Ballast, &c., 1 not to be thrown 1855, 1694: 3. SEC. 7. If any person shall unlade, cast or throw into the harbor. 2 out of any ship, vessel or boat, or from the shore or 3 any wharf, any ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones, 4 dirt, ashes or filth, into the harbor or river of the Piscat5 aqua, between the light-house at the entrance of said 6 harbor, and the Boiling Rock, so called, up said river, or 7 aid or assist therein, he shall forfeit a sum not less than 8 five dollars, nor more than ten dollars, for the use of 9 any person who will sue for the same. to be chosen. 1855, 1694: 4. Harbor-master 1 SEC. 8. The city of Portsmouth shall annually 2 choose a harbor-master, whose duty it shall be to over3 see said harbor and river, and to inquire into and pros4 ecute all offenses under the preceding section. His fees. 1 SEC. 9. The harbor-master of the city of Ports2 mouth, when called upon to decide any question or 3 any controversy arising between the officers of the dif 4 ferent vessels which may be lying at anchor in the har5 bor or at the wharves of the city of Portsmouth, shall 6 be entitled to a fee of not less than one dollar for his 7 services, and the same shall be paid him by the officer 8 of the vessel against whom he may decide. Bounty for de wolves. R. S. 127: 1. 7. Owners of dogs liable. for dam age. 8. to a penalty. 1 SECTION 1. If any person shall kill any wolf or struction of 2 wolf's whelp within this state, and shall produce the 3 head thereof to the selectmen of the town within which 4 it was killed; or if there be no selectmen in such town, 5 then to the selectmen of the nearest town having such 6 officers; and shall prove to the satisfaction of such se C. S. 133: 1. 7 lectmen that such wolf or wolf's whelp was killed by 8 himself or by some person whose agent he is; the 9 selectmen shall cut off the ears from the head so pro10 duced, and shall otherwise so disfigure the same that 11 it shall never again be offered for a bounty, and shall 12 pay to such person or his order twenty dollars for every 13 wolf, and ten dollars for every wolf's whelp, killed as 14 aforesaid. 1 R. S. 127: 2. SEC. 2. If any person shall kill any bear within Bears. 2 this state, aud shall proceed with the same as is direct- C. S. 133: 2. 3 ed in the first section of this chapter, he shall receive 4 therefor the sum of four dollars. 1 1860, 2875. R. S. 127: 3. SEC. 3. If any person shall kill any wildcat, known Wildcats. 2 by the name of Siberian lynx, within this state, and C. S. 183: 3. 3 shall proceed with the same in the manner directed in 4 the first section of this chapter, he shall receive there5 for the sum of one dollar. 1 funded from R. S. 127: 4. SEC. 4. The selectmen of every such town shall Bounties re2 keep a true account of the moneys so paid, and the state treasury. 3 number of each species of animal for which bounties C. S. 183: 4. 4 have been paid, and upon presentation of such account, 5 certified by a majority of such selectmen to be just and 6 true, to the treasurer of the state in the month of June, 7 the same shall be paid from the state treasury, either 8 to the representative of such town, or to the selectmen 9 thereof or their written order. 1 collars may be SEC. 5. No person shall be liable by law for killing Dogs without 2 any dog which shall be found not having around his killed, 3 neck a collar of brass, tin, or leather, wlth the name of C. S. 133: 5. 4 the owner carved or engraved thereon. .R. S. 127: 5. xxxiv, 523; xlii, 878. make by-laws R. S. 127: 6. 1 SEC. 6. Any town may make by-laws for licensing, Towns may 2 regulating or restraining dogs as they shall deem expe- respecting dogs. 3 dient, and may affix penalties for the violation thereof C. S. 133: 6. 4 not exceeding five dollars; and the sum to be paid for 5 a license shall not exceed two dollars. Owners of dogs C. S. 183: 7. 1 SEC. 7. Any person, to whom or whose property Gable for dam 2 any damage may be occasioned by a dog not owned or age. 3 kept by said person, shall be entitled to recover of the 1851, 1124. 4 person who owns or keeps, or has said dog in posses- xvi, 77. 5 sion, all damages which may be so occasioned, except 6 in cases where the same have been occasioned to the 7 party suffering such damage while engaged in the com8 mission of a trespass or other tort. Owners of dogs 1 liable to penal tv. 1863, 2753: 1. sessed annually v. SEC. 8. