The daily Alaskan., 1905-05-01
Ordinance No, 67

An ordinance, providing Tor the taxing
 of dogs, and for other purposes
 Be it enacted bv the common council of the town of SkagwSy:
 Section l. That no dog over the age of three m nths, shall be permitted to run at large in any ot the streets, squares, laues, alleys, or in other public places in the town Ot Skagwsy, Alaska, unless a tax ot two dollars lS2O0h shall have first been paid to the town treas urer for said dug, by the owner or GUS todian thereof
 Section .. Ina, the owner or the person having in charge any dog, which he allows or Termits to run at large within the limits Or the town ot Skag. way, shall pay the town treasurer the sum ot two dollars S2.O0) for each and every such dog, which payment shall entitle hum tn a receipt from The treas urer, designating the owners name and the number Ot he hCcusC and the year or wears for whicL such license Is ls- sued.
 Section B. It shall be the duty Of the owner oy person having in charge any dog, before he shall al .OW 't Co run at large, to place on such dog neck a collar of metal or leather, Co which Is attached the stamped metal lSg, issued by the town treasurer,
 Section q, That the annual time for the issuance of the license herein pro vided for, and the tune when all such licenses shall expire, shall be the fist of September Of ed-h y ar. The liccnsc or tax herein provided tHr, shall bc deemed a permit for rhe dog, for which it is issued with the exception Ss prg- vi6ed in section six Of this ordinance, tO run al large from the date Ot it's is suance uuti, the first Oi the following September; provided further, lha such dog shall h we upon its neck, a collar, to which is sttachej the stamped metal tag before described.
 Section D. That no GOg license shall be issued for a longer or shorter periCd than to the first of September, follow ing the date of I'S issuance,
 Section 6. That no slut or female dog in time of heat, no habiJusily vIC- iOus dog, or mad dog, shall tep,rmittsd to run at large within the town limits. And it shall be lawful for any person 10 kill any such Gog found uuniug at large whether the tax on such dog has been paid or not.
 Section :. I, shall b. a mjsiemewoc for auy person, che Owaer uf or having in charge any such dog, described iu the last proceeding section, to permit the same 10 run at arCe in J.e town of Skagway; any such person, wto shall kuowinglc or wultUlly Yermit such uog to SO rUn at large, Shan, uVou conviction thereof before the mu icipai mSgistra C be adjadged guilty tf - mi dcmeanor and sha be subject 'O fine ot Dot ss than tSe dollars $500 Nf more than twenty-five dollars { 2iOOl
 Section $. The town treasurer shal keep a recorIl ot the h. enses lSSuud un- der the provisions oi this ordiua C. and shall, on the fifth q y Of september of each year and at su b o.hsr tim, as the chief of Of police Shau require IJ issue 10 such offer i>t oi the pcrsoUs who have paid a dog tax aud he num- Der Of their GceCse.
 Section 9. It Sball be the duty of the chief of police io kill or cause 10 be killed all dogs, found running at large within the town of StsgGsy, without a collar. to which is attached the stamped metal tag issued by the town treasurer, as above provided. The chief of police shall cause all dogs, so killed, to be buried or otherwise disposed Of, in such place as the town health officer may direct,
 Section 70. That ordinances twenty nine (29) iorty-fOur (44), and ttiy-one (5l) Ot the town of Skagwsy and the uhole thereof he and the same are here by repealed,
 Section II. That this ordinance shall te in force on an after the date of it's passage.
 Introduced March 18th, 1905.
 Passed under suspension Of rules March 18th, 1905
 L, $, KELLER, Mayor and Presiden. of the Council. W, $, McKean,
 Clerk.