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<br /> Section 4.14.2 where .the guilty person resides. Notification must then '
<br /> be made to the individual involved demanding that the
<br /> Duties of the Town Clerk - license be surrendered. In addition, the Town Clerk may
<br /> not issue a dog license or tag to that individual for a
<br /> 1. General period of twoyearsfrom the date of his being found
<br /> guilty or penalized. -
<br /> The Town Clerk is responsible for issuing the certi-
<br /> ficates and dog tags; for keeping a record of dog Section 4.14.6 i
<br /> licenses issued and dogs destroyed by the Dog Officer,
<br /> accounting for the money collected for licenses and for Monthly Returns
<br /> making out a monthly report covering all licenses issued
<br /> during the preceding. month. 1. License fees
<br /> 2. Completing a License for Issuance - The Town Clerk shall receive the money for dog licenses
<br /> and tags and pay it into the treasury of .the town. The
<br /> a) The following information shall be obtained from all Town Clerk shall furnish a monthly report of dogs '
<br /> applicants and maintained for two years on records licensed to the Animal Control Officer and the Police
<br /> kept by the Town Clerk for each license issued: Department.
<br /> 1. Date of issue and no other date
<br /> 2. Tag. number Section 4.14.7
<br /> 3. Name of owner or keeper
<br /> 4. Address and phone of owner or keeper Reimbursement for Livestock or Poultry killed or injured by
<br /> 5. Name of dog Unknown Dogs -
<br /> 6. Breed
<br /> 7. . Color - 1. The following requirements are necessary for
<br /> S. Age reimbursement:
<br /> 9. Issuing Clerk 7
<br /> 10. Expiration date of most recent rabies shot {{,
<br /> 11. Other data - enter not over 10 descriptive words a) Incident must be reported to the police or the Animal
<br /> as requested by the owner which further identify Control Officer within 24 hours of incident
<br /> the dog, such as a tatoo, number, scars, weight, b)" Claimant must not be the owner of an unlicensed dog
<br /> etc. at the time of the incident -
<br /> c) Damage over $50.00 must be witnessed by at least two
<br /> b) Spayed female and neutered male licenses police officers and the Animal Control Officer
<br /> d) Claims will be based on market value of animals
<br /> If an owner requests a spayed female or a neutered killed to be judged by age and weight and price per
<br /> male license and the dog is being licensed for the pound or vetinary bills on injured animals
<br /> first time. in the town, proof of spaying and neuter- e) Only animals being raised for table use or as a
<br /> ing must be shown by the owner. Proof may be: livelihood are eligible
<br /> fi evidence must be present to indicate the loss was
<br /> caused by a dog or an eyewitness must attest to this
<br /> fact
<br /> 1. A certificate of spaying or neutering signed by g) Property must be properly enclosed
<br /> the veterinarian who performed the operation h) Application for reimbursement must be submitted
<br /> within 5 days of the incident to the Town Clerk
<br /> 2. A statement signed under the penalties of perjury
<br /> by a veterinarian registered and practicing in 2. Forms for Application for Reimbursement shall be
<br /> Massachusetts describing the dog and stating that provided by the Animal Control Officer and the Town
<br /> he Chas examined the dog and that it appears to Clerk. - ..
<br /> ' have been spayed or neutered and thereby deprived
<br /> of the power of propagation Section 4.14.8
<br /> 3. A receipt of a bill from the veterinarian who Veterinarians' fees for emergency treatment of dogs and cats
<br /> performed the operation. that spayed or neutered injured on ways.
<br /> the dog a) Any veterinarian registered under the provisions of
<br /> 4. A spayed female license or neutered male license section fifty-five or fifty-sixA of Chapter one
<br /> license certificate, or certified copy of there- hundred and twelve who renders emergency care or
<br /> of, from another town if the dog was previously treatment to, or disposes of, a dog or cat that is
<br /> licensed elsewhere injured on any way shall receive payment from the
<br /> owner of such dog or cat, if known, or if not know,
<br /> C. Transfer License from the Town, in an amount not to exceed twenty
<br /> dollars for such care, treatment or disposal;
<br /> If a 'dog is permanently moved into the Town of provided, however, such emergency care treatment or
<br /> Mashpee, the owner or keeper must, within 30 days disposal shall be for the purpose of maintaining life
<br /> of his moving into the town, present the original stabilizing the animal or alleviating suffering until
<br /> license certificate and tag to the TOwn .Clerk. The the owner or keeper of such dog or cat is identified
<br /> Clerk must take up the license certificate and tag or for a period of twenty-four hours, whichever is
<br /> issue a new.license and tag. sooner. Any veterinarian who renders such emergency
<br /> care or treatment to, or disposes of/ such dog or cat
<br /> Section 4.14.3 shall notify the dog officer .in the town and, upon
<br /> notification, such dog officer shall assume control .
