CHAPTER 127
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to licenses for dogs.
[H 350]
Approved March 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-184 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follow.

§ "29-184. It shall be unlawful for any person to own a dog four
months old or over in this State unless such dog is licensed, as required
by the provisions of this chapter. Dog licenses shall run by the calendar
year, namely, from January first to December thirty-first, inclusive, and
the license tax, which shall be the only license tax on dogs in this State,
shall be payable at the office of the treasurer and shall be as follows:
Male.—For a male dog, one dollar. |
Unsexed female.—For an unsexed (successfully spayed) female dog,
one dollar.
Female.—For a female dog, three dollars.
acl Kennel, for twenty dogs.—For a kennel of twenty dogs, fifteen
ollars.
Kennel, for fifty dogs.—For a kennel of fifty dogs, twenty-five dollars.
In any county having a population of more than twenty-one thousand
but not more than twenty-one thousand two hundred inhabitants accord-
ing to the next preceding United States census the governing body may,
at such time as they deem proper, increase such tax, but in no event
shall such tax exceed the following amounts:
Male.—For a male dog, one dollar fifty cents.
Unsexed female.—For an unsexed female, one dollar fifty cents.
Female.—For a female dog, four dollars.
, In any such county the license tax on kennels shall be as provided
above.