An inhabitant who shall refuse or willfully neglect to deliver to the assessor, when required by him, a true account of the number and age of the dogs made taxable under this article which are owned or harbored by him shall, for every such failure, be liable to a penalty of five dollars ($5.00), to be recovered with costs by the collector of the taxing district in a civil action, the amount of the penalty recovered to be for the use of the taxing district.
N.J.S. § 4:19-3