The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-28
PICKING UP UNLICENSED DOGS
Ordinances of New Haven Relating to
 the Canines.

 the Canines.
 The unlicensed dogs about the city are being picked up in large numbers by the police and if Mayor Farms worth has his way the crusade will continue until the cannes for which license fees have not been paid will be exterminated, Mayor Farnsworth in speaking of the matter yesterday, said that it had been said to him that it was brutal to kill unlicensed dogs He called attentionto the fact that under the park rules all dogs found in the parks which are not held in leash are killed, this rule being designed to pro- tect squirrels, rabbits and other anil ! mals which inhabit the parks, Mayor Farnsworth said that he thought if the squirrels and rabbits were to be pro- tected from dogs much more should the children playing about the streets of the city be protected from stray CUTS.
 In view of the present energetic &C., tion of the police in clearing out un- licensed dogs, it may be interesting to know that the following act was passed by the legislature in 1893 and approved: | Every person owning or having the | custody of any dog, accustomed to go out on any highway or common and groWl, snap, or bite, or otherwise an- noy any person or horses lawfully us- | ing such highway or common, shall be i fined not more than seven dollars, or be imprisoned not more than ten days, or both; provided, that written notice of any grand juror, justice of the peace, or prosecuting attorney, of the town, where said dogs are owned or kept, | has been previously given to said owner or keeper.
 The ordinances of the city of New Haven relating to dogs are as follows:
 Section 26-No owner, or keeper or person having the charge of any dog, | shall permit or suffer the same to go or be at large in the streets or public squares, or In any uninclosed place in said city, between the first day of June and the first day of September in each year, unless such dog shall be securely I muz2led so as to render the biting of any person impossible.
 l Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this section shall forfeit and 1 pay penalty of not more than twenty dollars for every such offense; andsthe words Keeper or person having the charge of any dog" shall be construed to include the occupant of any house or other place where such dog is kept or harbored
 Section 27-Any person who shall knowingly keep or harbor any vicious dog, without keeping such dog chained or otherwise confined, so as to prevent such dog from biting any person, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
 Section 2S-It shall be lawful for any person to take into his custody, and carry to the police office or dog pound and it shall be the duty of every police officer of said city to destroy any dog found loose or at large in violation of any of the provisions of the law. Section 29--No person, other than the | owner or keeper, shall unloose or set at | large, or take or entice away, or shall remove the collar or muzzle from, any dog duly registered and numbered ac- cording to law.
 Any person violating any of the pro- vision of this section shall forfeit and pay penalty of not more than twenty 1 dollars for every such offense.