<br /> Pees - of such dog or cat.
<br /> 1. There shall be four types of fees to be charged:. - Submitted by Animal Control Officer
<br /> a. Neutered male and spayed female licenses
<br /> b. Male and female licenses Article 65:
<br /> C. Transfer license (regardless of sex of dog)
<br /> d. Substitute tags To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
<br /> $885 to help defray expenses of Independence House, Inc., Cape
<br /> 2. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the Board Cods resource center for Battered Women and their children. Said
<br /> of Selectmen funds to be expended under the direction of the Board of
<br /> Selectmen.
<br /> 3. The following licenses are exempt from fee: '
<br /> Submitted by Petition
<br /> a. ' Dog specifically trained to lead or serve the blind
<br /> b. Dog specifically trained to serve a deaf person Article 66: -
<br /> 4. Once a dog license fee has been paid for to the town, To see iftheTown will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by
<br /> no part of the fer will be refunded. re-designating a portion of the I-1 Zoning District (Lot 51 on
<br /> Assessors Map 54) as C-2 Zoning .District as ,appears on a map '
<br /> Section 4.14.4 entitled "Proposed change to C-2 of Zoning Map for action, May 4,
<br /> 1982, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
<br /> Substitute Tags -
<br /> - Submitted by Petition of Owner
<br /> If a tag is lost during a licensing period, the owner must obtain Article 67:
<br /> a substitute tag from the Town Clerk. These tags have the year,
<br /> the name of the town, and the number of original tag stamped on To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of
<br /> the tag. - Selectmen to acquire by purchase or by eminent domain for
<br /> conservation purposes all, or a major portion of a parcel of land
<br /> Section 4.14.5 of 21.3 acres, generally described as on the west side of the
<br /> Mashpee River between said river and River Road and more
<br /> Persons Convicted of Cruelty to Animals specifically described as all lots and roadways described on a
<br /> subdivision plan entitled "River Ridge North, Plan of Land in
<br /> 1. A dog license" shall become void and shall immediately be Mashpee, Mass. for River Ridge Trust" dated July 25, 1986 and
<br /> surrendered to the clerk if the holder of the license has recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book
<br /> been found guilty of or penalized for any of the 423, Page 84, as well as lots 1, 2, and 31 River Road and Ridge
<br /> following: Road as described on a subdivision plan entitled "River Ridge
<br /> South, Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass. for River Ridge Trust"
<br /> a) cruelty to animals dated July 25, 1986 and recorded at the Barnstable County
<br /> b) mutilation of dogs Registry of Deeds in plan Book 423, Page B5, copies-of which are
<br /> c) owning or training a dog or other animal intending on file in the Town Clerk's office, the said land to be held in
<br /> that it shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting - the.care and custody of the Conservation Commission, pursuant to
<br /> d) being present in a building where preparations are General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; further, to see if the Town,
<br /> being made for an exhibition of fighting of animals will vote .to appropriate a sum of money for such purpose,
<br /> with intent to be present at the time of the exhibi- including expenses incidental and related thereto, and to raise
<br /> tion such appropriation, the Treasurer, with the approval of the
<br /> e) being present, aiding or contributing to an exhibi- Selectmen, be authorized to borrow a sum of money under and pur-
<br /> tion of fighting of animals suant to Chapter 44, Section 7(3), and, if applicable, Section
<br /> BC, of the General Laws, or any other enabling authority, and to
<br /> 2. The Clerk of the Court in whose jurisdiction such finding issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor with said bonding
<br /> has been made shall be requested to notify the Town Clerk authorization contingent upon passage of a referendum to exclude
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