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14-5   DUTY OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
14-5.1   Duties of Animal Control Officer.
   (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
14-6   CONSUMERS’ COUNCIL.
14-6.1   Composition of Board.
   (A)   There shall be in the city a Board, known as the Boston Consumer’s Council, consisting of the Corporation Counsel, or his or her designee, the Sealer of Weights and Measures, or his or her designee, the Commissioner of Health and Hospitals, or his or her designee, a person appointed by the Mayor after consultation with the Consumers’ Council of the commonwealth and three other persons appointed by the Mayor, at least two of whom shall be persons of low income. Each of the persons appointed by the Mayor shall serve for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is elected. The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate one of the members of the Council as Chair and another as Vice-Chair. All members of the Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The Council shall meet every other month, and at other times at the call of the Chair.
   (B)   The Mayor shall designate an employee of his or her Office to serve as Executive Secretary of the Council; and the Council may appoint a clerical assistant.
(Ord. 1968 c. 15; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. l0A § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 200; CBC 1985 14-6.1)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 2-7.1; Ord. ss 5-5.1; Statutes, Title 9 § 10; Ord. ss 12-1.1
14-6.2   Duties.
   The Boston Consumers’ Council shall conduct studies, investigations and research in matters affecting consumer interests; shall keep consumers in the city informed on matters affecting their interests, using for that purpose such media of communication as the Council shall, from time to time, adjudge appropriate; and shall pursue a course of action to ensure to the fullest possible extent that all laws enacted for the benefit of consumers are duly enforced.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10A § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 201)