Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-11
AN ORDINANCE.

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or Maintain within the Limits Of the
Dogs, and Forbidding the Running
at Large Of the Same, Except as
Herein Provided.
DE 1t Ordained by the Aldermen and
Id Mayor, the Town Council OF the
thority of the same in the exercise OF
its police powers and Of its powers to
raise revenue:
Section I. That from and after the
goth day of July, 1903. it shall be un-
lawful for any person, firm or corpora =
ltion to keep, harbor, maintain or IN
any manner whatsoever to give shelter
to or otherwise care for directly or In
directly, any DOG within the limits OF
the town of Yorkville, s. c., except as
hereinafter provided.
Sec II. That 1t shall be unlawful Tor
any person; firm or corporation resid-
ing or being within the limits OF the
town of Yorkville to allow their or Its
dog or dogs to run at large within the
limits Of the town Of Yorkville, S. c.,
except under the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
Sec. III, That the owner Of any dog
or dogs, residing or being within the
limits of said town, desirous Of owning
and keeping, harboring, maintaining or
caring for any dog within the limits OF
said town, or further desiring to be
granted the privilege Of allowing their
said dogs to run at large within the
town, may apply to the Town Treasurer
Of said town for the license so to do
and the treasurer shall upon the pay
ment to him Of the sum OF $!.Oo Tor
each and every dog, so licensed to be
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or allowed to run at large, furnish to
said applicant a LEATHER COLLAR
with a METAL NUMBERED TAG at
tached, said collar to be at all times
worn by said dog, provided, however,
nothing herein contained shall prevent
the said Town Treasurer or the Mayor
or the Town Council Of said town from
revoking said license If in the judg-
ment Of either or any Of the above
named officers or the Town Council,
said dog or dogs shall become danger
GUS or in any wise prejudtctal to the
lives or property Of the people OF SAID
town.
Sec. ~, That it shall be the duty Of
any and all dogs running at large In
the town without having thereon the
collar and tag mentioned In Sec. 3
herein, and deliver the same to the
Town Treasurer, who shall endeavor
to ascertain the name Of the owner OF
said dog and tender to said owner up
on payment to the Town Treasurer the
sum Of $500, possession Of said dog,
If the Town Treasurer shall fall to OBJ
tain the name Of the owner Of said dog
or the owner shall fail to procure the
release Of said dog within FOUR
HOURS after the capture Of said dog,
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Treasurer to advertise said dog for
SALE and to SELL the same at PUB
Lie OUTCRY before the COURT
HOUSE DOOR, for CASH to the high
est bidder, after advertising the same
by notice posted on the Court House
Door for two hours, and apply the pro-
ceeds of sale to the payment of the IL
cense fee above named, and the cost
Of keeping and selling said dog, said
sale to take place between the hours
OF 9. a. m. and p. m.
Sec. V. That any person, firm, or
corporation who shall keep, maintain,
care for, harbor or in any manner, d.
rectly or indirectly, endeavor to care
for any dog or dogs within the corpor-
ate limits Of the town Of Yorkville, S.
c., without first having obtained IL
cense so to do according to the terms
and conditions Of this ordinance, shall
be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not less
than $500 nor more than $500, or be
Irequired to work on the public works OF
the town or county for not less than
FIVE DAYS nor more more than
TWENTY DAYS, either or both in the
discretion of the officer trying the Of
fender, and in addition thereto said dog
shall be deemed an estray dog and run
ming at large within the town Of York
VILE, S. c., unlicensed, and shall be liza
BILE to capture and sale in the manner
set forth in Sec. before.
| Sec. vi. The license herein provided
for shall be good until the end Of the
calendar year within which said license
Is granted, provided that in the event
the Town Council or Mayor or Town
Treasurer shall In the exercise Of their
discretion cancel the license Of any dog
or dogs then said Town Treasurer shall
refund to the owner Of said dog or dogs
such proportionate part Of the license
fee as the remainder Of the calendar
year bears to one year. Provided, fur
ther, that the revoking Of a license
either for the privilege Of keeping a
dog or allowing the same to run III
large shall in no wise be construed to
permit the owner thereof to keep the
same within the limits of the town OF
Yorkville, S. C.
Sec. VII. All ordinances or parts Of
ordinances in conflict with the provis-
ions of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
Done and ratified in Council assem-
bled In regular session at Yorkville, s.
c., this 9th day Of July, 1903.
| M. c. WILLIS,
Mayor of the Town of Yorkville, S. G.
| Attest:
P. w. LOVE, Clerk of Council.
| .July II 2t