The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-13
AN ORDINANCE
CONCERNING DOGS.

SECTION 1. Be it ordained By the City Council OF
the City Of Rock Island;
That an annual tax of one dollar (S1.0O) on eacl
male dog, and five dollars $500 each female
dog owned or kept within the corporate limits o
said city is hereby declared payable to said city, fo
each municipal year the first day of July of eacf
calender year. by the owner keeper of such dos
or bitch Any person owning or keeping such dog
limits, at any time during such municipal year. foI
period OF two weeks more, shall pay said to
the City Marshal or his deputy on or before the Isl
day of August of the calender year.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the City Marshal
to demand and collect the dog tax before the first
day of August of each year, and deliver in lieu of
receipt thereof. metallic plate having the letters c.
L. p, and the calender year in figures, which char
municipal year beginning in the calender year in.
dicated. The owner keeper of any dog upon
which the dog tax is paid as aforesaid shall ax in
permanent manner to a strap or band around the
neck of such animal the metallic plate aforesaid so
that the same can be readily seen by the officers of
said CITY, All dogs mot known to the City Marshal
having the dog tax paid thereon) found running
at large in the city without the metallic plate attach
ed as aforesaid, are hereby declared public nui-
sance which may be summariy abated and de-
stroyed, according to the provisions of this ordi-
nance.
SEC g. The City Clerk shall purchase a supply
of the metallic plates aforesaid in such number as
the City Council shall direct and shall from time to
receipt therefor; and the City Marshal shall
for the manner of disposing of the same when re-
Qu1red by the City Council, and shall keep list of
the persons paying the dog tax, the amount paid,
the time when paid, and shall report the same
SEC L. No dog shall be suffered to run at large
within the corporate limits of said city, unless Sc
curely muzzied, when danger of hydrophobia shall
be declared to exist, by the proclamation of the
Mayor Of said city, and any keeper of such
dog or bitch who shall violate the provisions of this
section, shall be sub rect to fine of five dollars and
all dogs found running at large within the corporate
limits of said city, without being securely muzzled
shall be killed or summarily disposed of.
SEC s. No bitch, while in heat, shall be suffered
to at large within the corporate limits of said
city and any owner or keeper thereof, violating the
hall hnz
atty of not less than three. than dollars
SEC. 6. The City Marshal shall cause all dogs
kept within corporate limits of the city and running
at large. upon which no tax has been paid by the
owner the keeper thereof, according to the pro-
visions OF this ordinance to be killed or sufnmarily
disposed OF. The provisions of this section shall
apply TO the dogs of on-residens that are tenn
porarily in the city for period of two weeks less
where the owner of such dog is known to the City
Marshal,
SEC. Z. Any person neglecting or refusing to pay
the dog tax within the time aforesaid shall be fined
the amount of said tax, and the sum of twenty five
cents each day the said tax remains unpaid after
August 1st with the costs of suit; and any person
paid the tax thereon, or afxing any plates of for
mer year. with intent TO defraud the city thereby
shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dol
lars $4,000 and costs of suit.
SEC. 8. The City Marshal shall be allowed for
services rendered fifteen per cent of dog collect
ed also fifty cents for dog killed and buried by
said City Marshal or his deputy. said claim te be
verified by affidavit stating the time when each dog
was killed and the place where the was buried
The City Marshal shall post printed notices in diff
ferent parts of the city, between the 1st and 18th
days of July, notifying all persons owning dogs to
pay to him the tax thereon before the 1st day
of August and the penalties for negectfng to do.
SEC. 9. phe word dog used in this ordinance,
shall be held and construed to all animals of
the canine species both male and female when not
otherwise indicated herein,
SEC. 10. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
heretofore existing in conflict with the provisions
OF this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Passed,
Rock Island. Ills, June 10. 1881.
(Approved) HENRY CARSE, Mayor.
(Attest-)
ROBERT KoEHLER Clerk 1sdst