicate certificates, stating all the bounties to be delivered that shall have been allowed by the board at any meeting, and bounties shall be made under their direction, and after being signed by their chairman and clerk, shall be delivered to the County Treasurer, who shall thereupon pay to the several persons named in such certificate, out of any moneys in the Treasury for defraying the contingent expenses of the county, the 'bounties to them respectively allowed.

(1656.) SEC. 8. The County Treasurer shall charge to the

ties to be char

Treasurer, etc.

Treasurer of the State the one half of all the bounties allowed one half of bounby the Board of Supervisors, and shall transmit an account ged to Stat thereof to the Auditor General, accompanied by one of the duplicate certificates received from the Board of Supervisors; and shall also procure and transmit with such account, a certified copy of the original certificates and affidavits filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, upon which the bounties mentioned in such account shall have been allowed. (1657.) SEC. 9. The Auditor General shall examine every Auditor General account so transmitted to him, and if he shall discover any counts, etc.; defect or irregularity, which shall induce him to believe the Proceedings same ought not to be allowed, he may suspend, in whole or in part, as he may think proper, the payment of such account, until satisfactory proof be made to him, by affidavit or otherwise, of the justice of such account; and if the further proofs produced to him shall not be satisfactory, he shall reject such portion of the account as shall have been suspended, and his decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.

to examine ac

be paid out of

(1658.) SEC. 10. Every sum audited and allowed by the sums audited to Auditor General, upon any such account, not exceeding the state Treasury. one half of the bounties allowed by the Board of Supervisors, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the State, to the Treasurer of the county from which such account was transmitted.

ties.

(1659.) SEC. 11. The Boards of Supervisors of the several Additional bouncounties of this State shall have power, at the expense of their respective counties, to award and allow such other and further bounties for the destruction of wolves, wolf whelps, and such bounties for the destruction of panthers and other noxious animals within their respective counties, as they may think proper; and the same proof shall be required in such case as is hereinbefore prescribed, and such additional and other bounties, when duly allowed and certified, shall be paid out of the County Treasury. (a)

tificate, a misde

(1660.) SEC. 12. If any Justice of the Peace, or other officer, Giving false Cerwho shall be applied to for a certificate under the provisions meanor. of this chapter, shall willfully give a false certificate in the premises, such Justice or other officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.

(a) See Subdivision 13, of Section 345, p. 189.