Chap. 167.—An ACT to prohibit the importation into, or breeding within, the
counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper, any German or Belgian Shepherd,
or any other dog having one-fourth or more of the blood of either of them;
to require persons now owning any such dog within said county to procure
from the county treasurer a special license therefor; to prescribe the tax on
such license; and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act. [fH B 158]

Approved March 17, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to import into,
or to breed within, the counties of Rappahannock and Culpeper, any
German or Belgian Shepherd or any other dog having one-fourth or
more of the blood of either of them, without obtaining the license
hereinafter provided for.

Section 2. Each and every person owning any such dog of the
breed, or blood mentioned in section one of this act, within the counties
of Rappahannock and Culpeper, all such dogs being deemed dangerous
to the farming interest, shall after January the first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-nine, procure from the county treasurer a special license
for such dog to be in lieu of all other licenses on such dogs, the tax
on which special licenses shall be as follows:

(a) For a female, not unsexed, ten dollars.
(b) For a male or an unsexed female, five dollars.

Upon the application for any such special license and the payment
of the amount of the tax thereon, as fixed by this section, the treasurer
ll issue and deliver his receipt therefor, setting out therein the date
payment, the year for which paid, and the sex of the dog, and shal
nish to the owner of the dog a metal license tag to be providec
the board of supervisors of the county, of such form and design
the board may adopt, the serial number of which tag shall be set
in said receipt.

In all other respects, the procuring of special dog licenses here-
er, and the disposition of the money received therefor, shall be
accordance with general law; and the license on all other kinds
logs in said county shall be as prescribed by general law.

Any person owning or keeping any such dog within the counties
Rappahannock and Culpeper without having paid the special license
thereon and secured a metal tag for such dog, as prescribed by
section, shall be required to forthwith procure such special license
said dog, or, at his option, permit the game warden to kill the
, which the game warden shall forthwith do if such license be
paid; and the game warden shall kill any such dog, of unknown
ership, found running at large, on which such special license
not been paid.

Section 3. Provided however, that nothing in this act shall apply
ny dog owned and used, or used, by a blind person as a guide