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i Section 4.14.2 Duties of the Town Clerk c. Transfer license (regardless of sex of dog) 1, General d. Substitute tags The Town Clerk is responsible for issuing the cer- 2. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the tificates and dog.tags; for keeping a record of dog Board of Selectmen licenses issued and dogs destroyed by the Dog Of- 3. The following licenses are exempt from fee: ficer,accounting for the money collected for licenses a. Dog specifically trained to lead or serve the blind and for making out a monthly report covering all b. Dog specifically trained to serve a deaf person licenses issued during the preceding month. 4. Once a dog license fee has been paid for to the town, 2. Completing a License for Issuance no part of the fee will be refunded. a) The following information shall be obtained � Section 4.14.4 Substitute Tags }w from all applicants and maintained for two years If a tag is lost during a licensing period,the owner must on records kept by the Town Clerk for each obtain a substitute tag from the Town Clerk. These license issued: tags have the year, the name of the town, and the 1. Date of issue and no other date number of original tag stamped on the tag. 2. Tag number Section 4.14.5 Persons Convicted of Cruelty to Animals 3. Name of owner or keeper 1. A dog license shall become void and shall im- 4. Address and phone of owner or keeper mediately be surrendered to the clerk if the holder 5. Name of dog of the license has been found guilty of or penalized 6. Breed for any of the following: 7. Color a. cruelty to animals j 8. Age b. mutilation of dogs 9. Issuing Clerk c. owning or training a dog or other animal intend- 10. Expiration date of most recent rabies shot ing that it shall be engaged in an exhibition of 11. Other data — enter not over 10 descriptive fighting words as requested by the owner which fur- d. being present in a building where preparations are ther identify the dog, such as a tatoo, being made for an exhibition of fighting of number, scars, weight, etc. animals with intent to be present at the time of b) Spayed female and neutered male licenses the exhibition If an owner requested a spayed female or a neutered e. being present,aiding or contributing to an exhibi- male license and the dog is being licensed for the first tion of fighting of animals time in the town, proof of spaying and neutering 2. The Clerk of the Court in whose jurisdiction such must be shown by the owner. Proof may be: finding has been made shall be requested to notify 1. A certificate of spaying or neutering signed by the the Town Clerk where the guilty person resides. veterinarian who performed the operation. Notification must then be made to the individual in- 2. A statement signed under the penalties of perjury volved demanding that the license be surrendered. by a veterinarian registered and practicing in In addition, the Town Clerk may not issue a dog Massachusetts describing the dog and stating that license or tag to that individual for a period of two f. he has examined the dog and that it appears to years from the date of his being found guilty or have been spayed or neutered and thereby de- penalized. prived of the power of propagation. Section 4.14.6 Monthly Returns 3. A receipt of a bill from the veterinarian who per- 1. License fees formed the operation that spayed or neutered the The Town Clerk shall receive the money for dog dog licenses and tags and pay it into the treasury of the � 4. A spayed female license or neutered male license cer- town. The Town Clerk shall furnish a monthly F tificate, or certified copy of thereof, from another report of dogs licensed to the Animal Control Of- town if the dog was previously licensed elsewhere ficer and the Police Department. c.) Transfer License Section 4.14.7 Reimbursement for Livestock or Poultry If a dog is permanently moved into the Town of Killed or Injured by Unknown Dogs Mashpee, the owner or keeper must, within 30 1. The following requirements are necessary for days of his moving into the town, present the reimbursement: original license certificate and tag to the Town a. Incident must be reported to the police or the Clerk. The Clerk must take up the license cer- Animal Control Officer within 24 hours of tificate and tag issue a new license and tag. incident. b. Claimant must not be the owner of the an Section 4.14.3 Fees unlicensed dog at the time of the incident. 1. There shall be four types of fees to be charged: c. Damage over$50.00 must be witnessed by at least a. Neutered male and spayed female licenses two police officers and the Animal Control b. Male and female licenses Officer. - 61 - b'Y