The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-24
ORDINANCE NO. 7s.

An Ordinance Relating to Dogs, Providing for
 a Tax Thereon.
 Be it ordained by the council of the incorpo- rated town of Mena, Arkansas.
 SECTION 1. 1t shall be unlawful for any per son owning or harboring any animal of the dog kind to permit such nimal to stay with in the corporate limits of the town of Mena without first obtaining a license therefor as herein after provided.
 SEC.2 That the license tax on each dog staying within the corporate limits of said town shall be One t$1O0) Dollar per annum on each dog and Two ($200) Dollars per annum on each female dog or bitch.
 SEC. B. It rhall be the duty of the town re- cortier to furnish the marshal with a suitable number of metal tags of distinctive style and numbered consecutiyely, for which the marshal shall give him a receipt and be charged with the same and credited at the end of each monih with the licenses collected. and all the tags returned. And the recorder shall likewise keep register in his office of the names of all owners of all dogs and bitches on which licenses have been paid, with full description of such animal and the date when the license was paid
 SEC A. The marshal shall furnish the owner or keeper of each dog or bitch on which li- cense has been paid one of the tags herein be- fore provided for which shall be attached to a collar worn by the animal, and shall be deemed license therefor for the period of one year; and he shall also give the owner Q re- ceipt evidencing the payment Of the required license. which license fee shall be paid to the marshal. The marshal shall also on the first uiiy Oi eacn ihOltn notliy dll persons on whose dogs or bitches license may have expired dur ing the proceeding month, and shall after ten days notification to any owner of his liability. proceed to kill all such unlicensed animals : also if after reasonable inquiry the owner of any unlicensed dog or bitch running at large within the town limits cannot be found, the marshal shall be authorized and fl shall be his duty to kill all such unlicensed animals
 SEC. ,. Any person who shall permitany dog or bitch to be kept or harbored in CT on his premises store or other building shall be deem ed owner thereof within the meaning of this ordinance and any person who shall wiifully evade or attempt to eyade or refuse or fail to or shall violate any other of the requirements thereof shall on conviction be fined in any snm not exceeding Ten (SI0.00) Dollars for each and every such oifense.
 SEC. c. The marshal shall be allowed the sum of Five Gents for supplying each person with the tag and giving the receipt above pro- vided for. and he shall be allowed the sum of Fifty Cents for killing and renewing from the town limits every such animal as he is author ized and required to kill.
 SEC. '. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to apply to dogs which follow their owners into town from the adjacent country temporarily.
 SEC. &. It shall be unlawful flor any owner of a female dog or bitch to allow or permit such animal to be on or run at large on the streets during the time of heat. and the marshal shal1 be and is hereby authorized to kill any such animal whether licensed or not.
 SEC 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage and pub lication
 Passed March 9, 1897.
 Approved March p, 1897.
 ". ". WHITLEY, flavor
 Recorder.