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ORDINAI��CE MELi R l
AIT ORDINANCE DEFINING VICIOUS DOGS AND PROVIDING FOR THE RE&
STRALNING, DISPOSITION, -AND KILLING THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLL07S:
SECTION ONE.
That any dog which shall habitually bite, attempt to bite,
snap at, attack, or threaten any person or persons on the public
streets of the City of Pasco, and or uhich shall habitually
annoy or put in fear of injury any person or persons on such
streets, shall be, and is hereby defined as a vicious dog.
SECTION T1.70.
Upon complaint being made to the Chief of Police that any
person in the City of Pasco orin, harbors, or has in his custody
or control any vicious dog, as defined in Section One hereof, it
shall be the duty of the said Chief of Police to investigate and
determine whether or not such dog so complained of is, in fact,
a vicious dog as herein defined, and if the said Chief of Police,
after such investi„ation, detemines that said dog is a vicious
dog as herein defined, he shall then notify the person having
charge, custody, or control of such animal, that he must keep
the same securely upon his oin premises and not alloy said dog
upon the streets except the same shall be under leash and accompanied
by the said oviner or person having custody thereof, and if, after
said notice has been given, the said dog is again found or seen
upon the streets in violation of the provisions of this section,
it shall then be the duty of the Chief of Police to take, or cause
• said dog to be taken, outside the City Limits and killed and
buried.
SECT IOM THREE.
Any persons ivho, being the owner of any dog or the person
having custody or control of any dog which is a vicious dog, as
defined in Section One of this Ordinance, and «ho shall wailfully
permit such animal to be at large on the streets of Pasco, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be
fined in any su.m not less than $5 nor more than $25, and pay
the costs of prosecution.
SECTION FOUR.
This ordinance shall be in force and effect five days after
its passage and publication.
Passed and approved this /7 day of , 1931.
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Mayor.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney.