8)Dog Law of 1919 Kennel Definition

State of Michigan Compiled Laws
DOG LAW OF 1919
Act 339 of 1919

AN ACT relating to dogs and the protection of live stock and poultry from damage by dogs; providing for the licensing of dogs; regulating the keeping of dogs, and authorizing their destruction in certain cases; providing for the determination and payment of damages done by dogs to live stock and poultry; imposing powers and duties on certain state, county, city and township officers and employes, and to repeal Act No. 347 of the Public Acts of 1917, and providing penalties for the violation of this act.
History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919

The People of the State of Michigan enact:
287.261 Short title; definitions.
Sec. 1.
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “dog law of 1919”.
(2) For the purpose of this act:

(d) “Kennel” means any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or sporting purposes.

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Further The Dog Law of 1919 states under section 10 in part:

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287.270 “Kennel” defined; kennel license; fee; tags; certificate; rules; inspection; exception. [M.S.A. 12.520 ]Sec. 10. ...
For the purposes of this act, a kennel shall be construed as an establishment wherein or whereon 3 or more dogs are confined and kept for sale, boarding, breeding or training purposes, for remuneration, and a kennel facility shall be so constructed as to prevent the public or stray dogs from obtaining entrance thereto and gaining contact with dogs lodged in the kennel.

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