New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-10-20
ORDINAHOE NO. 81
sAn}Ordinanoa Relating To Dogs.

ORDINANCE NO. 81
An Ordinance Relating To Dogs.
The City Council Of the City Of New
lUlm, do ordaiD:
Section 1 No person or persons re-
siding within the City Of New Ulm snail
permit or suffer any dog owned, kept,
or harbored BY him, or them, to run IN or
be at large within said City, or to 90 of
the premises owned or occupied by said
person or persons, or to be or run IN any
street, alley, or public ground within l1Il
said City, unless such dog shall have
been duly licensed, registered, numbered,
described and collared as hereinafter
provided. zs
Section2: Any person desiring to pro-
cure 9 license to keep dog shall apply
for that purpose to the City Clerk Of
said City, and upon payment to said
City Clerk of the sum of Two dollars
for male dog, and four dollars for a
female dog, said City Clerk shall issue
to such persons license to keep such
dog.
Such license shall be dated on the
day when issued, and shall contain the
name of the owner or keeper of said dog,
and description, and the register num-
Der of such dog; and the City Clerk shall
record IN a book kept by him for that
purpose, the date Of the issuance of every
such license, the name of the person to
whom issued, a description, and the re-
gistered number of each dog licensed.
The owner or keeper of any dog for
which license shall have been issued
shall cause such dog to wear around its
neck collar to which is securely at
tached metallic tag to be furnished by
the City, which tag shall be stamped
with the Register member of the dog,
and year when registered as shown by
said License. -<... H.. =
Such license may be issued at
any time; bat all licenses shall ex-
pire on the first day of September next
following the date Of their, issuance;
provided however that licenses issued be-
tween the first day OF August and the
first day of September of each year shall
expire one year from the first day of
September next following the date of
their issue.
Section 3: Whoever shall violate any
of the preceding provisions of this Or
dinance, shall upon conviction thereof,
be punished by fine OF not less than
five or more than ten dollars, together
with the cost of prosecution, and in de-
fault of the payment OF such fine and
costs shall be imprisoned until such fine
and costs are paid, not exceeding ten
days.
Section 4: The City Marshal and all
Police Officers, and the Official Dog
Catcher Of said City are hereby author.
lied and directed to take up and impound
in a suitable place (the location OF which
pound said City Marshal shall designate |
by publication of a notice In the Official
paper of said City,, all dogs found run.
ming at large within said City or 10 a
street, alley, or public ground therein,
contrary to the provisions of this ordi-
nance.
. Section 5: The owner or keeper Of
any dog tina: may have been impounded
may redeem such dog from the pound
upon payment to the person in charge
Of said pound of a penalty of Three dol
lars, and the fees of the dog catcher, or
other officer impounding such dog,
which are hereby fixed at fifty cents for
each dog impouaded, and In addition
thereto the sum of twenty five cents for
each day such dogis so impounded. If
any dog so impounded shall not be re-
deemed within three days after having
been so impounded. such deg may be
slain by the dog. catcher, or other officer
said dog, who shall imme-
diately bury it., and the dog-catcher or
other officer performing such service,
shall receive from said City the sum of
fifty cents for impounding such dog, and
the further sum of fifty cehts for killing
and burying the same. A record shall be
kept of all dogs So impounded, shall
contain the name of the owner of such
dog, if known, the date when impound-
ed, and when redeemed or killed, and a
description of the dog. Such record
shall be transmitted to the City Clerk
on the first day of each month by the
Official Dog Catcher or in case none
shall have been appointed, by the City
Marshal. ..t -. ....
All funds received under the provis
ions of this ordinance shall be turned
over to the City Clerk on the first day of
each-and every month.
And The City Clerk shall on the first
Monday of each month pay to the City
Treasurer all moneys received by him on
account of this ordinance.
Section 6: The official Dog catcher
and all police officers of this city are
hereby authorized and empowered to
kill any dog found in violation of the
provisions of this ordinance, whenever
such dog cannot safely be taken up and
impounded. No impounding or killing
of any dog shall exempt the owner or
keeper Of such dog from the penalties
provided by Section 8 OF tits ordinance.
Section z: No person shall keep, own,
or harbor with the limits Of this City a
dog of a vicious, fer2cious, or dangerous
disposition.