Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-24

sufficient to procure license upon
said dog, for which last amount the
purchaser or owner shall upon payment
thereof receive license upon such
| dog for the current license year. The
Poundmaster shall be entitled to charge
for impounding such animal fee Of
one dollar for each male dog, and each
spayed female dog, and fee of three
| dollars for each unspayed female dog
and for keeping each such dog the sum
of twenty-five cents per day. In case
a sufficient sum is not bid for any dog
to pay all fees, charges, and license
fee upon the same, the Poundmaster
may at his discretion adjourn the sale
from day to day, not more than three
days in all, or if no sufficient bid is
made for any animal, the Poundmaster
is empowered and authorized to kill
the same and properly bury or cremate
the carcass.
Section 5. No unspayed female dog,
or vicious dog shall be permitted to
run or be upon the public streets or
alleys of the City of Salem, whether
licensed or not, unless securely led by
a rope or chain by the owner, or keep
er thereof, and it shall be lawful for
any person to kill any such dog so
1 found at large; and the owner or
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same to be at large in violation of
the provisions Of this section, shall
1 on conviction thereof, be punished as
herein provided.
Section 6. All dogs more than four
months old found within the limits of
the City of Salem, without a license
tag thereon are hereby declared to be
public nuisance, and any person an
inhabitant of the City of Salem, who
shall keep a dog or dogs within the
limits of the City of Salem, without
first having paid the license required
therefor by this ordinance and having
the number thereof stamped or engrav- |
ed on a collar upon such dog, or
metal tag attached to such dog, as
hereinbefore provided or who shall
cause or permit collar or number to }
be put on a dog with intent to avoid |
the payment of a license therefor,
shall upon conviction for such offense !
be punished as herein provided.
Section 7. No person shall hinder or
molest any person or persons who may
be engaged in seizing any dog, killing
or removing the carcass thereof in
conformity with this ordinance, under
such penalty as is herein provided.
Section s. 1t shall be the duty of
the Poundmaster to make complaint
for all violations of this ordinance, and
the sum of three dollars shall be taxed
as costs against the defendant upon
every conviction for a violation Of
this ordinance in addition to fine
or imprisonment.
Section 8. All moneys received by
the Poundmaster under the provisions
of this ordinance shall be by him at
once deposited in the city treasury,
and a duplicate receipt therefor shall
be by him thereupon filed with the
Recorder.
Section TO- The Poundmaster shall
make a full report each month to the
Common Council Of all dogs taken, as
well as of all dogs killed by him
under the provisions Of this ordinance.
Section IL. 1t shall be the duty of
the Poundmaster to see that all dogs
found upon the public streets, alleys,
parks, and squares in the City of
Salem, are duly licensed, and TO catch,
impound, sell and kill, all dogs found
upon the public streets, alleys, parks,
and squares Of said city which have
not been duly licensed. Said Pound
master shall at his own expense pro-
vide a suitable and sufficient pound for
the impounding of all unlicensed dogs
taken by him, and properly feed and
care for said dogs while cenfned in
said pound, and shall bear all expense
of impounding advertising, keeping,
selling, killing, and disposing Of ali
dogs impounded and that the City OF |