Section 153. In the several cities and towns of the several counties, such warrant may be in the following form:—
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
(Seal)
To , ss.
To , constable of the city (or town) of
In the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to proceed forthwith to seek out, catch and confine all dogs within said city (or town) not duly licensed, collared or harnessed, and tagged, according to the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty of the General Laws, and you are further required to make and enter complaint against the owner or keeper of every such dog, and to kill or cause to be killed only by the administration of barbiturates in a manner deemed acceptable by the American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines on Euthanasia, except by gunshot in case of emergency each dog which after being detained for a period of 7 days, shall not then have been duly licensed, collared or harnessed, and tagged, except that any dog not found to be diseased may be made available for adoption for not less than $3, and you shall keep an account of any such adoption and forthwith pay over the money to the town treasurer. Before delivery of any dog so adopted you shall require the purchaser to show identification and to register and procure a license and tag for such dog from the town clerk of the town where the dog is to be kept, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-seven of said chapter one hundred and forty of the General Laws.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings therein, on or before the first day of October next, on or before the first day of January next, and on or before the first of April next, and at the expiration of your term of office, stating the number of dogs caught, confined and/or killed, or adopted, and the name of the owners or keepers thereof, and whether all unlicensed dogs and cats in said city (or town) have been caught, confined and/or killed, or adopted, and the names of persons against whom complaints have been made under the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty, and whether complaints have been made and entered against all the persons who have failed to comply with the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty.
Given under my hand and seal at ___ aforesaid the ___ day of ___ in the year 2000 and ___
Mayor of (or Chairman of the Selectmen of)
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Section 1 - ''licensing Authorities'' Defined
Section 3 - Content of Innholders' Licenses; Governing Statutes
Section 4 - Contents of Innholder and Common Victuallers License Generally; Coverage; Term
Section 5 - Food and Accommodations; Availability
Section 6 - Conditions Precedent; Proposed Plans; Cost Estimates; License as Victualler or Innholder
Section 6b - Food Allergy Awareness
Section 7 - Refusing to Provide for Travelers
Section 9 - Suspension; Revocation; Forfeiture of Innholder and Common Victuallers License
Section 9a - Keeping of Premises Open Throughout Year
Section 10 - Liability for Loss of Property
Section 11 - Fire or Overwhelming Force; Liability
Section 12a - ''hotel'' Defined for Secs. 12b to 12d
Section 12b - Removal of Guest From Hotel
Section 12d - Persons Negligently or Intentionally Causing Damage to Hotel; Liability
Section 13 - Posting of Statutory Provisions
Section 14 - Sale of Guest's Property; Notice
Section 15 - Disposition of Proceeds
Section 16 - Sale Proceeds; Payment to Owner by State Treasurer
Section 17 - Loss by Guest; Negligence and Violation of Regulations as Defense
Section 18 - Signs; Penalty for Failure to Have Sign
Section 19 - Summary of Laws for Authorities and Licensees
Section 20 - Unlicensed Innholders or Victuallers
Section 21 - Third Convictions
Section 21b - Contents of License; Coverage; Expiration; Fee; Suspension; Revocation
Section 21c - Unlicensed Business; Penalties
Section 21d - Inapplicability of Statute to Certain Persons
Section 21f - Unlicensed Organization; Officer or Employee Dispensing Food or Beverage
Section 22 - ''lodging House'' Defined
Section 22a - Cooking Facilities
Section 24 - Unlicensed Keepers; Injunction
Section 25 - Inspection of Premises
Section 26 - Permitting Immoral Conduct; Defense; Evidence
Section 28 - Register; Order to Keep
Section 29 - Register; True or Used Name; Failure to Register; Penalty
