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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING FURTHER THE KEEPING OF DOGS; FIXING THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL LICENSE THEREFOR; REQUIRING CERTIFICATE BY LICENSED VETERINARIAN AS TO RABIES VACCINATION AS PREREQUISITE FOR LICENSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That hereafter the amount of the annual license fee to be collected by the City Collector from each person, firm or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall be the sum of one dollar ($1.00) per dog per annum, regardless of the sex of the dog.
SECTION 2. That every person, firm or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog of the age of three months old or older is hereby required to obtain from a licenses veterinarian a certificate that such animal has been vaccinated for the prevention of rabies within 30 days before the issuance of the city license on such dog; that such certificate must be presented to the City Collector before a city license shall be issued for such animal; that said certificate and license on dogs which become three months old after that date must be obtained on or before such dogs become three months old.
SECTION 3. Any persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
SECTION 4. This ordinance is intended to be cumulative to all other regulation of dogs and only ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed.
SECTION 5. Emergency. It is found that dogs not protected from rabies are a danger to the public health and safety; that the immediate passage of this ordinance is necessary to the protection of the public peace, health and safety; and emergency is therefore hereby declared and the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of May, 1947.