In Sacramento the 'pound' was where they took in all the stray animals that were picked up by animal control or dropped off as unwanted. So I'm guessing the pound master was the guy in charge of what we now call the 'animal shelter' or 'animal control office.' lc In a message dated 2/20/2012 2:20:37 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Anybody know what a "Poundmaster" was? "WANTED A POUNDMASTER A petition was received from residents of Oak Park asking for the appointment of C.W. TODD as Poundmaster of Sutter Township, in which Sacramento’s thriving suburb is located. The petition was granted, Supervisor MORRISON alone voting no, not from any personal reasons, as he remarked, but because he is unalterably opposed to pound masters in any form, either dead or alive, and if he had any preference for them it was in the former condition" ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message