Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04
ORDINANCE

FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOGS RUNNIN Al
LARGE AND LICENSING OF THE SAME WITHIN
H CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS.
The Common Council of the City of Grand
Rapids do ordain as follows:
Section l. On and after the first day of Nav,
A. ID. 1898, 1t shall be unlawful for any person
who is the owner or keeper of any dog to allow
the same to be or run at large in any of the
streets, squares, lanes or alleys within the CITY
OF Grand Rapids, if such dog has not been duly
licensed as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Every owner or keeper of a dog
shall, on or before the first day of May in each
year cause it to be registered, numbered, de-
scribed and licensed for one wear from that day.
in the office of the City Clerk, and shall pay for
such license One Dollar (S1.00) for every male
dog three months old and upwards, and Three
Dollars G3.O) for every female dog three months
old and upwards. The license shall be paid 10
and received by said clerk, who shall prior to
the 10th day of May in each year pay the same
III to the city treasurer. and file Herewith an
exact statement OF the persons who have paid
SUCH license moneys, and the treasurer shall
keep an accurate and separate account of all
sums so received by him. and shall turn the
same into the general fund.
Section 3. The owner or keeper of every dog
within this city so licensed shall keep a collar
around its neck distinctly marked with the
name of the owner, registered number, and the
year for which such dog is licensed, which
name, number and year shall be stamped on said
collar or a tag securely attached thereto by the
clerk issuing said license; and for the purpose
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tag, he is hereby authorized and required to
procure a necessary stamping outfit and tags.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the City
Clerk to furnish to the marshal of this city
annually prior to the 3rd day of May a list Of
all dogs which have been licensed for the
current year, and it shall be the duty of such
marshal to cause all dogs running at large
within this city, which have not been licensed,
to be destroyed, and the said marshal shall
receive from the City Treasury the sum of Fifty
Cents for each dog SO destroyed by him and
buried. And it shall further be the duty of the
marshal to make complaint before the Police
this Ordinance, and to procure the arrest and
prosecution of all and every person violating
said Section One.
Section 8. Whoever shall remove the collar
from the neck of a dog so licensed without the
knowledge and consent Of the owner or keeper,
or shall alter the stamp on such collar, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding Fifty Dollars $4,000 or by i'm
p~risonment i'll the common jail of Wood County
for a term not exceeding ninety days.
Section 6. Any person violating Section One
OF this Ordinance shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars $1,000 or
by imprisonment in the County Jail of Wood
county not more than twenty days.
Section Z. This Ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly
passed, approved and adopted by the Common
Council April Isl, 1895.
Attest: T. L. TIBBITS,
GEO. B. BRAzEAU, Mayor.
City Clerk.