The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-02-20
Fifty cents per day for each horse,


each burro. goat, sheep or hog.
And for the purpose of this sec
ton and the enforcement thereof
and the collection of fees provided
herein n animal fed night and
morning shall be deemed to have
been held one day, and liable to full
fee for the care and keeping of said
animals shall be charged by said
pound keeper unless said animal i'm
pounded by him has beer fed and
only the proper proportion of the
feed provided per day shall be charg-
ed according to the number of times
such animal is fed.
In addition to the above fees pro-
vided the said pound keeper shall
also charge and receive fifty cents
as an impounding fee for each ami
NAL taken and impounded by him.
Said fee or fees shall be paid by the
owner or agent of the owner of said
animal or animals at the time such
animal or animals are reclaimed or
released from the pound; or in the
event of the sale of any unclaimed
animal so impounded, then the whole
cost of the care and sale shall be
realized from such sale of such ami
NAL, and in NO event shall the City
of Roswell, be liable for any charge
other than the monthly allowance
provided for in this ordinance.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
said pound keeper to provide a safe
place for the keeping and caring for
animals SO taken by him under this
ordinance. and he shall keep and
care for said animals properly, and
any failing to do sc will subject him
to removal from Office by the City
! Council.
Section 5. Any person who shall
find any animal or animals describ-
ed in Section l of this ordinance
running at large contrary to the pro-
visions hereof, may AXE up and
deliver it to the pound keeper.
Section 6. When. any animal or an
imals mentioned in Section / of this
ordinance shall be taken by the
pound keeper under the provisions
of this ordinance he shall at once
give notice thereof to the owner or
owners of such animal or an
mails, If such owner is
known or can by reasonable
diligence be ascertained by said
pound keeper; and if such owner or
his agent shall pay all charges ag-
ainst such animal or animals as
herein provided, the pound keeper
shall deliver such animal or animals
to such owner or his agent; but in
event such owner shall not appear.
or is unknown to such pound keep
er and can not by reasonable dill
gence be a~scertained, or shall fail
or refuse to pay said charges then
the said pound keeper shall after
the expiration of twenty-four hours
from the time such animal or ami
mails were impounded, post in six
conspicuous places within the limits
of the City of Roswell. written or
printed notices of the fact of such
animal or animals being impounded
by him, giving the late when i'm
pounded the description OF the AMI
ma or animals and reciting the fact
that the owner is unknown or if not
has not appeared to redeem said an
imal or animals or has failed or re-
fused to pay the legal charges there
on, after due notice as herein provid-
ed, and that unless said owner or
his agent shall within five days from
the posting of said notice appear
and redeem said animals or animals,
the same will be sold to satisfy the
cost of care, maintenance and sale,
giving date and place of sale. Said