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(A) The Animal Control Officer appointed under M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151, or the domestic charitable corporation, from time to time, performing by contract the duties of Animal Control Officer in accordance with said Section, shall apprehend and impound any dog found running at large in any street or public place within the city in violation of Subsection 16-1.9. Upon apprehending or receiving any such dog the Animal Control Officer or domestic charitable corporation performing duties as aforesaid shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color and sex of such dog, whether or not such dog is licensed, and, if such dog is licensed, the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. The Animal Control Officer or domestic charitable corporation performing duties as aforesaid shall as soon as possible notify the owner of any such dog, if known, that the dog has been impounded, and shall return any dog so impounded to the owner thereof upon payment of all costs and charges incurred by the Animal Control Officer or by such domestic charitable corporation in connection with the apprehension and detention of such dog and, if such dog is unlicensed when apprehended, upon presentation of a license for such dog secured from the Police Commissioner by the owner thereof.
(B) The Listing Board or its Agents shall give to each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog the form of application for a dog license that may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Police Commissioner, with as many duplicate copies of the same as may be required by the Police Commissioner, and shall inform each such owner or harborer of the procedure, if any, that may be, from time to time, established by the Police Commissioner for submitting such application and securing such license by mail.
(Ord. 1972 c. 15 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 500; CBC 1985 14-5.1; Ord. 2014 c. 15 §§ 3, 4)
Cross-reference:
M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151; Ord. ss 2-4.1; Ord. ss 16-1.9
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