Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-06
ORDNANCE NO. 100.
AN ORDINANCE to tax dogs, and
to regulate their running at large
within the CITY.

AN ORDINANCE to tax dogs, and
to regulate their running at large
within the City.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the
CITY Council Of the City Of Ottum,oa:
That it shall be the duty Of every per-
SON owning, or having charge Of any
dog, or bitch, within the limits of the
City, to pay the City Treasurer, the
annual tax of one dollar for every
dog, and two dollars for every bitch
taking the Treasurer's receipt there
for, and to put upon the neck Of every
such dog, or bitch, a metallic collar, or
acollar bearing metallic plate affixed
thereto, on which shall be legibly
marked, or engraved, the owners
name. Every person owning, or hav-
ing charge Of any dog, or bitch, with
in the city limits, who shall refuse, or
neglect to comply with the foregoing
provisions, shall be liable to fine Of
five dollars and costs, and on convic-
ton, shall stand committed till such
fine and costs are paid, as provided by
law.
SEC. 2. Every dog, or bitch, found
running at large, not collared or
marked IS above provided, or upon
which the tax has not been paid,
within ten days after due, may be
lawfully slain by any person, and it
shall be the duty of the city marshal,
or the deputy marshal, to slay such
dog, or bitch, and the prudent use of
| fire arms for this purpose shall not be
considered violation of Section lS of
Ordinance No. IA: Provided, that
dogs led by, or following any coun-
tryman, or traveller, temporarily
within the city shall not be subject to
the provisions of this ordinance.
SEC. 3. The Mayor upon reason
able apprehension of danger from
mad, or rabid dogs, may issue his
proclamation, requiring that all dogs
running at large, be securely muzzled,
and thereafter any dog, or bitch, run
ming at large, without being thus
muzzled, may be lawfully slain by any
person, and the owner Of such dog, or
bitch, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding ten dollars and costs, and
be committed till such fine and costs
are paid, as provided by law.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, owning or controlling a
bitch, to permit or suffer her to run al
large while she IL in heat, within the
limits of the city, with, or without q
collar or muzzle, and every such bitch
so found running at large, IL hereby
declared a nuisance, and the owner OF
the same shall on conviction, be fined
in any sum not less than 1--WE, mol
more than twenty-five dollars, for
every offense, and shall stand commit
ted till such fine and costs are paid, as
provided by law, and every such bitch
SO found at large, shall be slain and
disposed of as herein provided.
SEC. 5. The tax ON all dogs, shall
be due on and after the 18th day Of
June in each year. And it is hereby
made the duty of the Marshal to en-
force this ordinance, and for every
dog, or bitch, slain and buried By
him, or under his direction, the sum
of fifty cents each shall be allowed by
the council, to defray the expense
thereof.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall tax,
effect on the 10Th day of June, 1877
and prior thereto, shall be published
once in the Ottumwa Daily COURIER
Passed June 4, 1877.
j w. III. FETzER, US. PORTER,
City Clerk, Mayor.