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ceived by them or payable to them by
virtue of the Office, specifying the items.
and shall pay the whole amount OF . IT.
same to the treasurers of their reSpecuve
January, April, July and October Of eaci.
year. On the first day of January or each
year the registers receiving the suIia
above specified for clerk hire re sn snrers of
their respective counties q statent en-.
specifying the amounts paid by !nem lor
that purpose and 10 wnom paw ss,ou na1
the year next preceding. and shali pay
said treasurers any unexpended balance
of said sums in their hands.
Section 3 This act shall take erect
approved March IS. 1901
Chapter 17s.
An Act to amend chapter four Of the
Revised Statutes relating TO Detter
protection of Sheep.
Section /. Revised statutes, chapter
four. section forty-nine. Is ner !.ens
dollar" in the eighth line of said sectlon
and substituting therefor the words
two dollars, so that said section as
Section 49. The mayor of each city
and the municipal officers of towns ana
plantations shall annually Wlthln ten
days from the first day Of May issue a
or cOnStableS directing them 10 proceeu
forthwith either to kill or cause TO De
killed all dogs within such CITY, Vow, town OF or
enclosed according to the provisions OF
this chapter, and to enter company
against the owners or Keepers ee t tne[ citu
town or plantation, two dollars lot each
dog so killed. All bills for such ser
vices shall be approved by the mayor OF
cities, and municipal officers of towns
Section 3 Revised statutes, chapter
four, section sixty, is hereby an; amended siea
the word city" in the fourteenth line
thereof and adding the following: II
any dog is found running at large OF
outside of the immediate control OF its
owner or keeper, whether said dog Is
dangerous or vicious or otherwise, com,
plant may be made, notice ordered ana
served, and Il hearing had in the same
manner as il said dog were believed to
be dangerous or vicious and if upon
hearing the court or trial justice, IN the
exercise OF his discretl0m pei fertb ,f in
the complaint ought to be elther kliieu
confined or removed beyond the limits OF
accordingly. stating the time WITHIN
which said order shall be carried into
effect. Any such owner or keeper VINO
neglects to comply with any order au-
TO the use of the city or town aforesaid
not less than five nor more than fifteen
dollars. to be recovered in an action on
the case. SO that said section as iHltnu-
ed, shall read as follows:
Section co. Whoever is so assaulted
or finds a dog strOllng outside OF the
premises or immediate care OF IT'S owner
or keeper, may, within fOrty-eight hours
thereafter, make written complaint be
fore the municipal or police court nav
ing jurisdiction in the city or town
where the owner or keeper resides, or IN
case there is no such court, before Il trial
justice in said town, that he really pc
lieves and has reason to believe tnat
said dog is dangerous or vicious; where,
or luStlce
order said owner or keeper TO appear and
answer 10 said complaint by serving
said owner or keeper OF said dos ov WIN d d
reasonable time before the day set TOT Il
hearing thereon: and if upon hearing,
the court or trial justice is satisned tnat
said owner or keeper within twenty-1our
hours thereafter either to kill or confine
said dog or remove and keep the same
beyond the limits of said town or city.
Whenever any sheep, lambs or other
domestic animals owned by resident OF
this state are killed or injured by dogs
or wild animals, such owner may make
complaint thereof to the mayor or the
city or to one Of the municipal ofhcerS
of the town or plantation where such
damage was done within seven uay )
a And th the t.r the municipal officers
shall investigate such complaint. and II
satisfied that such damage was com
mitted by dogs or wild animals "li n1
the limits of their city. town or plan
tntion' thew shall estimate the amount
thereof and in case said sheep or otheT
animals are killed, that an amount equal
TO the value of the same and fifty per
cent in excess thereof be paid to Such
owner from the town treasury ana IN
case any sheep. lambs or other animals
are bitten or otherwise injured py doss
or wild animals an amount equal to the
damage done which snail be eStlmate9 q
at not less than one-half the value or
a sheep, shall be paid to such owner
from the town treasury. Provided. how
ever, that in case of sheep, lambs or
other domestic animals injured by dogs
or wild animals. the mayor of the city
or the municipal officers of the town or
plantation may take such sheep, lambs
or other domestic animals at their ap-
praised value
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed
Approved March %, 1901
CHAPTER 179.
An Act to provide. way to free loli
Bridges.
Section l. The county commissioners OF
any county. in which toll bridge eN-
lists or may hereafter be located. are
hereby authorized to lay out a county
road across any ton b hrid a",n ana mon ap
petition therefor, after notice ana near
ing in the manner required by the gen
erai laws Of the state ssh pe n shall a
bear the signatures Of not less ma
twenty taxpayers. qualified voters or salo
county, representing tliitt liie seiu ~ Az
is necessary to the accommodation OF
public travel and that the payment OF
tolls over such bridge is burdensome tt
the travelling public, and praying tha'
the same shall be taken as a county
bridge The damages for laying out sac
highway shall be ascertalned, determine
and paid in the same manner as in TAX.
ing lands for highways. and persons ane
corporations aggrieved shall nave the
same rights of appeal to be enforced II
the same manner as in the case OF high
ways.
Section .. In the event that the cuun!
commissioners shall decide to make san
bridge a county bridge, said COMMISSION
ers may, for the purpose of defraylnf
the cost or damage for the taking an'
repairs of said bridge, maintain the same
for a period not exceeding SIX years, as I
toll bridge. If. in their opinion. SUCH l.
necessary and for the best interests o
the county. All money received for toll!
after such taking shall be set aside a.
fast as accumulated, together with in
tereSt and accretions and snail constitute
a sinking fund for the payment of an!
bonds issued or other Indebtedness in
cured by the county for damages or eX
penscs in taking said bridge.
Section 3. For the foregoing purposes
as soon as the county commissioner
shall have laid out public way across
said toll bridge and paid the damage
therefor as in the case of highways ant