Chap. 320.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 71 of the Game, Inlanc
Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, in relation to unlicensed dogs. [H B 490]

Approved March 29, 1938
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section

seventy-one of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Section 71. Unlicensed dogs.—It shall be the duty of the game
warden to kill any dog of unknown ownership found running at large
on which license has not been paid; provided, that the game warden
may deliver such dog to any person in his county or city who will
pay the required license fee on said dog, with the understanding that
should the legal owner thereafter claim the dog and prove his owner-
ship, he may recover said dog by paying to the person to whom it was
delivered by the game warden, the amount of the license fee paid
by him and a reasonable charge for the keep of the dog while in his
possession. Any person, game warden or other officer killing a dog
under this act shall burn or bury the same. Game wardens in cities
shall receive two dollars and fifty cents for each dog killed by them
under the provisions of this act. Bills for such compensation shall
be rendered by each game warden entitled to receive them to the
city council or such other governing body thereof as may be author-
ized to pass upon, approve and order to be paid bills against such
city. Every bill shall be verified under oath of the warden presenting
the same, and when it shall appear that the account is correct, the same
shall be forthwith ordered paid from the dog license fund of such
city; provided, however, that the governing authority of any city and
the commission may enter into such contract as they may agree upon
for the killing of dogs, whereupon such city shall be relieved of paying
the fees provided in this section therefor.