St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-01-10

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ORDINANCE RELATIVE TIC
| DOGS.
SEC. 1. Be II enacted BY the Pc
lice Jury Of st. Tammany Parish
Louisiana, That thirty days after
the passage OF this ordinance il
shall be unlawful for any dog O,
bitch to run At large within the pre-
cincts Of the Parish Of st. Tam.
many without being provided with
. brass tag bearing the number OF
said dog OF bitch out or engraved
thereon; said tag to be attached to
. collar to be worn on the neck Of
said dog or bitch. Any dog or
bitch caught running ct large there
after without said tag shall be i'm
pounded by the pound-keeper Of
the ward wherein said dog or bitch
is caught, and il not released within
. period Of forty-eight hours, then
said dog or bitch to be killed or
otherwise disposed Of BY the pound
keeper.
SIC. 2. The sheriff of the
Parish Of St. Tammany shall have
the necessary number Of brass tags
made, with the number Of each cut
Or engraved thereon. Upon the APP
plicati0n Of the owner Ut any dog
or bitch the sheriff shall deliver to
said owner . tag for each dog or
hitch and charge therefor the sum
Of $3.50 for dogs and 8 for
bitches; be, the said sheriff, shall
register the number Of each dog or
bitch with the name Of its owner in
= book to be kept solely for that
purpose.
SIC. 3. There shall be appointed
by the Police Jury . pound keeper
for each ward Of the parish who shall |
be commissioned to act - such |
within his said ward during the
term Of Office Of the Police jury |
appointing him. His duty shall be to
impound each dog or bitch caught
running at large without said tag,
and he shall keep said dog or bitch
imrounded for . period of forty.
eight hours unless released, after
which he shall kill or otherwise dis.
pose Ut the came. He shall be en-
titled to the sum Ut one dollar for
zach dog or bitch impounded, said
sum to be paid by the owner wher
releasing said dog or bitch. For
every dog or bitch not re-
eased and KILLED by him he shall
De entitled to the sum Of fifty cents,
o be paid by the Parish Treasurer
vhen approved BY the Police Jury.
He shall appoint - many deputies !
q he may need.
SEC. 4. The sheriff shall be ,
Untitled to the sum of seventy.five :
'ents for each dog or bitch regis !;
cred upon his books - payment
or his services aud for the tag sup
lied by him. The balance collect
d for tags shall be turned by him :
yer to the Parish Treasurer, who
ball keep account of said sums a. q !
epArate fund, which said fund :
hall be applied at the end Of each r
ear to the purpose deemed best by .
be Police Jury. The dogs to be
egistered hereafter at the beginning n
{ each year, and new tags 10 be =
Implied them and new registry Il
ladc.
SEC. 5. In case q dog or bitch Il
hich has been registered and sun 4
lied with tag should have lost It, :,
le owner shall obtain . certificate .
registry from the sheriff, and n
pom production If said certificate -
registry the pound-keeper shall =;
lease said dog or bitch without n
large. =
All ordinances or parts Of ordi- :;
lnces contrary to or In conflict n.
IT'D this ordinance are hereby re- *
.aled. II.
Adopted Jan. Z, 1891. Ia
On motion, the sum Of S25 was
'propriated to pay 1lr. F. A. M
nyol for drawing up the above Ia
y. RI
On motion, the sum of $50, or is
much thereof n may be neces- th
~, was appropriated to repair
e GOODBYE bridge. in,
On motion. the President of the RI,
lice Jury was authorized to re- th
ir or rebuild any public bridge an
It may be found In . dangerous C.
impossible condition, and draw Ii
in payment for the same. tn,
The following resolution was then III,
opted: ,v
That all funds OF the Gle
ar 1890, not otherwise disposed fin
be and the same are hereby
ICED into the general fund for the "a,
II 1891. On,
The following warrants were mo
ned to members for mileage and ser
; diem: dol
orge Koepp, Jr.. .....S7 OOI iai
F. Rogers. ............. TOOL
OuOuitz .... 900. B 50 dri
G. Hutchison ..... 80. TOOL or