The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-09
AN 0RDHMAMcE

To Enforce the Payment of tie Tar on
Dogs-z6 Require O,cners to keep Cot.
tars on Mem-1b punish interference
NTH such Collars, and 10 Punish perso,,s
for dlIo,cing Sl,tfs TO run al large iyiil1
Proud.
PE IT, Ordained by the Intendant and
4O Wardens Of the Town of Anderson,
q. G., in Council assembled, and by the
authority of the same
SECTION l. That every person who owns
q dog within the incorporste limits Of the
after Monday, the 10Th day of June inst
keep continually upon the neck OF each
and every dog or slut owned by such ner>
son Collar. procured from the Clerk Of
the Town Council. which shall be number
ed and registered by said Clerk in book
to be kept by him for that purpose wherein
the dete upon which such Collar is obtain
ed, Its number, and the name Of the person
who procures 1t shall be kept.
SEC. 2. The said Clerk shall furnish with
out cost the aforementioned Collars upon
the application Of the owner of each dog
upon which tax Of fny cents por head
has been paid into the Town treasury du-
ring the present fiscal year. and lie shall
furnish such Collars for any dog upon which
such tax has not been paid during the pres
ent year upon the payment to him Of the
said tox OF ffty cents for each dog for which
ing year the taid Clerk shall ISSUE to the
owner OF every dog Collar as prescribed
IN Section hereof, as soon as the tax on
such dog Is received by him.
SEC. q. Tho Town Marshal and his As-
sistants are hereby authorized and required
70 take up and iinpOund any dog or slut
found within the incorporate limits OF the
Town efter tho date fixed in Section here
or and keep and confine In proper pen ir
the Town lot for the period Of twenty four
hours, during which tho owner may claim
and redeem such dog or slut by paying into
the Town treasury the sum Of one dollar
Tor each dog or slut 80 impounded, and
thcreupon such owner shall DO entitled to
obtain, without further cost. from the Clerk
OF the Town Council a Collar as hereinbe.
fore provided but If no owner shall, with.
IN the time prescribed, claim such dog or
said Marshal and his Assistants OF either
OF them, shall immediately shoot to death
each ana every log or slut 30 remaining
unredeemed.
SEC. a. When any such Collars s!lnll be
broken or lost, the owner of the dog or
now Collar of the Same number, by making
affidavit to the fact OF such loss or destruc-
tion before the Clerk of the Town Council
and paying to him therefor tho actual cost
Of such Collar.
SEC. 8. ANY person who shall mutinte or
seNO Sh - SOiiut tIOLl u UOR or SluL CelONR-
ing to another person, shall be found pviIty
Of misdemeanor and. upon conviction
thereof before the Town Council, shall be
fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of
said Town Council.
SEC: O. any person owning slut and
allowing the same to run Mt large upon the
streets while proud, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof
before the Town Council, shall be fined
not less than ten dollars, or imprisoned not
less thnn ten days, in the discretion of the
Council.
SEC. 7. All Ordinances md parts of Ordi.
nances conflicting with tliis Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Dono and ratified in Council, and the
(~> Seal of the Corporation Of the
sEAL. Town Of Anderson, s. c., affixed
s-' thereto this seventh day Of June,
In the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
g. Il. TOLLY, Intendant.
THos. c. LiGoN, Town Clerk.
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