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall for 2 feit to every person injured by it double the amount of 3 the damage sustained by him, to be recovered in an 4 action of debt. Dogs to be as 1 SEC. 9. The selectmen or assessors of every town, 2 when making the annual invoice of taxable estates, 3 shall ascertain the number of dogs owned, kept or har4 bored by any person resident in their town, and shall 5 annually assess upon such persons for every dog so 6 owned, kept or harbored, if a male, one dollar, and if a 7 female, two dollars, to be collected and paid into the 8 treasury of the town as other town taxes. taxes to be kept. 1868, 2758: 2. Accounts of 1 SEC. 10. The treasurer of every town shall keep an 2 accurate and separate account of all sums received 3 from taxes upon dogs, which shall at all times be open 4 to the examination of any legal voter of such town, 5 and he shall likewise keep an accurate and separate 6 account of all sums paid out from the proceeds of such 7 taxes under the provisions of this chapter, open to like 8 examination. Losers by dogs may present claim to the town. 863, 2763: 8. All to be paid Town may reCover against owner of dog. 1863, 2753: 3. of remedy. 1 SEC. 11. Every person, suffering loss or damage by 2 reason of the worrying, maiming or killing of his 3 sheep, lambs, or other domestic animals, by a dog, may, 4 within thirty days after he knows of such loss or dam5 age, present to the selectmen of the town wherein 6 such loss or damage happens, proof of the nature and 7 extent thereof; and they shall draw an order, in favor 8 of the person suffering such loss or damage, upon 9 the treasurer of said town for the amount of the same. 1 SEC. 12. The treasurer of each town shall register 2 all such orders at the time of their presentation, and 3 annually, on the second Tuesday of March, pay them 4 in full, if the gross amount received by his town from 5 taxes on dogs, and not previously paid out, shall be 6 sufficient for that purpose; otherwise he shall divide 7 such amount pro rata among such orders, in full dis8 charge thereof. 1 SEC. 13. After such order has been drawn, the city 2 or town may recover, in an action of assumpsit against 3 the keeper or owner of any dog concerned in doing 4 the damage or occasioning the loss, the full amount of 5 such order. Los r has choice 1 SEC. 14. The owner of sheep, lambs, or other do1863, 2753: 4. v. 2 mestic animals, worried, maimed or killed by dogs, 3 shall have his election whether to proceed under the pro4 visions of the preceding section, or the seventh section 5 of this chapter; but having signified such election by 6 commencing a suit, or obtaining an order, he shall not 7 have the other remedy. to be recorded. C. S. 134: 1. 1 SEC. 15. Any person may mark in the ear, or brand Marks of sheep 2 his sheep, as he may think proper, and cause a descrip- R. S. 128: 1. 3 tion of such mark or brand to be recorded by the town-" 4 clerk of the town in which he resides, or in which his 5 sheep may be kept; and the town-clerk shall be en6 titled to receive six cents for recording the same. marks-penalty. C. S. 134: 2. SEC. 16. If any other person shall willfully alter, Altering such 2 cut out or deface the mark or brand of any such sheep, R. S. 128: 2. 3 or if any person under pretense of marking the same 4 shall cut off the ear or ears of any sheep, he shall for5 feit five dollars to the use of any person who will sue 6 for the same. 1 rams going at R. S. 128: 3. SEC. 17. If any person shall willfully or negligently Penalty for 2 suffer any ram, belonging to him, or in his care, to go at large. 3 large out of his inclosure, between the first day of Au- c. 8. 134: 3. 4 gust and the first day of December in any year, he shall 5 forfeit, for every such offense, the sum of five dollars, 6 for the use of any person who will sue for the same or 7 who shall impound such animal. TITLE XIV. OF REGULATIONS OF TRADE. CHAPTER 107.-Of general partnerships. CHAPTER 109.-Of peddlers and transient traders. CHAPTER 111.-Of weights and measures. CHAPTER 112.-Of sales of certain articles. CHAPTER 113.-Of measurers of grain in Portsmouth. CHAPTER 114-Of the appointment and duties of inspectors. CHAPTER 115.-Of the inspection of flour. CHAPTER 116. Of the inspection of beef and pork. CHAPTER 117.-Of the inspection of butter and lard. CHAPTER 118.-Of the inspection of hops. CHAPTER 119-Of the inspection of fish. CHAPTER 120. Of the inspection of pot and pearl ashes. Names and rest- 1 dences of part ners to be filed with the town 1859, 2258: 1. SECTION 1. Every partnership firm shall file with 2 the clerk of the town where such firm has its princi3 pal place of business, a certificate of the names and 4 residences of the persons composing such firm, which 5 shall be recorded by such clerk, in a book to be kept 6 for that purpose. |