Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-28
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BE u ordained 6y he General CoaSseR OF he City
Of Memphis: e
SECTION l. The owner OF possessor Of a deg
or dogs shall pay am annuaftax OF s. for each
male dog and s. for each female dog, owned
CT possessed by him or her, which tax shall
be paid to the City Tax Collector on or before
the first day OF June of each year, and the
city Tax Collector shall report to the Comp
troller monthly, the amount OF taxes re-
ceived from this source and pay the same
into the City Treasury to the credit of the Org
Fund n separGs e account OF which shall be
the payment of the tax Aforesaid the City
Register shall register the dog on which the
said tax Is paid ar stamp on the collar OF
the dog thus registered, the letters q. 7. p,
aud the year OF the registry.
Sec. 2. Previous to registering any dog, the
owner or Possessor thereof shall procure and
put around the neck OF such dog q metallic
or leather collsr, at IeastOne inch wide upon
which the name OF the owner or pOssessor
shall be engraved or Impressed and the
city Register 81 all not register any dog until
the tsx thereon is paid and q collar, as here
in rfquire1, is procured for said dog
Sec During the months OF June, July,
August and September, al dogs shall be
muzzled in a perfect and secure manner
with a wire muzziei and II dur
Oundr running atIarge without q muzzle, and
out of the inelOSsd premises OF the owner or
possessor thereof, the said owner of possessor
shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor
more thsn ten dollars for each time such dog
may be found running at largA,to be eollected
as other fines.
sec. 4. uDCNt I'll II uuG 10 DC auu re-
main in and about the premises inhabited
or occupied by him or her, any dog not reg
istered and eoilared as aforesaid, shall forfeit
and pay q sum not less than five or more than
ten dollars, TO be collected as other fines.
Sec. 5. Tn Sanitary Sergeant shall appoint
and deputtse one or more special deputies,
who shall be approved by the Mayor and
be sworn before hiIa to faithfully discharge
the duties assigned him or them by this Or-
finance. The said speeialdeputies shall dur
ing the months of June, July, August and
September, eommenc ng on the aFst day of
the first month famed, In each year, destroy
all dogs found running at large not registered
and uIGzzled, and they may adopt any mode
to accomplish this that they may think
proper; and the uogs 50 destroyed shah be
Immediately removed by such special depu-
counted by the Sanitary Sergeant, and the
number so counted by him shall be duly GER
titled for to the special depcty killing the
same, and also to the Mayor at his once;
Pr0UtIed, That all dogs fonnd ruLrIng at
large from and after the first day OF August,
dinanee,mayb be taken up and putin a pound,
to be provided by the city Tor hat purpose +;
aud II not called for within nye days after
such impounolng, and the tax as fixed by
Section / OF this ordinance paid as therein
required, and an additional fee OF one dollar,
one-hslI which shalt go TO the city and ohe-
half to the special deputy taking up and inn
pounding said dog the ponndzkeeper. or
special deputy, shall put to death all such
dogs so remaing after nye days, as required
by this ordinance,
Sec. @. The special deputies shall be paid
twenty-five dollars per month for their ser
vices, and In addition nifty cents for each dog
slain, destroyed or impounded, the number
to be sworn TO at the end OF each month be-
fore the Mayor, and all sums thus paid, to-
shall be ~chargedto the dog fnnd, and such
deputies shall be required 10 remove all dogs
thus slain. to the d~redge-boat, or without the
city limits, without additional charge.
Sec. 7. Any special deputy aforesaid, who
shall destroy any dog o0llaIed and muzzled.
during the months Aforesaid, or shall bring,
or cause to be brought, any dog into the city
for the purpose OF destroying the same, or
shall enIice any dog oUtof theinslnse9 preEa-
ises of the owner OF pQssessor, or shall sei4e
or modest any dog while held or led by any
person, or shall remove nom any dog the
muzzle or collar with which suOh dog Is pro-
vided. or shall throw or cause TO be thrown
or place any poisonous substance in any prt-
vate inclosnre,s shall forfeit and pay a sum of
not less than i've nor more than twenty dol
lars.
Sac. s. II owner or possessor of a heree
or dangef Gus dog permit the same TO go at
large in the city to the danger or annoyance
of the Inhabitants, he shall forfeit and pay
for the first offense a sum not exceeding i've
dollars; for the second Ohense, q sum not ex-
seeding ten dollarsi for the third offense, a
sum not exceeding twenty dollars; and upon
a third conviction Tor the same onense, the
Sanitary Sergeant shall Immediately cause
the dog, upon account OF which the eonyia-
ton takes place, TO be slain Provided, that
II any such dog while at large shall bite or
wound any person, such dog shall be imme-
diately slain.
sec. y. 4ldnJ ONuSI VI pDssSsSOh VI y Ac1la-S
dog permit her to run at large at any time
while in heat, he or she shall forfeit n pay
ten dollars; and 1t shall be the duty OF the
Sanitary Sergeant and his deputies to cause
any female dog. running at large at such
times, to be slain.
Sec. 10. The word dog" wherever used in
this ordinance without qualification, is in
tended to mean a female as wen as q male
dog.
see, IL. 10 addition to the affidavit required
by the ordinance, no deputy shall receive his
fees for destroying dogs until he shall pro-
luce the Sanitary Sergeants certificate OF the
number of dogs thus slain or destroyed.
Passed first reading, rules being suspended.
Passed second reading by Board, July 20, 40.
Passed first reading by Council Passed tec-
ond reading by Council, July 10Th, 70, by a
suspension of the rules.
Approved July 2, 1870.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor