The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-02-02


ing dogs. The council stops right there
and thinks, as Micawber did when he
signed note promising to pay, that the
debt was thus Cancelled. The city council
evidently believes that when an ordinance
taxing dogs is passed. its duty Is COM
pletely discharged. No attempt is made
TO collect the dog tax. If any person is
fool enough to march over to the city
office and pay out g for his dog, it is ac-
cepted. That is the full force and effect
OF the ordinance. The few fools who vol
unfairly paid this dog tax, mee1ly &C
cept the epithet which is descriptive of
their act. The money they paid should
be returned to them and the city council
should hasten to acknowledge that the
dog is supreme. A card should be given
these people who paid their tax certifying
that they are boss fools They won't
feel bad about it, They appreciate their
folly and won't kick at the appellation.
There are very few of them, so the coun-
ell will not be at heavy expense in fur
| nishing them a diploma certifying to their
utter lack of ability to perceive official
slothfulness.
There are more dogs than people in
Manitowoc. The dogs have become SO gu.
preme that they eat the heads off chill
dren and the city council is so Iacking in
| sense of duty that it will not enforce the
ordinance for collection of dog license. 4
gentleman, lake captain, stated on Mon
| day morning that on one street corner or
| the north side he saw - dogs punched.
\ representative Of The Pilot made in
| quiries as to the collection of the tax and
found few who had paid voluntarily, but
NOT ONE dog owner outside the business
center who had been asked to pay. Many
said there was no tax to pay this year.
] Others that they were not such fools as
to pay when there was no demand made
| The dog population is increasing SO rap
| IDLY that il We can only find dog mar
ket the city will be rolling in wealth.
| October last was the time for collection
of dog tax. Why was it not collected?
What reason can the council give for its
neglect of duty? 1t won't do to say it
was busy in bridge building and sewer
construction because this work was com
pleted before the advent Of October
| Last year IL a number of instances, when
spring opened, people who owned dogs
/ .!-lF tod l,.l i
not do SO because October was the time
when 1t should have been paid They
| would wait until October. Four months
have now passed and not one-tenth OF the
dog tax III this city la 5 been collected
and The Pilot has been unable 10 find
dog owner on the north side outside the
business center who has been asked to
pay. Will the city council take note OF
this fact? viii it do something?
| OF course it Will be an easy matter to
sc, out of the affair by saying The Pilot is
a crank on the dog question. But il can.
rot be said it is an imbecile on the dog
| question. Can the city council claim as
much?
! This nonsense Of passing ordinances
and then permitting them to go uneaforc
ed is responsible for much of the lawiess
ness which is rampant. There is a regu
lar deluge OF ordinances emanatiug fro n
the council which are used only to lum
Der the city records. Repeal the dog or
| dIlauce and return the tax to those who
were foolishly prompt il paying it.