Section 30 - Revocation and Suspension of License; Investigation; Hearing; Notice; Appeal
Section 31 - Posting of Notice of Statutes
Section 32 - Convictions; Transmission of Copy of Record to Licensing Authorities
Section 32a - Necessity of License; Motel Defined
Section 32c - Examination of Licensed Camps and Cabins; Unsanitary Conditions
Section 32d - Rules and Regulations; Posting
Section 32e - Operating Business Without License
Section 32i - Register; Retention; Inspection; Penalty
Section 32j - Summary Process to Recover Possession; Termination of Tenancy or Lease
Section 32k - Appeals; Reinstatement; Reissuance
Section 32l - Requirements and Restrictions Applicable to Manufactured Housing Communities
Section 32n - Reprisals for Report of Violations
Section 32o - Actions to Enforce Secs. 32l or 32m; Mailing Copies of Orders
Section 32p - Terms and Conditions of Occupancy; Disclosure in Writing; Required Notice
Section 32q - ''manufactured Home'' Defined
Section 32s - Rules and Regulations
Section 33 - Public Lodging House; Definition; Cubicle Plan
Section 34 - Licensing Authority; Revocation; Fee; Expiration; Contents; Coverage
Section 37 - Register; Inspection
Section 38 - Free Access to Officers
Section 39 - Keeping of House Without License
Section 40 - Violation of Statutes
Section 46b - Licensing of Employment Agency; Necessity; Posting; Governing Provisions
Section 46c - Application for License
Section 46e - Assignment or Transfer of License; Locations; Number of Licenses
Section 46g - Claims or Suits Against Licensee
Section 46k - Prohibited Activities or Conduct
Section 46l - Fees; Restrictions on Charge or Acceptance
Section 46m - Receipt of Fees or Payments Contrary to Sec. 46l; Return
Section 46n - Contract Between Prospective Employee and Agency
Section 46p - Posting of Copy of Secs. 46a to 46o
Section 47 - Coffee and Tea Houses
Section 50 - Lunch Carts; Fee of Highway Not Owned by Town
Section 51 - Facial and Scalp Massage; Bath Houses
Section 52 - Massage or Baths; Inspection
Section 53 - Massage or Baths; Penalty
Section 54a - Automobile Graveyards
Section 55 - Junk Dealers; Penalty; Exceptions
Section 56 - Junk Collector Defined
Section 56a - Shooting Galleries
Section 57 - Sale of Second Hand Vehicles; Necessity of License; Exceptions; Auctions; Reports
Section 59a - Motor Vehicle Junkyards; Requirements
Section 60 - Registrar's Rules and Regulations
Section 62 - Record Book; Contents; Maintenance in an Electronic Data Management System
Section 67 - Obstruction of Entrance or Examination by Officers; Refusal to Exhibit Items Demanded
Section 68 - Unlicensed Business
Section 69 - Violation of Statutes, Rules or Regulations
Section 70 - Licensing of Pawnbrokers; Governing Statutes; Revocation
Section 72 - Interest Rate; Penalty
Section 73 - Entry Upon Premises; Investigation; Examination of Articles, Books and Inventories
Section 74 - Obstruction of Entrance or Examination by Officer; Failure to Exhibit Items Demanded
Section 75 - Unlicensed Business
Section 76 - Loans on Personal Property; Purchases on Condition of Reselling; Exceptions
Section 78 - Regulations; Interest Rate
Section 79 - Record Book; Information Furnished to Authorities
Section 80 - Memorandum for Pawner; Charge
Section 81 - Inspection of Books
Section 82a - Violations of Sec. 79; Liability of Pawnbroker
Section 83 - Tools; Purchase or Pawn; Record Book; Signature of Seller or Pawner
Section 84 - Wrong Name or Address of Seller or Pawner
Section 85 - Statutes Not Applicable
Section 87 - Inspection of Record Book; Exhibition of Property
Section 88 - Stolen Articles; Detention; Producing in Court
Section 89 - Obstruction of Inspection or Examination; Violation of Statutes
Section 90 - Loans for Less Than $1000; Statute Not Affected; Waiver or Release
Section 90a - Home Mortgages; Interest Rates; Definitions; Application
Section 90c - Home Mortgages; Receipt for Payment; Penalty
Section 90d - Loans in Violation of Sec. 90a; Discharge; Jurisdiction
Section 91 - Loans for Less Than $1000; Mortgage or Pledge
Section 95 - Applicability of Secs. 90 to 94; Effect on Statutes
Section 96 - Small Loan Business
Section 96a - Securities; Public Sale; Permit, Necessity, Revocation
Section 97 - Regulations; Preservation of Records Relating to Compliance
Section 98 - Annual Report; Failure to File, Amend; Fine
