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

II Enforce the Payment Of the Ia.r on
Dogs-1o Require Owners to keep Cot-
lars on tem-70 punish Interference
pih such Collars, and 10 Punish persons
for allOsoiag Stats to run at large whiIe
Proud.
DE it. Ordained by the Intendant and
ID Wardens of the Town of Anderson,
s. c., in Council assembled, and by the
authority of the same
SECTION /. That every person who owns
dog within the incorporate limits OF the
Town of Anderson, s. c., shall, from and
after Monday, the Goth day of June inst,
keep continually upon the neck Of each
and every deg or slut owned by sucn per.
son q 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 date upon which such Collar is obtain.
ed, its number, and the name of the person
who procures it 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 O tax of fifty cents per head
has been paid into the Town treasury du-
ring the present fiscal year. and he 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 tax of fifty cents for each dog for which
| such Collar is procured. In every succeed
| ing year the said 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.
| sistants are hereby authorized and required
| fo bo on6 irnnonn6 onv dog Or Sut
| found within the incorporate limits OF the
Town after tho date fixed in Section here
of, and keep and confine in proper pen in
the Town lot for the period of twenty -four
| hours, during which the owner may claim
| and redeem such dog or slut by paying into
the Town treasury the sum of one dollar
| for each dog or slut so impounded, and
| thereupon such owner shall be entitled to
obtain, without further cost. from the Clerk
of lie Town Council Collar as hereinbe-
| fore provided but if no owner shall, with
in the time prescribed, claim such dog or
slut and redeem it as herein required, the
said Marshal and his Assistants, or either
| of them, shall Immediately shoot to death
each and every dog or slut so remaining
| unredeemed.
SEC. 4. When any such Collars shall be
broken or lost, the owner of the dog or
slut to which it belonged may obtain q
| new Collar of the same number, by maxim 6
| affidavit to the fact of such loss or destruc-
ton before the Clerk OF the Town Coun Gil,
and paying to him therefor the actual cost
of such Collar.
SEC. S. ANY person who shall mutilate or
take off Collar from dog or slut belong
ing to another person, shall be found guilty
of misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof before the Town Council, shall be
fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of
said Town Council.
| Sec. 6. Any person owning q slut, and
allowing the same to run at large upon the
streets while proud, shall be guilty of q
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof
before the Town Council, shall be fined
not less than ten dollars, or imprisoned not
less than ten days. in the discretion Of the
| Council.
Sec. 7. ALI Ordinances and parts of Ordi.
nances conflicting with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Done and ratified in Council, and the
| f~~, Seal of the Corporation Of the
| SEAL. Town of Anderson, 8. c., affixed
| t@@) thereto this seventh day of June,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
6. F. TOLLY, Intendant.
| THos. C. L1eoN, Town Clerk.
| June 9, 1881 48