, 1879-08-08
deemed. a. her.ln.tter provided. within fou, DAYS

deemed. a. hernlnsttor provided, within four DAYS
after such dog shall hs svo been tnpouaded shall
@en vi ss ev ep .hn b. !. .o Of
eanre tho same to be nlafn: tat II a. hrrthy nro-
hst sny aoH - .s;% my he TO-
CITY clsrk showing that Tho ta1 hereby imposed
pouna r. ,na lie
70 ssns ues dsy for each aud every day sueh dog
shall i'ass hesn 'mpounded.
aashoslzea 70 collect pound fec " 81 upon every
@ saea @ aog ~ 'hat .n!! he % imrounued and 20 cent?
ed; ind every sueh sI Ionndksspss or ss shsi ksep
pay !nt9 ths c!ty Treasury iii money. reeqI.ed
received by him N such i'onndkespef.
The ninth section covers The foo to impound-
other than members or assihtants Of the police
furce nIul Poundmasters takttg 10 auy round
anT dog liable TO he npoundel shall receive ~
cents from the poundkeepcr ont ot any moneys
thiA chapter; but II at'nll l,e an oEcnse punish
abie with INA to remove tlc metallic plato
tFecistcr tnhfk) from any dug 3 nerk tor the pur-
poso Of impoundtng the animal The pe,,nity
shall not he less than $40 nor more ttlnn SjI,
upon conviction.
THIS ORDINANCE sTAHDs uNNRrEALan
upon the books to-day, sud II Just ~ valid rs
UPON tic day wheu u vent through the Council
aud uas approved. II Las never been repealGl
nor amended. Therefore, II tllu owtuEs of dogs
aud u,etr cactncs gone some fina lag, and trace
them to the pound, they inuat not think tlle
pouudkeeper - oycrstcpplnE hts bounds Of
duty II tie insists upon tho payment not oulY
Of the Gust ot subsistence, hut ulc 50 rctlemp-
ton fec which the law expltritely says nust he
mada ia ord89 to eava The dog from tic common
fate which Is sure to oVertako t1osa which arc
fritndlcss. ...... .......
Although tbts ordinance WAS adopted In 1871,
It has been 4 dcadctter for fully six years. But
while It Is dcxd.lcttcr 10 fat as 1ts enforce
mont IN concernef!, tbnse WHO may complain
that the pouud-fccs are unauthorized. should
they happen to have experience In ths lIrec.
tIufl, can seo that they are fully authorized.
When the ordinance passed in 1871 the owners
hastcd themselves to tl,c city Clerks office and
took ont the necessary license to save the ours
from tue ygll@ane @ police aa tue ayarcions @ boy.
There were =, 00O licenses taken out, x, wv dogs
labeled, and
TWO THOUSAND cAE1NE.owNRns
made to feel happy In tic INSURANCE that no
BARN could bcfa1i their puts, no matter how
tnuch jheY might keep themselves in public
.Igr,edehlares anu torment the comfort Of the
III ls72 it had hccome an old story, or else The
value Of dogs bad dcprccatcd amazingly, Tor
there were but 200 registered.
t!on III ~: dog.Inarket Only 1G9 owners u
sl pas sfsu and d. requisite % ss 4 sF. ss Was
found a. ~. INT :, tue revenues did Mt MT
metaltc Lays. and the city WIS out OF pocket IN
t!ic venture that year. The last dogs regiatercd
waa alonE about ti,e middle Of October.
| 1n 1874 the City clcsk was ready With receipts.
blank-book, anu tags. but no dogs appeared,
n,H1 from tiut t!tnr to Tits there hnsn't been d
dug llecnacd tn Chicago.
lu le's 1t appeaEs that steDA were tnkcn to
suLL1rr THE ORDINANCE THROUGH LEGAL
pNOcKED1N6s.
| t,1xr
Arnold streets. hat been made the reniczVous
tS dogs wEkeh E had . been 'r run ''' II minus
tags and, therefore, unlicensed. These dngs
combined effect Of their huwlilgs Tor freedom
was not as pleasant as an operat,c Chorus. 1t
| nevertheless was characterized By WEor that
made It approclablc for many blocks around.
| Tue result Wns the people down fl1erc found
!hat Inc dog ordinance bad nliscarricd and !,,-
aicted upon them q nuisaucc that tl,ry would b.
rid u. ThcFctore. Geurge $. Middleton hcd IN
application ior an injunction, "cptoinsng the dc:
Public Works, a.,d john MeGratl, roaudutastcr,
to destst and refsaln from impounds, Or brl,l.-
ing In or ulau sud do..nouul, nnY dog or dogs,
and tm. tie said ;, defendants be directed to
q temporary injunction AuE. 81, 1872, aud d.
rcetcd Master tu take pronfB. Il demurrer
was then lilcd. The desnurrct WIS oyerruled.
nntl subsequently ihc sutt was dismissed, nt
There were soulu wtlo had gained tie itnuressou
tat permanent injunction wns grautcd antl
thus u,e dug ordinance rendered imperative by
this act III Court. Hut such was not tie case,
as the records show.
While there has been no l!cena!tg Of logs
ance 1918 there have boon III cuse8 Of I.nIollua-
tNg for violation Ut thu orainAncc, and, conse-
gucttlY, III 1cturns of fees froul this source
| from dogs. In ls11, thrro WIS about $f,oKl
| realized from dircct taxation III these aniAins,
while tic fees from iMpounled dogs we're quite
heavy. 3nce 1871 There have becn no returns
on this scots uiu.lc by tic Fouudkeepers, unt!
sfncn the present raid on dogs was begun iu tie
Interest of glue manufacturers, tneru has been
nothing realized. by thu city. frotu the fRct That
no dogs have been inlponndcd that have
not bcei, sent to slaughter. In plain words, tue
city IL the purchasing ngvnt for uogs for glue
makers, anu doesu't realize even penny oa i
dug for tic transaction. 1t WIS thought tlmt
| This plan would work better tlan polsonnE anil
leaving tile carcasses about tie strctts for laya
at lttne u1i So 1t was undertaken. So lar It
tlas worked ycry we'll. But why can't the al.
thurt!cs iusist on enforcing the onl|nnncet And
why don't the Btnnl boys csnim tic 5u ccnts tsuy
| arc BY 0rdinauco entitled to for eas4 dug they
! }YrIn int