126 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept., 



Sec. 2482. Impure milk; definition. Milk containing more than one 

 million bacteria per cubic centimeter shall be considered impure milk. 



Sec. 2485. Milk regulation board. The dairy and food commis- 

 sioner, the attorney-general, the commissioner of health, the secretary 

 of the State Board of Agriculture and the secretary of the Connecticut 

 Dairymen's Association shall constitute a milk regulation board. Said 

 board shall keep a record of its proceedings and may appoint ofTicers 

 and prescribe their duties. Said board shall have an office with the 

 dairy and food commissioner. 



Sec. 2486. Regulations. Said board, after public hearing, notice 

 of which shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in 

 each county at least two weeks before such hearing, may make, amend, 

 repeal or suspend rules and regulations concerning the inspection of 

 dairies, the production, care, handling, marketing or sale of milk or 

 cream within the state, to protect the public from the use of milk or 

 cream which is unsanitary or detrimental to public health. Such rules 

 and regulations shall take effect twenty days after such publication. 



CHAPTER 186. 

 Dogs. 



Sec. 3395. Dog to wear collar and tag. How furnished. Every 

 owner of a dog licensed as provided by law shall place and keep around 

 the neck of such dog a collar of leather or other suitable material, to 

 which there shall be attached, by means of rivets or metal bands, a 

 metal tag or plate upon which shall be distinctly marked the name of 

 the town in which said dog is registered and licensed, the registry 

 number of said dog, and the year of registration. Said tag or plate, 

 w^ith the inscription thereon, shall be furnished bj^ the town clerk of 

 the town in which said dog is registered; and whenever any such tag 

 or plate shall be lost from the collar to which it was attached, the 

 owner or keeper of the dog shall secure a substitute therefor from the 

 town clerk who shall furnish the same at a cost of ten cents. The 

 town clerk of each town shall order a sufficient number of said metal 

 tags or plates from the commissioner on domestic animals, who shall 

 furnish the same to said town clerk at a cost of five cents each, and 

 the town shall pay the bill for said tags, on the approval of the town 

 clerk. If, after deducting the cost of the tags and the expenses inci- 

 dental to the distribution of same to the town clerks, and the enforce- 

 ment of the provisions of this chapter and of chapter 187, any balance 

 shall remain in the hands of the commissioner on domestic animals, 

 such balance shall be accounted for by him to the state comptroller 

 and paid to the state treasurer, and thereupon added to the regular 

 appropriation for the expenses of said commissioner. The design and 

 shape of said tags or plates shall be changed each year, but said tags 

 or plates shall be of uniform design and material throughout the state. 



Sec. 3397. Person becoming own^er of dog to register. Every per- 

 son becoming the owner or keeper of any dog not duly licensed shall 

 forthwith cause said dog to be registered, numbered, described and 

 licensed until the first day of the ensuing May, in the manner and 

 upon the terms and conditions provided in section 3394. 



Sec. 3404. Liab\ility for damage done by dog. When any dog shall 

 do any damage, either to the body or property of any person, the owner 

 or keeper, or, if the owner or keeper be a minor, the parent or guardian 

 of such minor, shall be liable for such damage, except where such 

 damage shall have been occasioned to the body or property of a person 



