Dogs

Hull, Dep. Att’y-Gen.,

The Attorney-General is in receipt of your recent communications, requesting an opinion upon the following questions which have arisen in the administration of the Act of May 11, 1921, P. L. 522, known as the “Dog Law of 1921: ”

1. May a magistrate, having found a defendant guilty of a violation of the Dog Law of 1921, omit the imposition of á fine, or, having imposed a fine, may he remit the same, collect his costs and discharge the defendant?

Section 36 of the said act provides as follows: “Any person violating, or failing or refusing to comply with, any of the…