The Newtown bee., 1878-04-11

now iOk-lhN pAsscu ut lne ltisL scaslou VT the legislature. There has be8n general inquiry for 1t from all parts of the state: -ITlmes.
 House Bill No. 23o.l
 CHAPTER xcx.
 An act relating to Dogs.
 Do it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened.
 seetion l. Every owner or keeper of 0 dog or dogs shall annually. on or before tho first day of May of each year. cause sold dog or dogs to be registered, number ed. described and licensed forone year in the town clerk office in the town wherein said dog Is owned kept or harbored. and shall keep around It's neck collar dis Hnetly marked with It's owners name and Its registered number. and shall pay to said town clerk. for license the sum of two dollars and fifteen cents for each male and six dollars and flfteen cents for aoch female dog.
 sse. 2. Any person becoming the owner or keeper of dog or dogs not duly H. ccnsed on or after the first day of May, 1878. shall forthwith cause said dog or dogs to be registered. numbered, descri- bod and licensed until the first day of she ensuing May. in the manner and sub 3ect te the terms and conditions prescrl- bed in section first
 Soc. 3. Any dog not so licensed and col Jared as provided in this act may be law fully killed by my person, and such per SOD Killing said dog and presenting sat dsfactogy proof thereof to either of the Belecunet. shall be paid bounty of s1 by said selectmaa from the treasury of tho town wherein such dog was killed.
 Sec. (, Chapter one, title twelve, sec- a!oI thirty-three oftherevised statutes of Is75, providing for the taxations of dogs hereby repealed. and any taxes already ia@soesed under this act Is hereby abated !and the amount of taxes collected on the jist of October. 4sT7, shall be credited on any license taken by said persons who have paid the same.
 Boo 5. The town clerk of eaid town shall issue said license aud receive the money thereof. and after deducting ff- teen cents for each and every dog so li- sensed and numbered shall pay tho same 'Se the treasurer oi t0vp within thirty ,&Ays thereafter.
 eec. 6 TAat any persoa owning or keep Ing dog or dogswho shall fail to comply with the requlrem@ts of this set concern Ing the registration of their dog or dogs and the payment of said lieeslse for the ,snme shall be guilty of misdemeanor 'and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than g or Imprisonment in tbe county jail not more than thirty days or both. Itshall be the duty of grand jurors and all othes prosecuting officers to pros esuts any violations of this act 1
 Soc !. Damage done by dogs to sheep ! nE lambs or cattle, proved to the satisfao- aon of tho selectmen to have been com nitted in their town. shall be paid by ssob town snd.it may recover such dam. sgss when paid, from. the owner or keeper t each dog or dogs j. tho residents ofsnch town, but If, the owuer or owners shall not be residents of the town in which tho damage WAS dohe then said selectmen may instieate O suit against ths town or 'tDvns whese such owner os owners re- ,ads unless such owner or owners or such town or towns shall on notice pay to, the 1 treasurer of tho town where such dam : sge vas dane tho amount of sald damage snd any town which shall be obliged to ssy any damage ss aforesaid, may re- cover the amount thereof from the own- : e~ or ovnees of tho dogs doing such dan,- age Sec 8. Every person the owner keeper ss harboror., oi any dog or dogs. shall ei- | thw Kill said dog or dogs or muzzle the enne to the acceptance of, the selectmen f ef tho town where said dog or dogs gre swned or kept until such t'me as said ssleetzncn shall order said .muzzle re- ,szeved from said deg or dogs. Any per. scn who shall refuse or neglect to oom- ply with the ceaditions of this act shall be subject to the anes and penalties ron 'tained in section six ofthis not.
 Gec. Q The selectmen of every town la hts state shall Immediately on the pasaAgs of this set CT as soon ,as the | ssme shall come to their .knowlsdge, post ncties in every school district in l the town wherain said ssIsctnen reside, 1 setting forth all the requirements of this '.isv with sIl the fines and pansIties for l pon-compiianee with the same.
 sco. 10. That any person or persons, 1 vAo shall kill any dog or dogs SO regis l sared. e ssoaesaid shall, unless such blline be juei6abls in the psotectton of Iifs or prupsfsy. bs liasle to shsownArof Inyn~s qf 6Eseh dog or dogs. In an action sf damages a this ssAsuts. for the full | sslcs of snch dsg or doeG such vaine to 1 bs estnblished by competent evidence, end also be liable to prosecution upon ma complaint o3>s grand juror of the toxp where the owner os keeper of such l dog oF does sfsAii reside. and sshall. on cD2s5etis1, be 1ped not tmoEs than H.00 Os inprisensd n1t more thasf thirty days fx bofh.
 sse II. Al ss1 ssd psrss q scts in- .11p9lseat hesyu5tt sft h1eby repealed.
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