CHAPTER 156

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1 and 2, as amended, of Chapter 167 of
the Acts of Assembly of 1938, relating to importation into or breed-
ing of certain dogs in certain counties. rH 346]

Approved March 3, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 1 and 2, as amended, of Chapter 167 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1938 be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to import into, or to breed
within, the counties of Nansemond, Rappahannock, Russell, Southampton,
Tazewell, * or Nelson, any German or Belgian Shepherd or any other dog
having one-fourth or more of the blood of either of them, without obtain-
ing the license hereinafter provided for.

Each and every person owning any such dog of the breed or
blood mentioned in § 1 of this act, within the counties of Nansemond,
Rappahannock, Russell, Southampton, Tazewell, * or Nelson, all such dogs
being deemed dangerous to the farming interest, shall after January one,
nineteen hundred 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: (1) For a female, not
unsexed, ten dollars; (2) 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
shall issue and deliver his receipt therefor, setting out therein the date
of payment, the year for which paid, and the sex of the dog, and shall
furnish to the owner of the dog a metal license tag to be provided by the
governing body of the county, of such form and design as it adopts, the
serial number of which tag shall be set out in the receipt.

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

Any person owning or keeping any such dog within the counties of
Nansemond, Rappahannock, Russell, Southampton, Tazewell, * or Nelson
without having paid the special license tax thereon and secured a metal
tag for it, as prescribed by this section, shall be required to forthwith
procure such special license for it, or, at his option, permit the game
warden to kill the dog, which the game warden shall forthwith do if the
license tax be not paid; and the game warden shall kill any such dog, of
unknown ownership, found running at large, on which the special license
has not been paid.