Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-12
AN ORDINANCE

DOGS be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted so as 10 read as
follows
SECTION / II shall not be laKful for
any person or persons to own or harbor
any dog or bitch or TO allow the same
inside the limits of the City, without FIRST
obtaining a license so to do from the
Corporation and ihereupon having az
tached 10 said dog or bitch a collar on
which the lice se tag or number TO be
furnished BY the Clerk Of the Corporation
as hereinafter described.
SECTION 2 All owners or harborers
OF dogs or bitches shall pay 10 the Clerk
of the Corp ration annually. the sum OF
one dollar and bali 81 5ol for every
dog and III. sum of three dollars for
every bitch, kept or allowed within the
Corporate Limits Of the City Of Annapo-
lis, and the evidence Of the payment Of
such license shall be a receipt OF the
| Clerk for the same. and metal tag with
a number thereon securely fastened TO
the collar OF said dog or bitch; and if any
dog or bitch shall be found to be impro.
perry or falsely numbered. the owner or
owners or harborers Of the same shall be
| able 10 fine OF FIVE dollars. to be re-
covered as other fines and penalties are
no. recovered.
SECTION 5 II shall be the duty Of the
| City Police in the months Of August and
Ma en-, in each and every year. TO take
an account Of all dogs and biiehesin the
| City Limits and return the same 10 the
Mayor. Counsellor and Aldermen OF the
City, an alphabetical list Of the owners
or harborers, with the number Of dogs
or bitches owned or harbored by each.
SECTION II any dog or bitch be
found on any of the streets. lanes or al
leys OF the City of Annapolis, without a
collar with license number thereunto
attached, as required by the provisions
OF this Article, the said dog or bitch
shall be caught and removed to some
suitable place provided for the purpose
and there to be kept until called for and
released in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. provided, however that il such
dog or bitch shall not be claimed or de-
livered up as prescribed by this Article
within forty-eight hours after being so
confined shall be killed on the following
| Tuesday or Saturday of each week, but
dogs or bitches shallbe keptin the Pound
tor period of not less than forty eight
hours. II shall be the duty of mem
Der OF the Police Force to be present at
the time such dogs or bitches are killed,
to connt the same and legorE in writing
to the Mayor the number of such dogs
killed.
And such pound shall be constructed
in such a manner that all dogs may be
kept separately and all dogs shall be
kept separate at all times
If any person harbors any dog or
bitch within the Corporate limits of the
City without obtaining license so TO do
whether they allow the same 10 run at
large or not, shall upon conviction there
fore before an Justice of the Peace for
the City, be fined the sum Of one dollar
day for each and every day such dog
or bitch shall be harbored to be re-
covered as other fines and penalties arc
now recoverable.
SECTION 5. The Mayor shall appoint
annually, some suitable person whose
special duty it shall be to carry out the
provisions Of this Article and who shall
be known as the City Dog Catcher, the
person so appointed is hereby clio he'd
with all the power and authority of
police officer so far as relates 10 viola
tons of law appertaining to this Article
and for the purpose of protecting him
self in the discharge of his duties and
he is hereby required to report promptly
and all such violations of the provisions
| of this Article as may come to his know
ledge, and to take all proper steps to en-
force his provisions. He shall be the
authorized agent of the Clerk of the
Corporation in demanding license fees
| from the owners and harborers OF dogs
or bitches as prescribed by this Article.
On all sums so collected, the said Dog
Ca'cher shall be entitled to commission
of twenty per cent. and OF all fine col
lected on his complaint, he shalh be en-
titled to one-half and the other half shall
60 into the City Treasury for defraying
the expenses of the carrying out OF this
Ordinance.
For everydog or bitch caught within the
City Limits, without a collar with a Ii.
cense number upon it. and impounded
by the City Dog Catcher in the City
pound until killed or released under the
provisions of this Article. he shall upon
certificate of the Mayor, be paid the sum
of twenty cents; For every dog or
bitch killed after being impounded as
aforesaid the Dog Catcher shall be en-.
titled to the sum OF twenty-five cents to
be paid on order of the Mayor upon the
certificate of the Chief Of Police, The
owner or harborer of any deg or bitch
irnpnunded. claiming the same, shall
pay to the Clerk OF the Corporation the
license fee as before set forth and fine
Of FIVE dollars to the use of the City for
the purposes OF defraying the expenses
of this Article, after which said owner or
harborer shall be permitted to remove
said dog or bitch from the pound; pro-
vided, however. it shall always be COM
on said owner or harborer to prove in
mitigation of said license fee and fine,
that said dog or bitch and been licensed
10 be within the corporate limits OF the
city and that the license number had
been lost or taken from the collar Of said
dog or bitch without fault Of the owner
If any license number is lost from the
collar of any dog or bitch it shall be the
duty OF the owner or harboreTto obtain a
duplicate at cost of ten cents from the
City Clerk at once,
SECTION g. In addition to the fees
above set forth. the City Dog Catcher
shall receive as compensation the sum of
fifteen dollars per month to be paid on
order of the Mayor. If In the judgement
of the Mayor, the dog-catcher is not do
ing his duty, it shall be in the power to