Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
ORDINANCE.
Be IL ordained By the General Council Of 1e CITY
of MeHlghig.

BE Il ordained by the General Council Of DE City
Of Memphis:
SECTION !. The owner or possessor of o dog
or dogs shall pay an annual tax Of 81 for each
male dog ana So for each female dog, owned
or possessed by him or her, which tax shall
be paid to the City Tax Collector on or before
the nrst day of June of each year, and the
City Tax Collector shall report to the Comp
troller monthly, the amount of taxes re-
ce1Yed from this source and pay the same
into the City Treasury to the credit OF the Dig
Fund. a separate account of which shall be
kept by the Ct mptrOller and Treasurer. On
the payment Of the tax aforesaid the City
Register shall register the dog on which the
said tax Is pail ard stamp on the collar Of
the dog thus registered, the letters q. i. p,
and the year OF the registry.
Sec. . Previous to registering any dog, the
owner or poSsessor thereof shall procure and
put around the neck of such dog a metallic
or leather collar, at least one inch wide, upon
which the name OF The owner or pOsseSsOr
shall be engraved or i'm impressed and the
City Register scai Il not register any dog until
the tsX thereon is paid and a collar, as here
in required, is procured for said dog
Sec. 3. During the months OF June, July.
August and September, all dogs shall be
muzzled in o perfect and secure manner,
with a wire muzzle; and IL dur
found unnlng atlarge without q muzzle, and
out Of the inciosed premises of the owner or
possessor thereof, the said owner of pOssessor
shall be fined in a sum not less than rve nor
more thsn ten dollars for each time such dog
may be found running at large,to be collected
as other fines.
sec. 4. whoever shall suffer to be and re-
main in and about the premises inhabited
or occupied by him or her, any dog not reg
istered and collared as aforesaid, shall forfeit
and pay a sum not less than five or more than
ten dollars, 10 be collected as other fines.
Sec. 5. The Sanitary Sergeant shall appoint
and deputise one or more special deputies,
who shall be approved by the Mayor and
be sworn before him to faithfully Discharge
the duties assigned him or them by this or
dinance. The said special deputies shall dur
ing the months of June, July, August and
September, commencing on the first day OF
the first month named, in each year, destroy
all dogs found running at large not registered
and niuZzled, and they may adopt any mode
to plsh this that they may hin
proper; and the dogs so destroyed Shall be
Immediately removed by such special depu-
ties to the dredge boat, where they shall be
counted by the Sanitary Sergeant, and the
number so counted by BIN shall be duly cer-
ti1eu for to the special deputy killing the
same, aud also to the Mayor at his office;
PTOUided, That all dogs found running at
latge from and after the first day of August,
1870, without a collar, as required by this or
dinanoe, may be taken up and putt in a pound,
to be provided by the city for that purpose
aud if not called for within five days after
such impoundlng, and the tax as fixed by
Section / OF this ordinance paid as therein
required, and an additional fee OF one dollar,
One-half which shall go TO TIE city and one
half to the special deputy taking up and i'm
pOundln said dog, thef pOund-keeper. or
special deputy, shall put to death all such
dogs so remaing after five days, as required
b. this ordinance.
Sec. 6. The special deputies shall be paid
twenty-five dollars per month for their ser
Vices, and in addition fifty 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-
gether with the salary ofthespecial deputies,
shall be charged to the dog fund, and such
deputies shall be required 10 remove all dogs
thus slain, TO the dredge boat, or without the |
city limits, without additional charge.
See. 7. Any special deputy aforesaid, who
shall destroy any dog collared and muZzled,
during the months Aforesaid. or shall bring
or Clusp to be brought any dog lnfO the cit |
for the purpose of destroying the same, or
shall entice any dog outof the inclOsed prem
is6s OF the owner or poSseSsor, or shall seize |
or modest any dog while held or led by any
person, or shall remove nom any dog the |
muzzle or collar with which such dog is pro-
v1ded, or shall thrOw or cause to be thrown |
or place any poisonous substance in any pri- |
vafe Enclosure, shall forfeit and pay a sum of
not less than five nor more than twenty dol
lars.
S C s. Ifany owner or poscessor of a 6eree
or dangerous dog permit the same 10 90 at
large IN the city 10 the LANCER or annoyance
the inhabitants, he shall forfeit and pay
for the first oiIense a sum not exceeding i've
dollars; for the second oflense, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten dollars; for the third offense, a |
a third conviction for the same Offense, the |
Sanitary Sergeant shall Immediately cause
the dog, upon account of which the coDVic-
ton takes place, to be slain. Provided, that
If any such dog while at large shall bite or |
wound any person, such dog shall be Imme-
slain.
Sec. 8. Irany owner or posseSsor OF a female
dog permit her to run at large at any time /
while in heat, he or she shall forfeit and pay
ten dollars; and ii shall be the duty of the
Sanitary Sergeant and mis- deputies to cause
any female dog, running at large at such
times, TO be slain.
Sec. IL The word "dog," wherever used in
this ordinance without qualification, is in
to mean a female as well as a male
dog.
Sec. IL. In addition TO the affidavit required
by the ordinance, no deputy shall receive his
fees for destroying dogs until he shall pro-
duce the Sanitary Sergeant'sc certificate or the
number ofdOgs thus slain or destroyed.
Passed first reading, rules being suspended.
Passed second reading by Board, July %, 20.
Passed first reading by COuncil. Passed sec
ond reading by Council, July 10th, 20, by a
suspension of the rules.
Approved July p, 1870.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Attest. T., r RTCH AIMS (ifu RaUfctar irpe |