The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-21
CITY ORDINANCES.
. IORDINANcE No. 65.
RUNNING AT LARGE OF DOGS.

hunnlng at Large or Dogs IN the
City of Ardmore.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Ardmore:
SECTION 1. That it shall be unlaw
ful for any dog or bitch to run at
large within the corporate limits of
this city without being properly tagg-
ed as provided by this ordinance; !;
and any such dog or bitch so found
running at large, shall be subject to
be killed, as herein provided.
Sec. .. The City Assessor and Col
lector shall issue to each applicant,
on demand, written license, where
by the dog or bitch owned or kept
by the applicant shall be licensed to
run at large within the limits of the
the city for the period of one year,
which year shall begin on the drst day
of August of each year, and said Ii
cense shall be void on the succeed
ing first day of August of each year
after its issuance, unless renewed, ,
as herein prescribed.
Sec. 3. The City Assessor and Col
iector shall furnish to each applicant
a check, of some metal substance,
and numbered, "No.-. Licensed.
Ardmore, 1. TT with the number
corresponding with the license,
which check shall be affixed to an
appropriate collar of leather or 9th
er durable material. to be worn
around the neck of each dog or
bitch. The City Assessor and Col
lector shall also keep register of
the name of the applicant, the num-
ber of the license and the check;
and for the issuance of such check,
the City Assessor and Collector shall
collect the sum OF 10 cents. For each
license, the applicant shall, at the
time of the issuing of such license
and of the renewal thereof, pay over
to the City Assessor and Collector
the sum of 81 for each dog and 81
for each bitch; and the said City AS
SCISSOR and Collector shall issue no
license or check unless the city tax
on the dog for which the same is ap
piled has been paid by the applicant.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owner or keeper of any dog or bitch
to knowingly and willfully suffer or
permit such animal to run at large
without a substantial collar of leath
er or other durable material, to
which shall also be attached the
license check hereinbefore referred
to; and it shall also be unlawful for
any such person to suffer or permit
such animal to wear any other
license check than the identical one
issued to him or her by the City AS
SCISSOR and Collector.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to remove the collar or check
from any animal of the dog kind ex-
cept upon the consent or order of
the owner or party to whom the
license was issued
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to throw or deposit any
poisC ned meat or any poisonOI sub
stance in any of the streets, alleys
or commons of the city for the pur
pose OF, destroying any animal of the
dog kind.
Sec. 7. Any person or persons
violating any of the provis; ons of
sections 4, 5 and of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor; and upon conviction be-
fore the police court, shall be fined
in any sum not exceeding $25.
Sec. s. 1t is hereby made the duty
of the Chief of Police, and the police
force under the direction of the
Chief of Police, to slay any and all
animals of the dog kind that may be
found running at large which are
not licensed as herein required that
may be found straying or running at
large within the limits of the city.
Sec. 9. The Chief of Police, or any
of the police force, who shall slay
any animal of the dog kind under
the provisions of this ordinance,
shall forthwith notify the City Scav-
enger of the fact that such animal
has been slain and the place where it
is to be found, and it shall be the
duty of the City Scavenger to forth
with remove said dead animal to the
city dumping ground, and said scav-
enger shall receive the sum of so
cents per head for each animal so
removed under this ordinance.
Sec. 10. That if any fierce or dan
gerous dog or bitch shall be found in
the streets. alleys, public buildings
or commons, and shall annoy or en-
danger any person therein, the
owner of said dog or bitch shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, fined in any
sum not exceeding S25; and the
police court, before whom said case
shall come, may in it's discretion, as
a part of tho sentence on conviction,
order that said dog be Immediately
killed, and this sentence shall be
forthwith executed by the Chief of
Police.
Sec IL. Whenever the prevalence
of hydrophobia shall, in the opinion
of the Mayor, make it necessary for
public safety, it shall be his duty to
issue his proclamation notifying
owners of dogs and bitches to keep
them on their premises; and any dog
found at large in any street, alley or
public place at this expiration of two
days after the issue of such procla[
nation shall be killed, unless he is
muzzied. 1t shall be the special duty
OF the police to carry the provisions
of this section into effect; provided,
that any dog running at large which
shall be effected with hydrophobia
may at any time be instantly killed
by the police or other person.
Sec II. If the Chief of Police. his
deputies or any other person shall
destroy any dog or bitch properly