CHAPTER 324

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to licenses for dogs.
(S 274]

Approved March 15, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

§ 29-184. Except as hereinafter provided, 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.

Kennel, for twenty dogs.—For a kennel of twenty dogs, fifteen dollars.
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 the governing body
may, at such time as it deems 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 dog, one dollar fifty cents.

Female.—For a female dog, four dollars.

bo In any such county the license tax on kennels shall be as provided
above. ,

In any county wherein there is in effect an ordinance adopted pursuant
to § 29-196 for the purposes specified in such section, the governing body
thereof may by ordinance, increase the minimum age limit of dogs for
which licenses shall not be required from four months to not exceeding
six months.