The Arizona sentinel., 1893-03-04
Dog Ordinance.
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An ordinance providing for st atiou of dogs kept in the village of Yuma, A. ,and fixing fees therefor, and fer the punishmcn of offenders, and to prevent dogs not registered, running at large, and providing for the impounding and destroying of all do found running large unregistered in said village Be it ordained by the Mayor and Commos Coun- cil of said village:
 DOGS TO BE REGISTERED; PENALTY SEC
 TON l.
 That no person shall keep dog in the village of Yuma after such dog has reached the age of six weeks unless said person shall comply with the following regulations:
 The owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall cause the name of the owner, with the name and description of the dog, to be registered with the recorder of said village, in book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall pay each year to said recorder before any dog is registered regis tration fee of dollar and fifty cents for each dog and three collars for each female deg, and shall kecp on the neck of each dog registered suit able metallic or leather collar, with metallic check or tag, to be furnished by the village, and the number and year of gStry to be distinctly marked thereon, and for such service the recorder shall receive fee of twenty-five cents for dogs and fifty cents for female dogs to be deducted from the tax collected.
 The recorder shall keep 6 suitable book for the registry of dogs, and upon the payment to him of the fee aforesaid he shall register the dogs upon which such fee is paid.
 Any person owning, keeping or harboring any dog in the village of Yuma in violation of the pro- visions of this section shall upon conviction thereof in magistrates court be subject to fine of not less than four dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment
 EXPIRATION, SECTION ?;
 That all registration of dogs, as provided in section l of this ordinance, shall expire on the thirtieth day of September of each year, after the registration of such dog
 AT LARGE WITHOUT COLLAR, UNLAWFUL,
 SECTION 3;
 It shall be unlawful for any person to permit his or her dog to run at large in any public place in this village at any time without providing such dog with aregistered collar as provided in section l of this ordinance.
 IMPOUNDING AND DESTROYING DOGS, SEC
 TION f;
 The Marshal shall capture all dogs found running at large in any public place in said village, not having registered collar in compliance with sec tion one of this ordinance, and place them in pound to be provided for that purpose; and if the owner does not appear in twenty-four hours after such impounding, and claim and register at once, such dog or dogs, then the Marshal shall kill and ha SbaI1 ha a1oyved Suph for each dog so killed and buried as the Council may fix;
 PROVIDED that this section shall not apply to dogs not owned harbored in this village, unless they be found at large without any owner or master.
 It shall be the duty of the recorder to report and pay over to the village Treasurer in each week all moneys collected by him for registration fee together with the number of, and numbers of the tags issued by him during such week, he taking the Treasurers receipt therefor and reporting such receipts to the Council at each regular meet ing.
 SECTION 5.--This ordinance shall be in force after it shall have been published three weeks success sively in the Arizona SENTINEL. Approved Sep tember 27, 1892.
 Attest: A. FRANK, Mayor. J. L. REDONDO, Recorder.
 IJ. L. Redondo, Recorder of the village of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, No. l, was passed by a ma jority vote of the Common Council of said village and recorded by me in book kept for that pur- pose.
 In witness my hand and the corporate seal of said village hereunto afxei this 18th day of September, 1892.
 IsEAL.l J. L. REDONDO, Recorder.