CHAPTER 134

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184.8, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to enforcement of dog laws in certain counties.

[H 179]
Approved February 27, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-184.3, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 29-184.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the
counties of Augusta and Roanoke, and in the counties of Orange, Patrick,
Henry, Giles and Spotsylvania if the respective governing bodies of the
said counties shall so certify by resolution, the enforcement of the dog
laws shall be vested in a dog warden and deputy dog wardens, and upon
the appointment therein of a dog warden and deputy dog wardens the
game warden shall have no jurisdiction as to the enforcement of the dog
laws. In such county the judge of the circuit court shall appoint from a list
of not less than three nor more than five persons nominated by the govern-
ing body of the county an officer to be known as the dog warden, who shall
have exclusive jurisdiction as to the enforcement of the dog laws in the
county ; the judge may also so appoint, from a similar list of not less than
three nor more than seven persons, such number of deputy dog wardens
as are requested by the governing body. Such deputy dog wardens shall
have the powers and duties of a dog warden. The dog warden and deputy
dog warden shall have all the powers and duties of a game warden in the
enforcement of the dog laws. The dog warden and deputy dog wardens
shall be paid such compensation as the governing body of the county may
prescribe.

(b) The lists of nominations so made by such governing body shall
be submitted to the court or the judge thereof in vacation not later than
the fifteenth day of June of each year and the appointments shall be made
by the court or judge on or before the thirtieth day of June for one year
commencing on the first day of July and expiring on the thirtieth day of
June next succeeding.

(c) In such * counties the amount of the dog license tax, which in no
event shall be more than four dollars per dog, except that in the county of
Giles the license tax on female dogs may be not more than five dollars,
shall be fixed by ordinance adopted by the governing body of such county,
and thereafter the tax imposed under § 29-184 shall not apply therein.
The entire amount collected for dog license taxes in the county shall be
paid into the county treasury, the provisions of §§ 29-206 and 29-209 to
the contrary notwithstanding.

(d) All other provisions of Chapter 9 (§ 29-183 et seq.) of this title
shall apply mutatis mutandis to any such county and dog wardens and

deputy dog wardens therein.

Provided, however, that any county which has adopted the county
Manager form of organization and government provided by Chapter 11

(§ 15-266 et seq.), Title 15, shall appoint such dog warden and deputy dog
ms in the same manner as are other employees as provided in § 15-