208 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, July 1, 1907. 



To the Mayors of Cities and Selectmen of Towns. 



Your attention is called to chapter 240 of the Acts of 1907, which 

 lends as follows: — 



An Act relative to the term op office of officers appointed to 



enforce the laavs concerning unlicensed dogs. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section one hundred and forty-three of chapter one hun- 

 dred and two of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by inserting after 

 the word "constables", in the third and fourth lines, the words: — who 

 shall hold office for one year or until his or their successor or successors 

 are appointed and qualified, — -so as to read as follows: — Section 143. 

 The mayor of each city and the chairman of the selectmen of each town 

 shall annually, within ten days after the first day of July, issue a warrant 

 to one or more police officers or constables, who shall hold office for one 

 year or until his or their successor or successors are appointed and 

 qualified, directing them forthwith to kill or cause to be killed all dogs 

 within such city or town which are not licensed and collared according 

 to the provisions of this chapter, and to enter complaint against the 

 owners or keepers thereof; and any person may, and every police officer 

 and constable shall, kill or cause to be killed all such dogs whenever 

 or wherever found. Such officers, other than those employed under regu- 

 lar pay, shall receive from the treasurers of their respective counties one 

 dollar for each dog so destroyed; but in the county of Suffolk, they 

 shall receive it from the treasurers of their respective cities or towns. 

 Bills for such services shall be approved by the mayor of the city or 

 chairman of the selectmen of the town in which said dogs are de- 

 stroyed, and shall be paid from moneys received under the provisions 

 of this chapter relating to dogs. 



Section 2. Section one hundred and forty-four of said chapter one 

 hundred and two is hereby amended by striking out the words " return 

 the same on or before the first day of October following ", in the second 

 and third lines, and inserting in place thereof the words : — make re- 

 turns on or before the first day of the October following and at the 

 expiration of his term of office, — and by striking out the word "re- 

 turn ", in the fifth line, and inserting in place thereof the word : — 

 returns, — so as to read as follows: — Section 144. Each police officer 

 or constable to whom the warrant named in the preceding section is 

 issued shall make returns on or before the first day of the October follow- 

 ing and at the expiration of his term of office, to the mayor or chairman 

 of selectmen issuing the same, and shall state in said returns the number 

 of dogs killed, the names of the owners or keepers thereof and whether 

 all unlicensed dogs in his city or town have been killed, and the names 

 of persons against whom complaints have been made under the provi- 

 sions of this chapter and whether complaints have been entered against 

 all the persons who have failed to comply with said provisions. [Ap- 

 proved March 25, 1907. 



