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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 4-23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED DOG
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: That Section 4-23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jonesboro is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The owner of any dog impounded hereunder may redeem the same by paying all of the costs, charges and penalties assessed, if any, that have accrued up to the time of making the redemption, and shall pay the license fee and have such dog vaccinated as required by this article, if said dog has not already been licensed and vaccinated, and when the same are paid to the pound keeper it shall be his duty, and he shall release the dog and deliver him to the owner thereof.
(b) If the owner of any dog impounded hereunder does not redeem the same by paying the costs, charges and penalties assessed in the time and manner as prescribed in this article, then such dogs may be offered out for adoption before they are destroyed pursuant to Section 4-25, but shall play only the charges as follows:
(1) $5.00 adoption charge which shall include all impounding and boarding charges and which shall include the license fee and the charge for vaccinating said dog, if said dog has not already been licensed and vaccinated.
Section 2: It is found and declared by the City Council that many dogs now impounded in the City Pound are being destroyed because of the large and excessive board and impounding fees charged against them and that, therefore, an emergency exists and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, it shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of November, 1965.