Section 99 - Examinations by Commissioner; Penalty
Section 101 - Term of License; Contents; Posting
Section 102 - Fees; More Than One Business; Multi-State Licensing System
Section 103 - Penalties; Voidable Loans
Section 106 - Illegal Interest; Order of Commissioner; Recovery in Action or Suit; Costs
Section 108 - Assignment or Order for Wages or Salary; Validity; Requisites
Section 109 - Receipt; Part Payment
Section 110 - Business Without License; Penalty; Validity of Transactions; Evidence
Section 111 - Rate of Interest in Absence of Agreement
Section 112 - Duties of Police
Section 113 - Disposal of Returns Made to Commissioner
Section 114 - Companies, Associations and Societies; Necessity of License
Section 114b - Finance Charges on Open End Credit Accounts; Maximum Rates; Computation
Section 114c - Annual Fee; Notice; Cancellation of Agreement; Reports
Section 116 - Dangerous Engines or Furnaces; Nuisance; Building Regulations; Service of Process
Section 117 - Appeal; Injunction
Section 118 - Stationary Engines; Distance From Buildings
Section 119 - Nuisance; Removal
Section 121 - Firearms Sales; Definitions; Antique Firearms; Application of Law; Exceptions
Section 121a - Identification of Firearms; Certificate by Ballistics Expert as Prima Facie Evidence
Section 122c - Illegal Sale or Possession of Self-Defense Spray; Penalty for Violation
Section 123 - Conditions of Licenses
Section 124 - Term of Licenses
Section 125 - Forfeiture or Suspension of Licenses; Notice
Section 126 - Placards, Signs or Advertisements; Prima Facie Evidence
Section 127 - Transfer of Licenses
Section 128a - Application of Sec. 128
Section 128b - Unauthorized Purchase of Firearms; Report to Commissioner; Penalties
Section 129 - Fictitious Name or Address and Other False Information; Penalties
Section 129b - Firearm Identification Cards; Conditions and Restrictions
Section 130 - Sale or Furnishing Weapons or Ammunition to Aliens or Minors; Penalty
Section 130b - Firearm Licensing Review Board; Members; License Applicants; Hearings
Section 131 - Licenses to Carry Firearms; Conditions and Restrictions
Section 1311/2 - Gun Control Advisory Board
Section 1313/4 - Roster of Large Capacity Rifles, Shotguns, Firearms, and Feeding Devices
Section 131b - Penalty for Loan of Money Secured by Weapons
Section 131c - Carrying of Firearms in a Vehicle
Section 131f - Nonresidents or Aliens; Temporary License to Carry Firearms or Ammunition
Section 131f1/2 - Theatrical Productions; Carrying Firearms and Blank Ammunition
Section 131g - Carrying of Firearms by Non-Residents; Conditions
Section 131h - Ownership or Possession of Firearms by Aliens; Penalties; Seizure and Disposition
Section 131i - Falsifying Firearm License or Identification Card; Penalty
Section 131j - Stun Guns; Regulations Relating to Use, Access, Training, Etc.
Section 131k - Firearms or Large Capacity Weapons Without Safety Devices; Liability
Section 131n - Covert Weapons; Sale, Transfer or Possession; Punishment
Section 131o - Colonel of State Police; Statewide Firearms Surrender Program
Section 131p - Basic Firearms Safety Certificate; Instructors; Public Service Announcements
Section 131r - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Petitions
Section 131t - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Emergency Orders
Section 131y - Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Annual Reporting
Section 136a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 137 to 174f
Section 137 - Registration and Licensing of Dogs
Section 137a - Kennel Licenses
Section 137b - Sale or Other Delivery of Unlicensed Dog by Kennel Licensee
Section 137c - Inspection of Kennels; Revocation, Suspension and Reinstatement of License; Nuisance
Section 137d - Surrender of License or Tag for Offenses Against Animals
Section 138 - Change of Owner or Keeper of Licensed Dog; Dog Brought Into Commonwealth
Section 139a - Shelters; Sale or Gift of Dog or Cat Not Spayed or Neutered
Section 141 - Violation of Statutes
Section 141a - Application of Law; Exception
Section 141b - Application of Law; Licensed Pet Shops Exempted
Section 145a - Anti-Rabic Vaccine and Treatment; Rates of Compensation
Section 146 - License Valid Throughout State; Removal of Dog Into Another Town or City
Section 147 - Issuance of Licenses; Disposition of Fees; Action on Official Bond
