Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-24

49,
ed Dogs from Running at Large
and Repeating Ordinance No. 90.
BE ii Ordained IN the city Council Of
the city Of Manchester, Io,ca
SECTION 1. That no dogs shall be al.
lowed to run at large within the in
corporate limits of the City of Man
chester, Iowa, unless the owner or keep
er of such dog shall first have caused
the same to be duly registered in man.
ner as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2. That before any dog
shall be allowed to run at large in said
City, the owner or person harbOring or
keeping the same shall appear before
the City Clerk, give a correct descrip-
ton of such dog and cause the same to
be registered, for which he shall pay q
fee of one dollar for each male and
three dollars for each female dog, and
shall also place leather or metallic
collar upon the neck of such dog not
less than one inch in width with the
owners name plainly marked thereon,
such registry shall continue for one
year from the date thereof.
SECTION 3. Upon such registry, the
City Clerk shall issue to the owner or
keeper OF the dog so registered GER
titicate showing the date of registry,
when the same will expire, a descrip-
tion of the dog, the amount paid and
the name of the owner or keeper and he
shall keep register to correspond SUBJ
stantially with such certificate, which
shall always be open to the inspection
of the Marshall and Citizens of the City.
The City Clerk shall pay over to the
City Treasurer all moneys so received.
SECTION 4. Any person, owning,
keeping or harboring dog running at
large not registered and provided with
collar according to the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereon shall be fined five dollars. If
before judgment, the defendant causes
his dog to be registered, as provided by
this ordinance and pay all costs accru-
ed up to the time of pleading such
registry, it shall be bar to any further
prosecution for that offense.
SECTION .. ANY person may, and it
is hereby made the duty of the Marshall
to kill or cause to be destroyed all dogs
running at large that are not registered
and furnished with collar. as herein
provided, and remove beyond the cor
porate limits, and bury all dogs killed,
as aforesaid, for which he shall receive
the sum of one dollar for each dog by
him SO destroyed and removed.
SECTION 6. 1t shall be lawful for
any person to kill any dog caught in the
act OF worrying, manning, or killing
any domestic animal or any dog attack
ing or attempting to bite any person,
outside the enclosure of the owner of
such dog.
SECTION Z. Whenever the City
Council shall deem it expedient, they
may by resolution direct the Mayor to
issue his proclamation, requiring all
persons owning or harboring dogs to
contine the same from running at large
for specified time therein stated, not
exceeding ninety days.
Upon the publication of such pro-
clamatiOn it shall be the duty of every
person owning or harboring any dog, to
confine the same by good and sufficient
means or to cause the same to be pro-
perly muzzled, if such proclamation
shall so direct, so as to prevent such dog
from biting any person or animal and
any person who shall neglect or refuse
so to do shall upon conviction thereof
forfeit and pay fine of not less than
| five dollars nor more than twenty dol
lars with costs of prosecution and any
person may kill any dog found running
at large contrary to the provisions Of
such proclamation, three days after the
publication thereof and during the time
therein limited.
SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall be
in force and effect five days after its
publication in the Manchester Press OF
Manchester Democrat.
Dated May 10 1899
S. A. STEADMAN, Mayor.
r. r.. ROBINSON, City Clerk.