CHAPTER 647

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184.8, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the dog laws in certain counties. tH 3671

Approved April 1, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-184.8, 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, 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
governing 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
and on male and unsexed female dogs not more than two dollars and fifty
cents, 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 (§ 29-188 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 Chap 18
(§ 15.1-562 et seq.), Title 15.1, shall appoint such dog warden and deputy
ae wardens in the same manner as are other employees as provided
in 1-634.