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ORDINANCE REGARDING KEEPING OF DOGS WITHIN THE CITY
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It shall be unlawful for any person owning or harboring any animal of the dog kind to suffer or permit such animal to run at large in any of the streets, alleys, public places, market places, or commons of the City without having first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
The sum of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) shall be paid as a license fee for the keeping of each dog each year; and the sum of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) for each bitch, which sums shall be collected and licenses issued so far as practicable in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 231, adopted September 14, 1907, Section 225 hereof; Provided that the Chief of Police shall in addition to each written license deliver to the payer of the license a metal tag with number and words thereon indicating payment of license for the dog wearing such tab, which tag shall, by the person owning or harboring such dog, be attached to a collar and worn by such dog.
It is hereby made the duty of the Chief of Police and all Police Officers to kill all dogs that may be running at large without license as required by the ordinances of this City, and forthwith to notify the City Scavenger who shall convey the body of the dog so killed outside of the City limits, and for the conveying away of each such body the said Scavenger shall receive not more than Twenty-five Cents; Provided the Chief of Police shall give ten days notice by publication in a daily newspaper before carrying out the provisions of this ordinance regarding such killing of unlicensed dogs.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or harboring any animal of the dog kind, to suffer or permit such animal to run at large without a substantial collar of leather, iron, copper, brass, or check hereinbefore referred to, and it shall be unlawful for such person to suffer or permit such animal to wear any other license tag than the identical one ...
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