The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-24
ORDINANCE NO. ae7.

ORDINANCE NO. 267.
An ordinance to provide for licensing and
keeping OF dogs; and to provide for Badge
or Token 10 be carried by each licensed dog
and to prohibit the running at large of dogs
and to authorize the deS 6ruction of the same
| in a summary manner when at large contrary
| to the ordinance or proclamation of the
| Mayor of the City OF Kenosha; and making it
unlawful for any person, other than the owner
| to take or in any way remove from the body
| OF any dog within the City of Keposha, any
collar or other device to which a license check
| shall be attached.
Be it ordained by the Common Council of the
City of Kenosha.
| Section l. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to keep, own or harbor within the City of
Kenosha any dog without first having OBJ
/ tanned a license therefor and complied with
| the provisions OF this ordinance.
| Section 2. Every person owning, keeping
| or harboring in the City of Kenosha any dog
or dogs shall annually on or before the first
! day OF October for each such dog pay TO the
City Treasurer of said city license tax of
| One Dollar for male and Four Dollars for
| female for the use of the City OF Kenosha
/ Upon receipt of such license 1t shall be the
| duty of the City Treasurer to give such person
! a receipt therefor. which receipt shall by such
person be delivered to the City Clerk, who
shall deliver to such person a token or badge
| for each such license tax paid. which tokens
| shall be provided by said City Clerk at the ex-
pense of the City of KenOSha, such badge or
token shall, by the person owning, keeping or
| harboring any such dog or dogs, be affixed to
| and kept upon the collar of each such dog for
which such license shall have been paid. Such
| license shall be in force until the first day of
October next after the payment thereof, I'M
less sooner forfeited as hereinafter provided;
/ and such badge or token shall bear the i'm
preston OF the year in which such license
! shall expire,
] Section 8. Every person owning, keeping or
harboring any dog in the City of Kenosha
without first having paid the license as pro
| vided in the foregoing sections, shall be pun
ished by fine OF not less than Two Dollars
| nor more than Five Dollars and cost of prose
| cutiOn, and in default OF payment of such fine
| and costs shall be imprisoned in the county
jail of the County OF Kenosha for a period of
| not less than Five days nor more than Twenty
days.
Section 4. ANY dog found at large on any
| of the public streets, alleys or grounds in the
/ City of Kenosha. upon which the license herein
| provided shall be unpaid, or which shall not
have attached to it's collar the token or badge
herein provided, shall be destroyed; and it
shall be the duty OF the police force of the City
| OF Kenosha to enforce the provisions of this
| ordinance.
| Section 5. Any person in the City of Keno
| sha who shall harbor or suffer or permit any
| dog or dogs to be and remain at or about his
| house, stable, store or other premises is
hereby deemed and declared to be the
| owner of the same and subject to The penalties
/ contained in this ordinance.
| Section 6. 1t shall not be lawful for the
| owner OF any fierce or dangerous dog to per-
nit or suffer the same to run or go at large
1
/ whether the same has been licensed and has a
| token affixed to it's collar or not; and every
such owner offending against the provisions
| OF this section by permitting or suffering any
| such dog to run or go at large as aforesaid
| shall, upon conviction, forfeit such license
| and pay for the first offense the sum OF not
less than Five Dollars nor more than Fifty
| Dollars together with the costs of prosecution:
| and If any person shall be second time con-
| victed of permitting the same fierce or dan
gerOus dog to run or go at large, such person
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1 the sum of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars
| nor more than One Hundred Dollars, together
with the cos Is OF prosecution; and in case of
default in the payment of such tine or penalty
| and costs of prosecution in either OF the cases
/ in this section specified such person convicted
| as aforesaid shall be confined in the county
/ jail of the County of KenOSha for a period of
not less than ten days nor more than sixty
/ days.
| Section7. Whenever the Mayor of the City
| OF Kenosha shall deem it advisable for the
prevention OF hydrophobia he may issue his
proclamation requiring all dogs within the
| City of KenoSha to be confined or securely
muzzled, as he may deem BEST for such time
as he may in his proclamation designate, or
| until his further order and notice, and during
| the time so designated or until the further
order and notice by the Mayor it shall be un-
lawful for any dog to go at large or unmuz-
zled, as the case may be contrary to the terms
of such proclamation.
| Section g. Whoever shall own keep or har-
Dor any dog within the City OF Kenosha, and
shall fail, refuse or neglect to con1ne or Sc
curely muzzle the same IN accordance with
any proclamation issued by the Mayor shall
| be fined notices. than one dollar nor more than
/ ten dollars and costs Of prosecution, and in
| default of the payment Of such fine or costs
shall be imprisoned in the county Jail of the
| County of KenOSha not less than five nor
| more than twenty days.
| Section 9. Every dog respecting which all
| requirements of the ordinances or proclama-
| tion OF the Mayor OF the City of Kenosha are
not complied with is hereby declared TO be
nuisance, and shall be abated by killing such
dog In such manner and by such means as
| may be deemed easiest and best.
Section TO- From and after October 1St,
| 1908 every dog seen or found running at large
| upon any street, lane, avenue, alley, public
square, public grounds or upon any unin-
closed lot or tract of land in the City of Keno
sha, contrary to the ordinances or proclar1a-
tion OF the Mayor of the City of Kenosha, shall
| be slain and destroyed; and all dogs killed,
slain or destroyed under the ordinances or
| proclamation of the Mayor of the City OF Ke-
nosha, shall be removed and buried or dis
posed OF in such manner as the Chief OF Police
1 NAV direct
| Section H. 1t shall be unlawful for any
| person, other than the owner to take or in
| any way remove from the body of any dog
| within the City OF Kenosha, any collar or
other device to which a license check or tag
| shall be attached.
] Section IL. Any person found guilty of vio-
/ lating any OF the provisions Of the last pre-
| ceding section of this ordinance shall be pull
/ ished by fine of not less than two dollars nor
/ more than twenty-five dollars together with
\ the costs OF prosecution and in case OF default
IN the payment OF such tine and cost shall be
/ imprisoned in the county jail of KenOSha
| County not less than five nor more than sixty
| days.
Section 10. This ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after It's passage and
publication.
Passed, Sept 81 1908.
Approved, Sept; 2, 1903 r-,-4
Attest: GUS JACOB.
! City Clerk