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<br /> Sufficient therefor otherwise he shall divide such amount.pro rata among such_-orders,in full discharge
<br /> thereof.
<br /> The appraisers shall receive from.the_county,or in the.county of Suffolk:_ from. tile: city
<br /> _or town
<br /> treasurer, out of the moneys received under the provisions of this act, the sum of one dollar each for
<br /> every examination made by them as prescribed,in this section; aiid_. the mayor or the.chairman of
<br /> selectmen acting in the case, shall receive twenty-cents per mile:one_way for his,necessary travel in
<br /> the case.
<br /> The owner of sheep, lambs,,or other domestic.animals worried,.maimed or killed by dogs, shall
<br /> have his election whether to proceed under file provisions of this section or under the provisions of
<br /> sections sixty-one,sixty-two and sixty-three of chapter eighty-eight of the General Statutes; but, having
<br /> signified his election by proceeding in either mode,lie shall not have the other remedy. In the absence
<br /> or sickness of the mayor of the city, or chairman of the selectmen of the town, in which the damage
<br /> is done, it shall be the duty of any one of.the aldermen of said city, or of tile-selectmen of said town,
<br /> Who may be duly informed of damage supposed. to-have been done by dogs, to discharge forthwith.the
<br /> duties imposed by this section upon.the inayor or chairman of selectmen.
<br /> SECT. 11. Any city, town or county officer refusing or wilfully neglecting to perform the duties
<br /> Herein imposed upon him, shall be punished,by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be paid
<br /> except in the county of Suffolk, into the county treasury. Any person aggrieved by such refusal or
<br /> neglect on the part of any city, town or county officer, may report the same forthwith to the district-
<br /> attorney of his district.
<br /> SECT. 12. The treasurer of any county may, and, when ordered by the county commissioners,
<br /> shall, bring an action of tort againsC the owner or keeper of any dog concerned in doing damage to
<br /> sheep, lambs or other domestic animals in said county, which damage the county commissioners have
<br /> ordered to be paid, to recover the full amount_thereof.to the use of said county. All fines and penal-
<br /> ties provided in this act may be recovered on complaint or indictment before any court of competent
<br /> jurisdiction in the county where the offence is committed.
<br /> Moneys received by the treasurer of any city, town or county, under the provisions of this act,
<br /> and not expended in accordance with its provisions, may be applied to the payment of any city, town
<br /> or county expenses.
<br /> SECT. 13.. In the county of Suffolk, all moneys received for licenses, or recovered as fines or
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<br /> penalties:under: the provisions of this act, which, if received or recovered in any other county, would
<br /> be paid into the county treasury, shall be paid into the treasury of the city or town in which said
<br /> licenses are issued or said fines or penalties recovered. All claims for damage done by dogs in said
<br /> county shall be determined by appraisers'as specified in section ten of this act, and, when approved
<br /> by the board of aldermen or selectmen of the city or town where the damage was done, shall be paid
<br /> in full on the first Wednesday of January of each year by the treasurer of said city or town, if the
<br /> gross amount received by him and not previously paid out under the provisions of this act is sufficient
<br /> therefor ; otherwise such amount shall be divided pro rata among such claimants in full discharge
<br /> thereof.
<br /> After such claims have been approved by the board of aldermen or selectmen, the treasurer of
<br /> said city or town may, and, when ordered by the board of aldermen or selectmen, shall, bring an
<br /> action of tort to recover against the owner or keeper of any dog concerned in doing the damage, the
<br /> frill amount thereof.
<br /> SECT. 14. Any person owning or keeping a licensed dog, who may have received a notice, in.
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