Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-04-23
An Ordinance
To restrain Sciae, Stations and .JackGsscS from
running at large.

running at large
The Common Council of the city of Pres
colt do urdain as follows:
SECTION |. No swine, stations over one
wear old, or iackasScs shall hereafter run at larce
in the streets, comnons. or alleys OF the CRY
of Prescott. aud the owner. lessee. ~ any per
son who has the charge of any such animals
and who shall suffer or permit the same 10 run
at large, cor trarv to the provisions OF inns sec
ton. shall. on conviction thereof. he liaoie 10
a reraltv of not less than two. nor more imam
ten dollars for each and every offence.
Srr D In order TO carry out the provisions
! IF this ordinance and to provide for keeping
/ and confirming all animals running at large
contrary to It's provisions, there shall be estab-
Irshed in said city under the authority of the
Common Council. and at the expense of said
CITY. Pound to be under the charge of the
Pound Keeper, and to be kept by him.
SEC. 8 The Common Council shall appoint
suitable person pound keeper for said city,
whose duty 1t shall be TO perform the various
duties prescribed in this ordinance and said
pound keeper shall. before entering upon the
duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath
of office, to faithfully and impartially dis
charge the duties of his office as pound keep
er. which said oath shall be filed in the Office
of the city clerk.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the pound
keeper to secure and confine in said pound all
swine, stations over one year old, or lackasses
found running at large in the streets, COM
mons, or alleys in said city. the same to be
safely kept and provided for, and TO e de-
livered to any owner calling for the same, up
on the payment by him to the keeper of the
mound of the sum of three collars for any such
stations or iackasses, or one dollar for any
swine. together with the expense of subsis-
| tence for the length Of time any sCch animal
NAV have he N cmpounded. to be estimated at
| reas enable and lair rate, which said rate
shall in no case exceed twenty-five cents per
1 day fo, any swine. or fifty cents per day for
| anv stallion or jackass.
| SEC 5. 1t shall be lawful for any person
| finding any of the above named animals run
| ming at large contrary TO the provisions of Sec
| tIou one Of this ordinance, to drive them TO
/ the pound, and it shall be the duty of the
| pound keeper thereupon to receive the same,
! and to pay to the person delivering the same
/ the sum of fifty cents for each and every such
| animal SO impounded. and to enter the name
of the person delivering the same, the date of
| impounding and the description of all the an
/ finals impounded. in register kept by him
| for that purpose which register shall be kept
open for inspection to all persons applying
therefor.
| SIC. 6. ANY impounded animal not re,eas-
! ed as above provided. within five DAYS, in
/ case of swine, or ten days in case of stations
or jackasses. from the impending thereof,
may be sold at public vendue. by said pound
keeper at the pound gate, after giving three
days notice of such sale. by posting such noti-
ces in at least tkree conspicuous places in said
CITY. which said notices shall contain des-
criptlon of the animal or animals to be sold.
but no pound keeper shall be purchaser at
such sale.
SEC. Z. The moneys received at any such
sale, after ded1 netting the amount of the release
fee and expense of subsistence ard sale,
(Which said tee for posting notices and selling
each animal is hereby fixed at fifty cents
shall be paid to the owner If the ANNA. s1ld
when asccrtaincd, and if not aseertained with
in thirty days shall be paid over to the City
Treasurer, and in the latter event. it shall be
the duty of the pound keeper to report the
same to the City Clerk forthwith.
SEC &. No person shall wilfully obstruct or
prevent the apprehension or impounding of
any animal running at large contrary to this
ordinance under penalty of not less than two
nor more than ten dollars for cac' and every
offence with costs of suit.
SEC. 8 No person shall forcibly enter said
pound and take away any such animal or am
mails therein impounded. or shall tear off any
board or boards from said pound. or shall III
any way assist any such animal to escape
from said pound, under a penalty of not less
than five or more than fifteen dollars, with
costs of suit.
SEC. 10. All ordinances heretofore passed to
restrain swine from running at large IN said
city are hereby repealed.
Passed April II. 1862.
j. NJ. WHIPPLE, Mayor.
W. T. HATCH City Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that the foregoing
ordinance was passed by the Common Council
of the city of Prescott, on the seventeenth day
of April, 1862.
W, T. HATCH, CITY Clerk.