Section 149 - Accounts of Treasurers
Section 150 - Lists of Dogs; Refusal to Answer Person Listing Dogs; False Answers
Section 151b - Emergency Treatment of Dogs or Cats Injured on Ways; Payment to Veterinarians
Section 151c - Animal Control Officer Training Course
Section 152 - Returns by Officers
Section 153 - Form of Warrant to Officers
Section 155 - Liability for Damage Caused by Dog; Minors; Presumption and Burden of Proof
Section 156 - Killing Dogs Under Certain Conditions; Wounded Dogs
Section 157 - Nuisance or Dangerous Dogs; Orders for Remedial Action; Appeal; Violation of Order
Section 158 - Euthanizing Unrestrained Dogs or Dogs in Wild State
Section 159 - Treble Damages for Injuries Caused by Dogs Ordered to Be Restrained
Section 160 - Euthanizing Dogs That Have Worried or Killed Stock or Fowl; Bond
Section 161 - Damages Caused by Dogs and Paid by City or Town; Compensation for Appraisers
Section 161a - Damages Caused by Dogs Not Reimbursable; Amount of Awards
Section 163 - Notice to Euthanize Dog Which Has Caused Damage
Section 164 - Failure to Euthanize, Confine or Restrain Dog After Notice
Section 166 - Election of Remedy by Person Damaged
Section 167 - Ordering Dogs to Be Restrained; Euthanizing Unrestrained Dogs
Section 168 - Service of Order to Muzzle or Restrain Dogs; Penalty
Section 169 - Penalty on Officer; Report of Refusal or Neglect of Officer to Perform Duties
Section 171 - Liability to City or Town of Owner or Keeper of Dog
Section 173 - Ordinances and By-Laws Relating to Animals
Section 173a - Violation of Dog Control Laws; Non-Criminal Disposition
Section 174 - Recovery of Penalties
Section 174a - Euthanizing of Dogs or Cats by Barbiturates
Section 174b - Restraint of Dogs in Public Highway Rest Areas; Penalty
Section 174d - Research Institutions; License to Use Dogs or Cats; Rules and Regulations
Section 174e - Chaining or Tethering Dog; Confinement; Restrictions; Penalty
Section 176 - Registration of Stallion for Breeding Purposes; Certificate; Penalty
Section 177 - Licensing for Billiards, Pool or Sippio Table or Bowling Alley; Public Hearing
Section 178 - Business Operated Without License
Section 179 - Minors Admitted to Places of Business
Section 180 - Location of Bowling Alleys in Places Other Than as Ordered; Restraint
Section 180c - Application; Contents; Notice; Refusal; Revocation; Fees
Section 180d - Agency Contracts
Section 180g - Rules and Regulations
Section 181a - Appearance Under Assumed Name; Statement Filed; Penalty
Section 181b - Schedule of Prices for Patrons Posted; Penalty
Section 182 - Entertainment Without License; Exceptions
Section 182a - Price to Appear on Ticket; Penalty
Section 183c - Violation of Statute; Report of Conviction; Revocation of Charter of Corporation
Section 183d - Minimum or Cover Charge
Section 184 - Entertainments at Which Alcoholic Beverages Are Sold
Section 185b - Fees For, and for Renewal Of, Licenses to Resell Tickets
Section 185c - Revocation or Suspension of License
Section 185f - Violation of Statutes and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets
Section 185g - Nonapplicability of Statutes to Tickets for Entertainment of Nonprofit Organizations
Section 185i - Fortune Tellers; License
Section 187 - Maintenance of Rink Without License
Section 188 - Grant of License for Picnic Grove; Terms, Conditions and Regulations
Section 189 - Maintenance of Grove Without License
Section 190 - Peddling, Selling, Gaming, Horse Racing or Exhibitions Near Grove
Section 191 - Grant of License for Power Propelled Boats
Section 192 - Term; Record; Fee; Contents; Posting; Maximum Number of Passengers
Section 193 - Running of Boats Without License
Section 194 - Prohibition of Business of Renting of Boats or Bathing Suits Without a License
Section 195 - Posting of Notices Relative to Statutes
Section 196 - Engagement in Business Without License
Section 197 - Admission of Children to Entertainments
Section 198 - Admission of Young Persons to Dance Halls
Section 199 - Dance Halls and Skating Rinks; Statutes Posted at Entrances
Section 200 - Violation of Statutes
Section 201 - Right of Officers to Enter Premises; Obstruction of Entrance
Section 202 - Signature On, Record, Contents and Term of Licenses; Fees
Section 203 - Effective Date of License
Section 204 - Coverage of License
Section 205 - Revocation of License; Record; Notice