Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-05
SHEEP LEGISLATION
 ENACTED BY ASsEM5LY

ENACTED BY ASSEM 5LT
 To encourage. the rational develop
 ment of tho sheep industry in Conn
 ecticut along lines that are economic ally sound and wise a law was passed
 by the General Assembly to establish
 demcnstra tion herds in the state and conduct experiments and investiEa-
 tions under the direction of the Trus- tees of the Connecticut Agricultural College. The College has already talk en the first steps in carrying out the purposes of Che act which reads as follows Agricultural College shall supervise and establish such distribution and demonstration hocks Of sheep through out the state as they deem necessary and conduct such experiments and in vestigations as may seem to then, most conducive to the encouragement of the sheen industry throughout the state. Said trustees are authorized to
 expend flor for this pnnrnoss sun sun of not nuafly, to he paid bby the treasurer on order of the comptroller from the funds in the state treasury which have cordance with the provisions of sec tions 34eo of the general statutes after payment of the sums required by sec tions S4e2 and s414 of the general stat- , utes.
 This act will take effect from it's pa ssage."
 In order to protect sheep and other domestic animals, the law in reference to dogs have been modified and made more stringent and the laws in refer t ence to estimating dog damage to do- mestic animals made more adequate. Section 3401 of the General Statutes daelins with the payment of damage l byb dogs is amended to read as fol- 1 lows:
 The seiectmen Of every town. ex- cept towns containing city whose limits are coterminous with the limits of such town. and the chief of police 1 of every such city. and of every other city containing more than fourteen l thousand inhabitants, shall annually, 1 on or before the first day of April, 1 appoint some person to be dog warden 1 for the term of one year thereafter, l and report such appointment within l ten days of the making thereof to the commissioner on domestic animals. | and the dog warden so appointed shall I perform the duties hereinafter pre- scribed but in any town within l which there exists city containing l more than fourteen thousand inha bi- | tants the limits of which are not CO., 1 terminous with the limits of such town, l the town dog warden shall exercise the
 powers and duties of his office only in l such part of such town as is outside l the limits of such city.
 The dog warden shall make difigent 1 search and inquiry for the violation of | any provisions of chapter 126 of the | general statutes and shall take into his custody every dog not having a tag or l plate on a collar about his neck as 1 hereiabefore provided or which he 1 shall find roaming. unattended, over | the country not the property of the owner or keeper or not in reasonable 1 call or control of the owner or keeper or agent. or which he finds at large l in the public highway not abuttirg on I the property of the owner. or keeper l and not attended or not in req soma ble 1 call and control of owner keeper or l his agent or which shall not be con- 1 fined, or controlled agreeable to any l rule, order or regulation duly pfomul- l gated by the commission on dom estic 1 animals. or by any local official or of 1 ffcfa1 or offic als vested with authority l! to make such rules, order or regula- ] tion, and shall impound each dog so l taken, in some suitabble place pro 1 vided by such town or city. for pc l riod of seyenty-two hours. Said dog 1 warden shall immediately notify the owner or keeper of any dog so taken 1 if known. of it's impoupdment: but if the owner OF keeper of such dog is 1 unknown to the dos warden. the dog l warden shall immediately notify the 1 town clerk of the time and place of ] capture and shall give particular 1 dog shall not. at the expiration of said l period of seventy two hours. have been l claimed and released as hereinafter l provided. such dog shall be mereifully | | person deputed by him to do so, or I said dog warden may. at his discretion 1 sell any such dog. not found to be rab- | i'd Tor sum not less than five dollars ! and shall keep an account of all moneys received .bP him for such i sales. Said dog warden. upon pres c1tafion of sworn statement of ser l vices rendered by hirn and of the l moneys received by him for the sale i of dogs under the provisions of said ! chapter. acceptable to the seIeetmen | shall be raid by the town three dollars l for each dog captured impounded and i killed or sold. and such add tiona1 re- 1 muncratiOn from the general funds of l the town or city as the authorities i thereof may direct; and said @dog I warden shall pay to such town all moneys received by him for the sale | of dogs as aforesaid. Any dog cap tured and ilnpounded under the pre- | visions of this section may he redeem | ed by the owner or keeper thereof and 1 reieas sed by the dog warden at any | time within hours after it's i'm ! poundment upon the payment of the l sum or three dollars to the dog ward l en, but. if the cause for capture is | without fault of the owner such pay 1 ment shall be one dollar provided the 1 dog warden may mescifully kill any uncollared, untagged dog over 6 1 allowing the owner to redeem the | same. or giving notifica tion as herein 1 before provided if such dog is found
 roaming over the country not on pro 1 perty Of the owner OF in the public | highway not abutting the premises of | the owner unattended by the owner | or his agent. Any dog warden may be i removed for cause by the authority appointing him, ard any vacancy oc- curing in the office of dog warden shall be filled immediately by such au- l thority. In case of the neglect of any board or seleetmen or any chief of DO