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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
ARTICLE I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1: CRUELTY. No person shall cruelly treat any animal within the City of Jonesboro in any way; any person who inhumanely beats, underfeeds, overloads, or abandons any animal shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and shall be punished as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2: DANGEROUS ANIMALS. It shall be unlawful to permit any dangerous animal or vicious animal of any kind to run at large within the city; exhibitions or parades of animals which are of feared nature in the eyes of the law may be conducted only upon securing a permit from Chief of Police.
SECTION 3: NOISES. It shall be unlawful to harbor or keep any animals which disturb the peace and quiet by loud, unusual or obnoxious noises at any time of the day or night.
SECTION 4: STRAYS. It shall be unlawful to permit any cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, or poultry, or nay other animals of like kind, to run at large in eth city. It shall further be unlawful to picket or tie any such animal in any of the streets or street right-of-ways of the City of Jonesboro for the purpose of grazing or feeding same. The owner of any such animal running at large or so picketed or tied shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and subject to fine as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 5: KILLING DANGEROUS ANIMALS. The members of the Police Department or any other person in the City of Jonesboro are authorized to kill any dangerous animal of any kind when it is necessary for the protection of any person or property.
SECTION 6: DESEASED ANIMALS. No domestic animal afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease shall be allowed to run at large, or to be exposed in any public place whenever the health of man or beast may be effected; or shall such diseased animal be ship...
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