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ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO TIE ANIMALS IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO GRAZE ON CITY STREETS AND SETTING OUT THE IMPOUNDING OF CATTLE THAT RUN AT LARGE IN THE CITY AND SETTING FINES
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It shall be unlawful for any person to tie any horse, cow, mule, goat, hog, or any other animal upon or across any street, sidewalk or alley for the purpose of grazing or in such position that they can graze upon or across any street, sidewalk of alley; or to permit the same to graze thereupon in any manner, and the animals so tied shall be considered to be at large within the meaning of this ordinance and shall be impounded hereunder.
It is hereby made the duty of each member of the police department to restrain and impound all cattle whenever the same may be found running at large within the City of Jonesboro and to confine the same in the City pond. If the owner, or one having the right to possession of any such animal, be known, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or some subordinate member of the police department to notify such owner or person having the right to possession as soon as practicable after the animal shall have been impounded. If such owner, or the person having the right to such possession, shall remove the said animal from the City pound within twenty-four hours after such notice there shall be no fees charged except the impounding fee, which shall be One Dollar ($1.00) for each animal, or One Dollar each for the first two animals belonging to the same person impounded at the same time, and fifty cents each for each additional animal belonging to such person and impounded at the same time. For every day after the first that such animal remains in the pound, a fee for feeding and watering each animal, of twenty-five cents per day shall be charged and collected before the animal is delivered to the owner or person claiming the right to possession.
In all cases in which the owner is not known when any animal shall have been impounded, it shall be t...
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