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by the appraisal, may be paid from the annual appropriation for the ex- 

 termination of contagious diseases among domestic animals, subject, both 

 as regards live stock and other property, to the rights of arbitration and 

 petition provided for by section twenty-six of chapter ninety of the Re- 

 vised Laws relative to the destruction of animals affected with tuberculosis, 

 so far as the same may be applicable. In case the United States govern- 

 ment makes an appropriation for pajinent of a certain portion of the value 

 of any animals and property destroyed in accordance with this act, the 

 payment by the commonwealth for such animals or property shall be 

 limited to the difference between such portion and the full value thereof 

 determined as herein provided. 



Section 3- This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 March 29, 1917. 



ENFORCEMENT OF DOG LAWS. 



General Acts, Chapter 271. 

 An Act authorizing and directing the commissioners on fisheries 



AND game and their DEPUTIES TO ENFORCE THE LAWS RELATING TO 

 DOGS. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and seventeen of the 

 acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended by striking 

 out the word "salaried", in the second and sixth lines, by striking out the 

 word "and", in the fourth line, and by inserting after the word "mam- 

 mals", in the same line, the words: — and dogs, — so as to read as fol- 

 lows : — Section 1 . The commissioners on fisheries and game and their 

 deputies shall have and exercise throughout the commonwealth for the en- 

 forcement of the laws relating to fish, birds, mammals and dogs, all the 

 powers of constables, except the service of civil process, and of policemen 

 and watchmen. The said deputies when on duty shall wear, and shall 

 display as a token of authority, a metallic badge bearing the seal of the 

 commonwealth and the words "Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner." 



Section 2. Every license granted for the keeping of dogs under the 

 l)rovisions of chapter one hundred and two of the Revised Laws, and 

 amendments thereof, shall be subject to the condition that the dog which 

 is the subject of the license shall be controlled and restrained from killing, 

 chasing or harassing sheep, lambs, fowls or other domestic animals, and 

 said condition shall be expressed in the license. [Approved May 21, 1917. 



