The County Law 2003 



the whole county and each constable in the town or policeman or 

 peace officer in the village to which snch resolution shall he made 

 applicable, where such resolution shall be made applicable to one 

 or more towns or villages only, shall, after the expiration of such 

 thirty days from the date specified in such resolution, seize and 

 keep in his possession, until disposed of as herein provided, every 

 dog running at large in his county, town or village, respectively, 

 and not wearing such tag, and every dog of which he shall be 

 informed by the clerk of his town or village by written notice. He 

 shall forthwith post a notice in a conspicuous place in the office 

 of the town clerk, or clerk of the village, as the case may be, con- 

 taining a description of the dog so seized, and a statement of the 

 time of seizure thereof, and that the said dog will be killed at the 

 end of seventy-two hours from the time of posting such notice, 

 stating the hour of such posting, unless the same is registered and 

 the fee for seizing the same as herein provided is paid within such 

 time, and shall also serve a copy of the notice so posted, at least 

 forty-eight hours before such dog shall be killed, upon the owner 

 or person harboring such dog, provided that he be known to such 

 constable, policeman or peace officer, or can with reasonable dili- 

 gence be ascertained by him within said county, personally or by 

 leaving the same at his last known place of residence with a person 

 of suitable age and discretion. Such officer shall at the end of 

 seventy-two hours from the time of posting and after so serving 

 such notice kill such dog by shooting, unless the same shall, l)efore 

 the expiration of that time, be registered and a tag procured for the 

 same as provided in section one hundred and twenty-nine, and in 

 addition thereto, the sum of two dollars be paid to such officer for 

 his fees, in which case such dog shall be released. Every officer 

 shall be entitled to receive a fee of one dollar for each dog seized 

 and killed by him under the provisions of this section or of section 

 one hundred and thirty-two of this article, to be paid as other town 

 charges are paid from moneys received from registration fees. 

 Town boards may appoint and employ one or more persons to per- 

 form the services which constables and other peace officers are 

 authorized to perform in the seizure, detention and final disposi- 

 tion of dogs found running at large in their towns and not wearing 

 a tag as *heren provided, and may provide for the payment of the 

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