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 F IFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1331, 1332. 1902. 547 damages as shall be legally assessed, with costs of suit, for which execution may issue in due form; but if such party fails to recover in ·'““g“‘°“*· the suit, judgment shall be rendered and execution may issue against him for costs in favor of the defendant; and the United States shall in ],,H,’f£°d S““°" “°° no case be liable for the same. The said bond shall remain, after any ,f<>¤d ¢¤¤¤z¤¤¤¤ ¤¤- judgment rendered thereon, as a security for the benefit of any person 21.,Jf°““"’ is i°°°v` injured by a breach of the condition of the same until the whole penalty has been recovered. Sec. 2. That every consular oflieer who accepts any appointment to b§§f§,‘“,,l,§,§’{°'““*· °“" _ any office of trust mentioned in the preceding section without first having complied with the provisions thereof by due execution of a bond as therein required, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to account for, pay over, and deliver any money, property, or effects so ` received to any person lawfully entitled thereto, after havin been requested by the latter, his representative or agent so to do, shall be *’€¤°l*Y· deemed guilty of embezzlement and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars. Approved, June 30, 1902. CHAP. 1332.-An Act Relative to the control of dogs in the District of Columbia. J¤¤¤ 30, 1902- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re_presem£atives of tbe United [Public` N0` M`] States ofzlmeriea in Ocmgress assembled, That sections three, four, and Districtqfcclumbinnine of the Act of Congress approved June nineteenth, eighteen hun- €%€l°$S?' p, 173, dred and seventy-eight, entitled) "An Act to create a revenue in the £““°”"°"· District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows: _ "SEc. 3. That the pound master of the District of Columbia shall, etgm “”m°°° °°8°* during the entire year, seize all dogs found running at large without lmP°“¤di¤8 °*· the tax tag issued by the collector aforesaid attached, and all female dogs in heat found running at large, and shall impound the same; and Ti"°°°"°°°""°°°‘ if within forty-eight hours the same are not redeemed by the owners thereof by the payment of two dollars they shall be sold or destroyed, as the pound master may deem advisable; and any sale made b virtue Sm '¤M· hereof shall be deemed valid to all intents and purposes in all courts of the District of Columbia. " Sec. 4. That any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided ,,B§f§,,'§"b,§,“F”· ’"‘ for, except female do s in heat, shall be permitted to run at large F¤¢¢P*i:¤— within the District of Columbia, and an dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore provided for shall be regardedy as personal property in all the courts of said District, and any person injuring or estroying the d 0****68 ¤¤*~*¤¤ *0* same shall be liable to a civil action for damages, which, upon proof mug ` of said injuring or killing, n1ay be awarded in a sum equal to the value usually put upon such property by persons buying and selling the same, subject to such modifications as the particular circumstances of the case mayk make proper. f H d d “‘Sec. 9. hat if any owner or ssessor o a erce or angerous do D°¤S°’°“¤ · _ shall permit the same to go at large) in the District of Columbia, know? erbmmhmeutggm ing said dog to be fierce or dangerous, to the danger or annoyance of the inhabitants, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be plunished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars; and if such animal s all attack or bA¤*\¤g·_l1:1*;:;¢éx¥i1l¤d bite any person, the owner or possessor thereof shall, on conviction, ypo ' be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in addition to such punishment the court shall ad]udge and order that such animal be forthwith delivered to the (pound master, and said pound master is hereby authorized and directe to kill such animal so delivered to him.