19IS.J ACRICrLTCRAI. LAWS, j-il 



exorcise the powers and duties of his ortlce only in such part of such 

 town as is outside the limits of such city. The do^ warden shall make 

 diligent search and inquiry for the violation of any provision of chapter 

 186 of the general statutes and shall take into his custody every dog 

 not havinj;: a tag or plate on a collar u])Out his necrk as hereinbefore 

 l>rovi(led or which he shall find roaming, unattended, over the country 

 not the jiroperty of the owner or keeper or not in reasonable call or 

 control of the owner or keeijer or a.'<ent, or which he shall find at large 

 in the pul)lic highway not abutting on the proi)erty of the owner or 

 keepiM- and not attended or not in reasonalile call and control of the 

 owner, keeper or his agent or which shall not Ije confined, or controlled 

 agreeable to any rule, order or regulation duly promulgated by the 

 commissioner on domestic animals, or by -any local official or officials 

 vested with authority to make such rules, order or regulation, and shall 

 impound each dog so taken, in some suitable place provided by such 

 town or -city, for a period of seventy- two hours. Said dog warden 

 shall immediately notify the owner or keeper of any dog so taken, if 

 known, of its impoundment; but, if the owner or keeper of such dog is 

 unknown to the dog warden, the dog warden shall immediately notify 

 the town clerk of the time and place of capture and shall give a par- 

 ticular description of such dog, and if such dog shall not, at the ex- 

 piration of said period of seventy-two hours, have been claimed and 

 released as hereinafter provided, such dog shall be mercifully killed by 

 said warden, or by some person deputed by him so to do, or said dog 

 warden may, at his discretion, sell any such dog not found to be rabid 

 for a sum not less than five dollars, and shall keep an account of all 

 moneys received by him from such sales. Said dog warden, upon 

 presentation of a sworn statement of services rendered by him and of 

 the moneys received by him from the sale of dogs under the provisions 

 of said chapter, acceptable to the selectmen, shall be paid by the town 

 three dollars for each dog captured, impounded and killed or sold, and 

 such additional remuneration from the general funds of the town or 

 city as the authorities thereof may direct; and said dog warden shall 

 pay to such town all moneys received by him for the sale of dogs as 

 aforesaid. Any dog captured and impounded under the provisions of 

 this section may be redeemed by the owner or keeper thereof and re- 

 leased by the dog warden at any time within seventy-two hours after 

 its impoundment, upon the payment of the sum of three dollars to the 

 dog warden, but, if the cause for capture be without fault of the owner 

 such payment shall be one dollar, provided the dog warden may merci- 

 fully kill any uncollared, untagged dog over six months of age after 

 impounding and allowing the owner to redeem the same, or giving 

 notification as is hereinbefore provided if such dog is found roaming 

 over the country not on property of the owner or in the public highway 

 not abutting the premises of the owner unattended by the owner or his 

 agent. Any dog warden may be removed, for cause, by the authority 

 appointing him, and any vacancy occurring in the office of dog warden 

 shall be filled immediately by such authority. In case of the neglect 

 of any board of selectmen or any chief of police to appoint and report 

 the appointment of a dog warden as hereinbefore provided, the com- 

 missioner on domestic animals shall appoint such dog warden, whose 

 duties, powers and compensation shall be the same as those of dog 

 wardens heretofore described. 



Sec. 2. The dog warden is authorized to employ assistants who 

 shall have the same power as said dog warden and shall act under his 

 direction. 



Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act 

 relating to the control or keeping of a dog shall be subject to the 

 penalties provided in section 3415 of the general statutes. 



