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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0511 Ordinance49 No ORDINANCE NO. 511 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF DOGS IN THE CITY OF PASCO AND FIXING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.' 1 ! THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 2 SECTION ONE: Every person who shall own or have in his pos- session, or who shall harbor or control, keep or maintain in the 4 City of Pasco, any dog, male or female, shall be required to pay 5 a license therefore, as herein provided: 6 For each male dog the fee shall be'one dollar per year, and 7 for each female dog, three dollars per year. For the purposes of 8 this ordinance, the term "male dog" shall include spaded females. 9 It shall be the duty of every such person to call at the office of — 10 the City Clerk between May 1 and June 1 of each year and pay the 11 said license fee for each dog owned, harbored, or controlled by 12 them within the city limits, ang the Clerk shall issue a license 13 for such dog or dogs which shall date from the first day of i11ay 14 and be in force until the first day of May following, and the dog 15 described therein but none other, shall be entitled to remain in 16 the city limits until such last named date without further license 17 tax. No dog shall be taxable until it has reached the age of six 18 months. 19 SECTION TWO: The City Clerk, in issuing said licenses, shall 20 also issue to the licensee, a metal tag suitable to be attached to 21 a collar which shall bear the legend, "City of Pasco, Dog License 22 Number said number to correspond with the number of the 23 _i0, license, and such tag shall be securely fastened by said licensee 24 to the neck of the dog for which said license was paid, and said 25 tag must be securely kept on the neck of said dog at all times z 26 of° f during the continuance of said license. fn z U M _ 2oa 27 SECTION THREE: All dogs found anywhere within the City of LL LL J 28 ;0:6 Pasco and not having on their necks said tags are hereby declared x a 29 o. to be a public nuisance, and it shall be the -duty of the Chief of 30 Police to restrain and impound all such dogs, and when impounded, 31 they shall be kept for forty-eight hours, at the end of which 32 time it shall be discretionary with the Chief of Police as to Page 1. No 1 whether such animals or any of them shall be sold to defray 2 expenses of keeping them or whether they shall be killed, and if 3 the Chief of Police shall not sell said animals as aforesaid, he 4 shall, after the expiration of said forty-eight hours, cause said 5 dogs to be killed. 6 SECTION FOUR: Any owner or harborer of any dog so impounded 7 may regain the same within forty-eight hours from the time of the 8 commencement of said impounding, by paying to the City Clerk the 9 prescribed license fee together with a penalty of one dollar, and 10 obtain from the City Clerk a license tag in the manner above pre - 11 scribed, and also a receipt for said penalty of one dollar and 12 upon the presentation of such license tag and receipt to the 13 officer having said animal impounded, said animal shall be at 14 once released. 15 SECTION SIX: Ordinance #269 is hereby repealed. 16 SECTION SEVEN: This ordinance shall be in full force and 17 18 19 20 21 effect from and after five days from its passage and publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS DAY OF' , 1943. 22 ATTEST: 23 24 CITY CLERK 25 26 APPROV D TO FORM1,* 27 CITY ATT EY 28 29 30 31 32 Page