The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-08-06

Be it ordained by the Council of the
| Village of Logan, state of Ohio.
SECTION |. That within thirty days af-
| ter the taking effect of this ordinance, the
| owner or harborer of any dog, shall re-
| port to the Mayor the number of dogs,
over three months old owned or harbored
by him or her. and kept in the village,
with description thereof giving sex and
| and color; and thereupon the mayor shall
furnish such owner or harboler, with the
number by which dog or dogs are to be
| known and designate, d on the official re-
gister to be kept as hereinafter provided
and within five days after the expiration
| of said thirty days such owner or harbor-
er shall cause to be securely fastened
around the neck of each dog so Owned or
harbored by him or her collar of leather
or other strong and durable material, to
which shall be securely fastened n button
or plate of metal on which shall be
Mayor and as contained in the register
herein provided for which said collar and
button or plate shall be kept on the dog
| at all times; ;and for all the purposes OF this
| ordinance and prosecutions Hereunder
such number and description so recorded
| as hereinafter provided and the button or
plate so provided for ,shnll be prilna facie
| evidence of the ownership or the harborer
of any such dog,
owner or harborer of any dog to suffer
the same to run at large, in any public
road, highway, street, lane, alley, or in or
| SECTION Q. The Mayor shall provide at
the expense of the village suitable blank
| book, which shall be designated as "Dog
| Register" in which he shall enter the
name of each owner or harborer of dog
in the order In which they are reported
to him, and opposite each name in ap-
propriate columns, he shall enter the num-
ber of the dog corresponding to the num-
bers so given out by him as in this ordi-
nance provided and the sex, color and OF
| ther appropriate description, of said dog.
| And all changes of ownership or places OF
| harboring OF such dogs shall Immediately
| upon such change happening be reported
to the Mayor, in writing by the original
| owner or harborer; and the Mayor Shall
| thereupon by appropriate entry in such
| register clearly indicate such changes; and
harboring shall not exempt such first ow-
ner or harborer from the penalties herein
provided for, unless reported to the Mayor
in writing as aforesaid and for register
1 Ing each dog as aforesaid and for the en-
| try of each change of ownership or place
of harboring, the mayor shall charge and
| receive the sum OF twenty five cents, and
| in addition thereto the Mayor shall collect
| from such owner or barborer the sum of
| seventy five cents to be turned into the
| Village Treasury on the first registery of
any dog and such registery shall be re-
| newed each year after the first registery
and for each animal registery the same fees
| and charges shall be paid as for the first
| registcry TO be paid by the owner or har-
borer Of the dog.
SECTION A. II any dog while running at
| large contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance, shall chase, worry or kill any
domestic animal, domestic fowl, or any
| person, the owner or harborer of such
| dog shall be subject the fines and penal
ties, hereinafter provided for; and such
dog may be killed by any person and
shall be killed by any police officer of the
village having knowledge thereof, at any
time or place.
SECTION 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
Marshal or any policeman to take up any
dog fund at large contrary to the priyf-
sions of this ordinance and conflne the
same IN the pound for such purposes pro-
vided or to be provided, aud in that case
such dog shall be treated and disposed OF
as provided IN Chaper one Title five Of
the Revised Statutes of Ohio in like cases.
and the officer so taxing up and impound-
Ing such dog shall be entitled to have and
receive the fees and charges in Section
1902 OF said chapter provided
PENALTIES.
SECTION 8. Any owner or harborer OF
any dog who shall neglect and fail to
make the report, or provide any dog SO
owned or harbored by him or her with
the collar or button or plate provided for
In Section One of this ordinance shall be
fined IN any sum not less than one dollar
nor more than five dollars; any person
found guilty of violating the provisions of
Section Two shall be fined In any sum
not less than one dollar and not more than
1--WE dollars; any owner or harborer OF a
dog within the village v hich dog shall be
found guilty OF any of the conduct set out
in any sum not less than one dollar and
not more than five dollars.
SECTION T. All ordinances heretofore
passed inconsistent herewith are hereby
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take Of
feet and be in force from and after the
eqPliess Passad p9riiSd IniS a[lowed ySeS by law
JOHN f. KRIEG,
Mayor and President ofthe Council.
July 3Oth, 1908, 2-w.