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the puii)o:'os of this art, and shall. ui)on the written request of the 

 owner of any animal, inoculate or varrinato such animal, and all serum 

 and virus used shall he furnish(>d hy the commissioner at cost. The 

 commissioner is authorized to employ assistants who shall have the 

 same i)ower as the commiisioner in enforcing the provisions of this act. 

 No person, lirm or coi-poration. nor the apent or enii)loyee of any cor- 

 poration, shall have in his possession any anti-hoR cholera serum, 

 A'irulent blood or virus, or any prei)aration or similar composition for 

 either of said diseases, unless permission in writing has been obtained 

 from the commissioner. No person other than the commissioner or 

 his assistant, sh.all administer any such serum, blood, virus or similar 

 preparation without pei-mission in writing from the commissioner. 

 Any person who shall violate any provision of this act shall be fined 

 not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty 

 days or both. 



CHAPTER 1^9. 



An Act Amending an Act Concerning the Authority of the 

 Commissioner on Domestic Animals. 



Section 3414 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: 

 The commissioner on domestic animals is authorized to enforce all laws 

 relating to do^s which carry a penalty attached thereto, and to enforce 

 all rules and regulations by him made for confinement, control or 

 destruction of dogs or other domestic animals for the security of any 

 person or property. Said commissioner may appoint such deputies as 

 may be necessary to insure the enforcement of such rules and regula- 

 tions. The expense incurred shall be taken from the funds in the 

 custody of the state treasurer which have been received from dog 

 licenses. 



CHAPTER 165. 



An Act Amending an Act Concerning Payment for Damage 



By Dogs. 



Section 3402 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: 

 "When any person shall sustain damage by dogs to his sheep, lambs, 

 Angora goats. Angora kids, horses, hogs, cattle or other domestic ani- 

 mals or poultry he shall give information thereof to one of the select- 

 men of the town in which such damage was done, or. if said damage 

 is sustained on land located in two or more towns, information there- 

 of shall be given to one of the selectmen of either of such towns within 

 twenty-four hours after the owner has knowledge of the same, and 

 thereupon one of the selectmen of such town, with a person to be 

 named by the person suffering the damage, shall estimate the amount 

 of such damage, including the labor and time necessarily expended in 

 finding and collecting such animals or poultry injured or separated, and 

 the value of those killed, injured, lost or damaged by said dogs. In 

 case the selectmen and the person r.amed cannot agree upon the amount 

 xi/f damage, they shall choose some disinterested third person to assist 

 In estimating such dama.'^e. The amount of damages estimated by any 

 two of said three persons shall be paid by such town, and it may re- 

 cover such damages, when ])aid. together with the compensation of 

 said appraisers, from the owners, keepers or harborers of such dogs if 

 residents of such town. If the owners, keepers or harborers of such 

 <iogs shall not be residents of the town in which the damage was done. 



