Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-09-12
Ordinance 10. !. city of sturgis. DaEota.

Ordinance MOP, City Of BtuFSis. Dakota.
Al ordinance fo restrain animals from
running 1T large within certain limits.
Be it ordained by the city council Of
the City Of Stnrgis, Dakota
SEuTIoN i, THAT no person owning.
Tor having the caro- ar control Of any cat
tie, horses, mules, asses, sheep or swine
shall permit the Eamc to run at large
within the following described limits, TO-
wit: Between Boulevard avenue on the
south side and Lazelle street on the north
lside, Middle street on the east side and
Fourth street on the west side, within the
corporate limits Of the said City Of Stur-
Igis.
Section 2. Any such anima1s found
running at large within the above de-
lscribed limits shall DO taken up by the
city pound keeper and shall be confined
by him in the city pound or some safe
and convenient place and IL tue owner
Tor custodian is known to such pound
keeper he shall Immediately notify ID
writing such owner or custodian that
such animal or animals have been taken
1up and that such owner or custodian
must remove the same within twenty
four hours, first paying all costs and
charges. Said written notice shall CON
tain q brief description Of each animal SO
taken up and a statement Of the place
where the Same is confined and where
and from whom it can be redeemed. II
such owner or custodian is unknown,
then the said pound keeper shall post
such written notice on the outer door Of
the city justice office.
| Section 3. If the owner or custodian
Of such animal or animals shall fail to
pay the charges and remove the same
for the period Of twenty -four hours after
the service Of such notice, the said pound
keeper shall proceed to sell the same at
auction, first giving three days notice by
posting in conspicuous places five writ
ten or printed notices, Of the time and
place OF such sale, such notices shall con-
tain brief description OF each animal to
be sold and the name OF tse owner or
custodian thereof, if known.
Section 4. The proceeds OF such sale
after deducting the expenses OF taking
up, keeping and selling such animal
shall be paid by said pound keeper to
the city treasurer, to be kept by him as
separate fund and shall be paid by him
to the owner or owners of such animal
or animals upon satisfactory proof of
ownership, but if no person appears and
claims such animal OF animals for period
! Of ninety days after the same shall have
been sold then the said balance Of such
sale remaining after deducting the fees
aforesaid shall be transferred from such
special fund to the general fund.
Section 5. The fees of the pound
keeper for proceedings under the ordi-
nance shall be as follows: fifty cents per
head for impounding, twenty five for
each notice served, the necessary expense
for keeping and twenty-five cents per
head for selling.
Section 6. Ordinances number ten
and twenty seven of the Town of Sturgis
are hereby repealed.
Passed this 10th, day Of September,
A. d. 1883.
Approved this 18th day OF September,
A. D. 1883. MAX BLATT,
Mayor pro tenn.
Attest: MAX HoEHN, Auditor.
Ordinance No. 10, City Of sturgis, Dakota.
An ordinance to provide for taxing
dogs.
Be it ordained by the city council OF
the City Of Sturgis:
SECTION |. Every person owning or
having charge of or harboring any dog
or bitch above the age of eight weeks
shall pay to the chief Of police on the
first day of June in each year the an
nual tax Of one dollar for every dog and
two dollars for every bitch.
Section 2. The said chief of police
shall furnish every person paying such
dog tax a metallic plate upon which
shall be marked the year for which the
tax is given and the person receiving the
same shall have it, attached to collar to
be put by him upon the neck of the dog
'or bitch for which, said tax, shall have
been paid.
/ Sections. Every dog or bitch found
running at large which is not collared
and marked as above provided shall be
impounded by the pound keeper and
every bitch running at large while she
is in heat shall also be impounded.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
pound keeper to Immediately notify the
owner or person having charge of such
dog or bitch by written notice of such
impounding and unless such person
shall pay the tax aforesaid and all ex-
penses OF impounding and keeping said
dog or bitch within forty eight hours af-
ter receiving such notice, the pound
master shall slay the same and he shall
receive the sum of fifty cents for every
dog slain and properly buried.
Section 5. The pound master shall |
be entitled to fee Of fifty cents for each
animal taken up, iinpoTrnded and not
suffered to escape and twenty five cents
for each twenty -four hours feed and care
of the same.
Section 6. This ordinance shall not
apply to any dog, or bitch which is not
in heat, which may follow or be led by
any person not resident of this city
while the same is with his or her owner,
or near the wagon or effects Of the same. |
Section Z. That ordinance number IL |
of the Town of Stnrgis be and. the same
is hereby repealed.
Passed this 10th day of September,
A. ID. 1885,.
Approved this nth day of September,
A. d. 1883.