(a) Dangerous Animals. The Chief of Police or any other person is authorized to kill any dangerous animal of any kind when it is necessary for the protection of the safety of the person from serious injury or for the protection of his or her property.
(1942 Code Chap. X, Sec. 9)
(b) Dogs. Any person seeing any dog in the act of pursuing, chasing, worrying, wounding or killing sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, poultry or swine, unaccompanied by or not under the supervision of the keeper of such dog, may pursue and kill such dog.
(1942 Code Chap. XVI, Sec. 20)