Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-02
ORDNANCE.

BE Il Ordained By The General Council OF ne cfs
Of Memphis:
SECTION l.. The owner or possessor of a doc
or dogs h pay an annual tax ofs2 for eacl
male dog and So for each female dog, owned
or possessed by him or her, which tax shall
be patd 10 the City Tax Collector on or before
the first day OF June OF each year., and tbs
City Tax Collector 81 III report to the Comp
| troller monthly, the amount of taxes re-
eetved from this source and pay the same
into the City Treasury to the credit OF the Dog
Fund. a separaie account of which shall be
Kept by the q mptroller and Treasurer. On
The payment Of the tax Aforesaid the city
Register shall register the dog on which the
said tax Is pail az d stamp on the collar oil
the deg TINS registered, the letters G.. 7. p,
and the year of she registry.
Sea- 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 leastone Inch wide upon
which the name OF the owner or pOssessoF
shall be engraved or impressed and the
City Register shall not register any dog until
the tax thereon is paid and q collar, as here
in required, Is procured for said dog.
5ee.3. During the months OF June, July.
August and September, all dogs shall be
muzzled in a perfect and secure manner,
ing these months any dog b be
found running atIarge without q muzzle, and
out of the tnelose ed premises Of theO owner or
Possessor thereof, the said owner of passessOr
shall be fined in q sum not less than i've nor
more thRn ten dollars for each time such dog
may be found running at Iargs,to be collected
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, to me collected as other fines.
Sec. 5. The Sanitary Sergeant shall appoint
and deputise one or more special deputies.
who shall be approved blythe 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, 'ng on the first day OF
the first month named, in each year, destroy
all dogs found running at large not registered
and muzzied, and they may adopt any mode
TO accomplish this that they may think
praperI 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 him shall be duly GER
tihed for 10 the special deputy killing the
same and also to the Mayor at his Office;
PrOrided, hat all dogs. found running at
large from and after the first day OF August,
1870, without q collar, as required by this or
dinancesmay be taken up and put Ia a pound
10 be provided by the city Tor that purpOse
and il not called for within five days after
such i~mpoundlng, and the tax as dxsd bY
Section ! OF this ordinance paid as therein
required, and an additional fSE 81 one dollar,
ope-han which shall go to ire city and OLe-
half 10 the special deputy taking up and i'm
pounding said dog. the po~und-keeper. or
special deputy, h pat to death ali such
dogs so remaing after five days, as required
Sec 6. The special deputies shall be paid
twenty-five dollars per month for their ser
vices, and in addition nfIy 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 OF ths special deputies,
shall be charged TO the dog fand, and such
deputies shall be required 10 remove all dogs
thus slain, 10 the dredge boat, or without the
city limits, without additional charge.
Sec. Z. Any special deputy aforesaid, who
shall destroy any dog cOllared and muzzled,
during the months aforesaid. or Eh6ll bring,
OF cause TO be drought, any dog into the city
for the purpose OF destroying the same, or
shall enlice any dog outOf the Enclosed prem
fsss ofthe 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-
vided, or shall throw or cause 10 be thrown
or place any poisonous substance "a ana PHI
vate inclOsure, shall forfeit and pay a sum of
not less than i've nor more h twenty dol
lars.
SIC. s. Ifany owner or possessor OF a fierce
or dangerous 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 five
dollars; for the second Offense, n sum not ex-
cseding ten dollars; for the third Offense, a
sum not exceeding twenty dollars; and upon
a third conviction Tor the same Offease, the
Sanitary Sergeant shall Immediately cause
the dog, upon account OF which the eonvic
tion takes plaee, to be slain. Provided, tina
If any such dog while al large shall bite or
wound any person, such dog shall be lmme-
diately slain.
Sec. .. Ifany owner or possessor Of a female
dog perlait her TO run at large at any time
while in heat, he or sheshan forfeit and 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.
See. 10. The word " dog, u wherever used in
this ordinance without qualification, is in
tended to mean a female as well as a male
dog.
Sec II. In addition TO the Affidavit required
by the ordinance, no deputy SHALL receive his
fees for destroying dogs until he shall pro-
duee the Sanitary Sergeant's certificate OF the
number of dogs thus slain or destroyed.
Passed first reading, rules being suspended.
Passed second reading by Board, July %, 20.
Passed first reading by Council. Passed zee
ond reading by Council, July Ath, 20, by q
suspension OF the rules.
Approved July y, lS7a.
JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Attest: L. Il. RICHARDS, City Register. iY2