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<br /> [IiHAP. 130.]
<br /> AN ACT CONCERNING' DOGS, AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF SHEEP AND
<br /> OTHER DOMK;TIC AWMAI S"
<br /> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in'General Court assembled, and by the
<br /> auth9rity of the same, as follows:
<br /> SECT. 1.- Every owner or keeper of a ,dog shall annually,on or before the thirtieth day of April,
<br /> cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for one year from the first day of the
<br /> ensuing.May, in the office of the .clerk of the city or town wherein said dog is kept, and shall cause it
<br /> to wear around .its neck a -collar distinctly marked with its owner's name and its.registered number,
<br /> and shall pay for such license, for a male dog two dollars, and for a female: dog five dollars.
<br /> SEC7r.: 2. Any person becoming the owner or keeper of n, doa not duly licensed, on or after the
<br /> first .day of May,.shall cause said dog to be, registered, numbered, described and licensed until the
<br /> first day of the ensuing May, in the manner, and subject to the terms and duties, prescribed in
<br /> this act.
<br /> SECT. : The clerks of cities or towns shall issue said licenses,.and receive the money therefor,
<br /> and pay the same into the treasuries of their respective counties, except in the county of Suffolk, on or
<br /> before the first day of December of each year,-retaining to their own use twenty cents for each license,
<br /> and shall return therewith a sworn statement of the amount of, moneys thus received and paid, over
<br /> by them. They, shall also'keep a record of all licenses issued by them, with the names of the keepers
<br /> or owners of dogs licensed, and the names, registered numbers and descriptions of all such dogs. .
<br /> SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of each county treasurer, and. of each- city or town treasurer,
<br /> except in the county of Suffolk, to keep an accurate and separate .account of all moneys received and,
<br /> expended by him under the provisions of this act.
<br /> SECT. 5. Any person keeping a.dog contrary to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit fifteen
<br /> dollars; to be recovered by complaint or indictment; and of said fine or forfeiture, five dollars .shall
<br /> be paid to the complainant, and ten-dollars shall -be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the
<br /> dog is kept; except that in the county of .Suffolk, the ten dollars shall be paid to the treasurer of the
<br /> city or town wherein said dog is kept. A license from the clerk of any city or town shall be valid in
<br /> any part of the Commonwealth, and may be transferred with the dog licensed: provided, said license
<br /> be recorded by the clerk of the city, or town where such dog is kept.
<br /> SECT. '6. The assessors of the cities and towns shall annually take a list of all dogs owned or
<br /> kept in their respective cities or towns, on the first day .of May, with the owners' or keepers' names,
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