Chap. 108.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the sixth section of an act
entitled an act for the protection of sheep in the county of Rocking-
ham, approved March 16th, 1875.

Approved February 26, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sixth

section of the act entitled an act for the protection of sheep

in the county of Rockingham, approved March fifteen, eigb-
teen hundred and seventy-five, be amended and re-enacted
g0 as to read as follows:

§ 6. The board of supervisors shall allow, out of the fund

created by this act, a premium of seventy-five cents for the

scalp of a grey fox; one dollar and fifty cents for the scalp of
a red fox; two dollars and fifty cents for the scalp of a wild-
cat, and five dollars for the scalp’ of a wolf. They shall also
heve discretion to order the payment, in whole or in part,
the claims or damages to sheep, subject to the amount of
funds collected under this act, and the legal and equitable
right of each application. The excess over and above paying
for the damage to sheep, and the premium on scalps, shall be
turned over to the school fund of the county. It shall be
the duty of the attorney for the commonwealth to be present

and represent the interests of the county, when these claims

are decided.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.