(a) Establishment and Receipts. The amounts from all fees collected for the issuance of dog licenses and for the impounding, care and redemption of dogs and of all fines collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the County Treasury and shall constitute a fund to be known as the Livestock Indemnity Fund, which shall be used as described in subsection (b) below.

(b) Uses. The Livestock Indemnity Fund shall be used to pay the owners of livestock or poultry injured or destroyed by dogs running at large; provided, however, that each claim for damages on account of livestock or poultry injured or destroyed by any such dog shall be certified and supported by the affidavits of two (2) disinterested, reputable witnesses who shall therein fix the value of such livestock or poultry. Such affidavits shall be executed within the period of four (4) days after finding the carcass of the animals or poultry destroyed or injured and shall establish the fact beyond a reasonable doubt that such animal or animals or poultry were killed by a dog or dogs. Claims shall be paid after allowance, and a warrant drawn in the same manner as other claims on the County Treasury, but exclusively from the Livestock Indemnity Fund. The County of Humboldt expressly hereby denies any liability against any other fund for the payment of any claims arising hereunder. It is expressly provided also that nothing in this chapter shall be construed as releasing, diminishing or extinguishing any liability of the owner of any dog for damages to person or property existing under the laws of the State of California. (Ord. 886, § 110, 10/24/1972)