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by him, appraised by two disinterested and intelligent men, tax
payers of the county, who shall return their appraisement of said
damages to the county commissioners, with their affidavit there-
to annexed, that they believe said sheep were killed by a dog or
dogs, that their appraisement of the damages is fair and reasona-
ble, and that they have no interest therein, and said appraisers
shall each be allowed the sum of fifty cents for their services,

which sum together with the legal fee of the justice of the peace
for the affidavits provided for in this and the following sections,
shall be paid by the owner of the sheep, and may be returned
with the appraisement as costs.

33. All appraisements for damages to sheep, shall be filed in

the office of the county commissioners, and shall be paid accord-
ing to priority of date; provided, that no appraisement shall be
paid, unless filed within three months of the date when the sheep
were killed or injured, nor unless the owner of said sheep, shall
make affidavit, to be filed with the appraisement, that said sheep
were killed or injured by a dog or dogs not owned or harbored
by him, and that he has no means of recovering the value there
of from the owner or owners of the dog or dogs that killed or
injured them.

34. If any owner or keeper of an assessed dog shall be unable
or unwilling to pay the tax thereon, and the collector can find
no property out of which to make the tax, the collector shall
forthwith proceed to kill said dog or dogs, and shall be allowed
for each and every dog he shall kill, the sum of twenty-five
cents, to be paid out of the fund arising from the tax on dogs.