Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-14

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FropOsed Arrest AND Tmp0unding o.
htinerant CRnines-An InieresGIns
Document.
The following ordinance has passed three
readings in the Board Of Aldermen, ami
will probably come before the Common
Council this afternoon:
An Ordinance TO prevent Female Dogs running
at large in the city Of Nashville, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Mayor and City
Council: Section. l. That female dogs,
when running at large in the public streets,
are hereby declared 10 be a public nui-
sance, and that any person being a resi-
dent Of the city, and the owner Of such fe-
male dog, and who knowingly and viii
lipgly permits such female dog to run at
large on Che public streets, is hereby de-
clared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, the
penalty Of which shall be a fine of not less
than five, nor more than ten dollars.
Sec. 2. Be il further enacted, That Il
shall be unlawful for any dog to. run at
large on the public streets from the 1st day
of July until the lst day of October of each
and every year, unless such dog shall have
securely put on a good, strong, substantial
and safe muzzle, so as to effectually pre-
vent said dog from biting.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted, That it is
hereby made the special duty of the City
Marshal, Deputy Marshals and the Metro
politan Police, to enforce the provisions of
this act, by arresting the person guilty of
the misdemeanor named here
Sec. 4. Be il further enacted, That il
shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to obstruct the officers in carrying into
effect the provisions of this ordinance and
any person 90 offending shall be liable to
be brOdght before any Justice ofthe Peace
in the city of Nashville, or any Commits
sioner of Metropolitan Police in said CITY.
and upon conviction be fined not less than
live nor more than twenty dollars for every
such offense, together with the costa.
Sec. D. Be it further enacted, That the |
City Marshal shall have power 10 appoint |
such persons as he may see fit, whose duty |
1t shall be to arrest all dogs found running ]
at large within the city limits within the |
prescribed period of time, except when |
properly muzzled, as above provided, and |
take the said dogs so arrested to the city |
wOrkhOuse, and shall receive from the City |
Nh Hhai th0 hulA VI ully cents lOr eacn uOg 4
so delivered up. Said dogs shall be kept |
IN place set apart by the Keeper of the /
Workhouse, in the workhouse, for one
week, and at the expiration of that time,
II any dog 80 confined be not claimed, it |
shall be the duty of the person who de-
llyered up said dog TO take said dog outside
thecity limits, aud Kill and bury the said /
dog and said fifty cents shall not be paid I'M
til said dog shall have been delivered upio
the owner thereof, or killed and buried as
aforesaid. The owner of any dog so ar
rested and detained, upon claiming said
dog, shall pay all costs of said arrest and
detention.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the
City Marshal shall be paid out of the City
Treasury all expenses incurred by him in
carrying out the provisions of this act, and
he Recorder shall issue his check for the
anne. ~ 4
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That this
aw shall take effect from and after its
passage, and be published in each of the
'ity papers. 1