The daily Alaskan., 1905-05-04
Ordinance No, 67

An ordinance, providing for the taxing
 of dogs, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the common council of the town of Skagway: 1 Section |. That uO dog over the age ! of three m'nths, shall be permitted 70 run al large in any of the streets, squares, lareS. alleys, or in other public places in the town Of SSagway, Alaska, unless a tax Of two dollars (S2,OOh shall have first been paid tO the town treas urer for sad dug, by the owner or GUS tOdian thereof,
 . Section ,. Tat the owner or the person having in charge any dog, which l he al OwS or Uermits Co run at large . within the limits Of the town nf Sksg- way, shall pay the town treasurer the sum Of two dollars iS2.OO) for each and every SacH dog, which payment shall entitle him tN q receipt from the treas urer, designating th- owners name and the number Of the license and the year or wears for whicC such lj Ccnse Is is sued.
 Section 8. It shall be the duty Of the owner 0T person having iu charge any dog, betOrc he shall allow 1t to run at large, to place on such dogs neck col ar of metal or leather, tO which Is attached the stamped metal lag, issued by the town treasurer.
 Section 1. That the annual time for the issuance Of the license herein pro vided for, and the time when all Such licenses shall expire, shall be the first of September of each ytar. The license or tax herein provided for, shall be deemed permit for the dog, for which it is issued, with the exception as pro vided in section six of this ordinance, to run at large from the date of its is suanCe until the first of the following September; provided further, that such dog shall have upon its neck, a collar, to which is attached the stamped metal tag before described.
 Section ;. That DO dog license shall be issued for @ longer or shorter period than to the first of September, follow ing the date of it's issuance.
 Section 6. That no slut or female dog iu time of heat, no habitually VIC ious dog, or mad dog, shall epermitted tO run at large within the town limits. And it shall be lawful for any person to kill any such dog found running at large WutIucI tue taN Ou SUSu NOS has pNSh paid or not.
 Section :. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, che owler of or having in charge any such dog, ss described in the last proceeding section, to permit the same to run at large in tCe town of Skagway; any such person, who shall knowingly or willfully permit such dog to SO run at large, shall, upon conviction thereof before the municipal magistrate be adiudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject tO fine of not less than five dollars $500 or more than twenty-five dollars t,25.OOl
 Section S. The town treasurer shall keep a record Of the licenses issued uu- der the provisions of this ordipance and shall, on the fifth day of September of each year and at such other times as the chief of of police shall require it issue to such officer a list of the persons who have paid a dog tax and the num- Der of their license.
 Section 9. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to kill or cause to be killed all dogs, found running at large within the town Of S<agway, 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 l29). forty-tOur (44), and fifiy-one (5l) ot the town of Skagway and the whole thereof be and the same are here by repealed.
 Section IL. That this ordinance shall te in force on an after the date of its passage.
 Introduced March 18th, 1905.
 Passed under suspension of rules March 18th, 1905
 L, s. KELLER, Mayor and President of the Council. W. :, Mckean,
 Clerk.