Show I Cat s s Nine Lives in Danger Banger Massachusetts la sa Lawmaker Has Bill to Make lake Pu Pussy sy L' L Wear Year a License Tag If a bill now pending before the State Legislature goes through says 9 a a. a Boston Boston Doston Bos Dos J ton dispatch to the North Amen American can every Massachusetts cat which cannot produce a license to live upon demand will promptly lose every everyone one of its lives Representative Kimball of Newburyport Newbury- Newbury port has Introduced a measure to that effect and he lie believes that it is in the Interest of public he health The petition which accompanies the bill contains seventY seventy five five signers most of whom live In Ha or Groveland Groveland Groveland Grove- Grove land the latter place being the home of the woman with whom the idea originated or or- s This was Mrs George W W. who is neither a fancier of cats nor against the breed Mrs came to the conclusion that the State ought to protect cats and she asked Mr Kimball to introduce the he petition and bill that all cats shall be licensed Mrs found many who agreed with her that there were were alto altogether altogether alto gether too many unkempt un are ared for for forand and nd starving cats In almost every com community community com com- In the State and the signers of I the petition agreed also that some way should be provided to legally put put out of the way the abandoned cats which infest every neighborhood of any considerable considerable con con- on- on size Latterly it has it-has has also been demonstrated ed that cats carry infectious diseases and Mr Kimball says that in some of the States the authorities have been killing off ff stray felines on that account The license fee is fixed at 50 cents The bill provides that in all cities clUes and towns a record shall be kept of licensed cats and that whoever keeps a cat contrary contrary contrary con con- to the pro provisions of the act shall forfeit it 3 sa one one halt half of which shall be paid to the complainant and one half to the city or town treasury Annually within ten days after July 1st the Mayor l or chairman of the Selectmen Se- Se shall issue a warrant to toone one or more officers to kill or cause to be killed all cats which are not licensed |