The Somerset reporter., 1909-04-08

injured the amount of the damage done.
provided the said damage was not &C
casioned through the fault OF the person
injured; to be recovered by an action of
trespass
Section IL Whenever any sheep,
lambs. or other domestic animals, owned
by a resident OF this state are killed or
injured by dogs, such owner may make
complaint thereof to the mayor OF the
city, or to one of the municipal officers
of the town or plantation where such
damage was done, within seven days af-
thereupon the municipal officers shall
investigate the complaint and If salts
fed that the said damage was commit
ted by dogs within the limits of their
city, town or plantation. they shall esti
mate the damage thereof according to
the full value and nifty per cent addi-
tional for which they are kept, whether
as breeders or for other purposes, and
direct that the same shall be paid from
the town treasury.
II the municipal officers and the own
er of the sheep or domestic animals are
unable to agree as TO the amount or the
Theh shs b be tns
pc selected in manner foYo~lng:, one
referee 70 be chosen by the municipal
officers, one by the owner of the animals
injured or killed. and the third by the
two referees already selected, In case
one party refuses or neglects TO select
referee, the other party, after thirty days
from the time the notice Of the afore,
raid damage was given or received, shali
select two referees. and the two select,
referees shall submit written report,
signed by majority, within fifteen days
from the date Of their appointment,
town. The report of said referees shall
be final and the expenses OF the referees
shall be divided equally between the
owner of the animals and the town, city
Any town paying such damages
caused by dogs may maintain an action
on the case against the owner or keeper
of such dogs to recover the amount paid,
not exceeding the actual damage com
mittod and fifty per cent additional.
Any person who keeps dog that Kills
D. or Injuries sheep or lambs shall ae lined "a
not less than nifty dollars nor exeeed ,nas
before the final disposition Of the case,
the said owner or keeper Of the said dog
produces satisfactory evidence hat the
Section IL. II any sheep, lambs, or
other domestic animals nre killed or Ia
Time, Kept TT" by u two Woo, or NOR more owners or
= keepers, the said owners or keepers or
, said dogs shall be Jointly and seyerally
plantation shall have paid damages to
. the owners OF sheep. lambs. or other DO
eleven, for losses caused by dogs and
the amount OF such damages cannot be
collected from the owners or ak keepers, or
such losses cannot be Identified, the
mayor OF such city, or the municipal or,
ssrs q to oa the t state AUDITOR
Of facts In each case, showing .ne
a TO the amoinr df such damage from me
fund received by said state under sect'cn
four. and SO much as may be necessary
Is hereby appropriated to pay the same.
Section IA. All money received by
the treasurer Of state as provided u IN sec
Il. four r, and be to
the several cities, towns and planta-
tons upon their state. tax In proportion
State tse treasury sHy' under the provisions Of
this act and so much thereof as remains
unexpended as aforesaid, Is hereby, APP
koWever. that the amount to be refund
ed to such plantations that are taxed as
Wild lands shall be paid direct to be the
credited upon the state taa. .,o...
2 Bection IT,. Any mayor, seleetman.
clerk constsbe or p3lsss 1oer the
E duties Imposed by. the fourteen preced-
Ing sections shall be punished by enc
Of not less than ten nor more than n1t3
section is. Whoever steals. Injuries
!, or confines and secretes any registered
dog, Or kills any such dog. exd th,s .c as
3 and unless such killing be tustifiabie IN
the protection OF person property OF
civil action for the full value OF the
n; section ~. Any person may a. any
ing o or Chasing moose, caribou. or deer.
!, OF any dog kept and used for that pur.
Sos which, spa sdden "a assaults him or
another person when peaceably walking
or riding, or is found worrying. wound,
when said dog is outside, Of the enclos-
ure or Immediate care or MS owner OF
Section IS. Whoever is so assault I'd
or finds dog strolling outside Of the
premises or immediate care OF It's keep
and the s wb dos s not saffy hours
!, thereafter, make written, complaint be-
(, fore the municipal or police coart hav-
!, Where its owner or Keeper resides, or in
case there is no court. before trial
Justice in said town. that he really be,
whereupon said court or trial justice
!, shall order said owner Or keeper 10 APP l,
with copy Of said complaint and n order Der.
ts Sfore hf Ga eSn set
INK the count or trial Justice Is satisfied
: that the complaint is true, he shall order
tns cog shall 30 pc pa Kif he ac Costs tne
Section 10. If dog. whose owner or
keeper refuses or neglects to comply
"a r' sudden n assault as aforesaid, or
wounds and kills any domestic animal
the 0Wt1er or Keeper snail pay the person
injured treble damages and costs, to be
recovered by an action on the case.
Section 90. Dogs kept In unorganized
plantations shall be licensed by their
owners or keepers In the oldest adjojn-
inf plantation or town.'iI In case therc is
mo, adjoining town or plantation, saio
doks shall be licensed in the nearest
town or plantation.
Section I'll. For the purposes of this
act. all trial justices, municipal ana
z, police courts shall have concurrent 1u-
risdiction with the superior and supreme
judicial court. All actions shall be By
/. Complaint or indictment unless other
Wise specified. All fines imposed shall
he paid into the treasury where the Of
fense 10 committed and shall be used
Tor the benefit of the town unless 9TH
erwise provided.
i Section 20. All acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed .-(Approved
April ~
M Chapter 223.
An Act to correct certain clerical errors
In IAN Act to amend an Act entitled
An Act to create lien on manufac-
- tured Slaves and I4aths'." approved
~ March eighteenth, nineteen hundred
: The act entitled IAN Act to create a
lien on manufactured Slaves and Laths,"
approved March eighteenth, nineteen
hundred and nine, Is hereby amended by
striking out In the first line of section
one the words private and special
, and inserting instead thereof the word
public; also, by striking out In the