Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-10
BEWARE OF THE DOG
City Marshal Instructed to En-
force the Dog Ordinance
and 10 Make People
Clean Up.
AFTER LICENSE DELlNQUENTs

II was "the day OF the dol" at the
city council session last night After
some discussion, the marshal was Civ
en- instructions to enforce the dog II
cense Be 1t known that Las Vegas
has an excellent law regulating the
keeping Of CANNES, but Of late 1t has
fallen into disuse. and citizens who
have been plagued have begun taking
matters into their own hands. It has
also chanced that wrath and something
more deadly have fallen upon the de.
voted heads Of dogs that were very
valuable and highly priced.
The city ordinance on the subject
provides that license OF one dollar
year for male dogs and two dollars a
year for female dogs be paid and that
this tax be collected in the ordinary
manner The payment OF the license
is denoted by collar to which tag
bearing the number Of the license is
attached Furthermore. any one keep
Ing an unlicensed dog is guilty Of .
misdemeanor and upon conviction In
the Justice court shall pay flne Of not
less than Ave dollars. The marshals
instructions have TO do not only with
the rounding up Of the unlicensed ca
mines, but also with the prosecution Of
their owners under the ordinance. So
there is likely to be diminution Of
the dog population and some accre-
tions to the city finances.
The session last night was well at
tended the mayor and all the city on
GERS being present and all the alder
men except McSchooler and Robbins.
The regular monthly reports Of off,
GERS were read and referred to the
proper committees A committee Of
the Y. M. G. A. consisting Of Secetary
Hates, Directors e. L. Browne and c.
M. Moore, requested the use Of the
upper rooms Of the city building next
Friday evening for the purpose Of glv-
ing reception TO teachers and stran-
gers. The request was granted. pro
vided there was no interference with
the purposes Of other organizations
having prior right to the use Of
the rooms.
The city marshal was instructed to
see that citizens keep alleys clean Of
manure piles and other refuse.
Specifications describing tagging,
block stone. brick and cement were
read, amended slightly and adopted
according as the specified substance
seemed most adaptable to particular
conditions.
The city clerk was authorized to
advertise for bids for the construction
Of the. cross walks. The call will be
published within day or two. In
the meanwhile, intending bidders may
secure the blank forms on which the
bid must be submitted, plans and
specifications. by application to the
clerk. 1t was reported that, owing TO
the absence OF Superintendent Pierce
Of the Aqua Pura company, no imme-
diate steps would be taken providing
for the extension Of the water main
on Eighth street.
Tho city clerk was instructed to
furnish list OF all license delin.
quents more than three months In ar
rears 10 the city attorney, who was In
structed 10 take legal steps 10 collect
the licenses.
The city clerk was instructed to
prepare an ordinance providing for
tine construction Of a cement sidewalk
abuttIng tho J. NJ. Cavanaugh prop
erty on Eighth street; also an ordi-
nance for the construction Of ce-
ment walk abutting the Il. Rosenwald
property, corner Of Eleventh and
Douglass.
A petition asking for the grading
or Ninth street and the laying Of ce
ment sidewalks was favorably re
ceived, the necessary resolution was
ordered prepared and the city engi
neer was instructed to cross section
the street.
Permission was granted to D. 1
Gregory to slope The "setoif' on Lin