The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-04-10
Ordinance No, 2oe.

the Registering, Taxing. Re
straining, Impounaing, and KILL
ing of Dogs.
Be it ordained by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Denison, Iowa,
SECTION. Q) Running at
Large, That all dogs are hereby
prohibited from running at large
within the corporate limits of the
City of Denison, Iowa, unless in
accordance with the provisions of
this ordinance.
SECTION. (2) Who Owner.
Any person who shall harhor or
let dog habitually remain to be
fed in or about his or her house,
store, or Enclosure, shall be consid-
cred the owner of said dog, within
the meaning of this ordinance, and |
it shall be the duty of every such
owner of Il dog to register the same
with the City Clerk and pay the Ii
cense tax thereon as provided in
section three of this ordinance.
SECTION. (3) License Tax.
That the owners of dogs shall pay
to the City Clerk an annual license
tax thereon as follows: Ifpaid be-
fore June first in each year, for
each male dog or spayed bitch, the
sum of one dollar; for each bitch
five dollars. If not paid until af-
ter June first of each year, for each
male dog or spayed bitch, the sum
of two dollars when the owner
thereof shall present u certificte
from competent veterinary that
; the bitch has been spayed, and for
90 each bitch the sum of ten dollars.
Any person, the owner of Il dog,
: who shall become resident of the
80 city of Denison, Iowa, subsequent
X to June first, in any Year, shall be
subject to the tax he7ein provided,
IS and if he pay said license tax with
10 in thirty days after becoming res
o5 ident of said city, such owner shall
~ not be subject to the penalty pro-
vided above. On receipt of said
81 tax by said Clerk, he shall register
IS paid, and deliver to the owner a
Is brass or copper check, which check
SO shall be numbered in the regular
a. corresponding order of the registry
"a book for that year, and also stamp
p ed with the word Denison' and
with the year of issuance. Said
clerk shall issue Il certificate of reg
istration to such owner. Said Ii
r cense tax herein provided shall be-
=. come due on the first day of May,
"a and delinquent on the first day OF
~ June, of each year, and all license
o. taxes collected by the City CLERK
ar shall be paid into the City treas
ID ury, less twenty cents for each GER
u tificate issued by said clerk, pro-
~ vided that all dogs under four
90 weeks old on the first day OF May
20 of each year, stall for said year be
90 exempt from the provisions of this
90 section.
co SECTION az. Check. That
is the check delivered by the clerl.
shall be secured around the neck of
the dog registered, and any person
"a who shall put upon dog any
check of the kind referred to here
81 in, except it shall have been re-
80 ceived from the Clerk, shall be
fined five dollars, and shall pay
" the costs of prosecution.
ID SECTION (5). Dogs Running
81 At Large. Any dog found running
% at large at any time of the year
~ without the check provided for in
% section three hereof, shall be taken
- up by the City Marshal, and placed
% in a pound provided by the City
% and shall be kept therein for per-
3 iod of five days. Within twenty
So four hours after taking up such an
imal, the City Marshal shall post
written notice in three public plac-
: es within the city, containing de-
scription of the dog, and reciting
e that unless said dog is claimed by
the owner thereof, within forty
eight hours after the posting of
% said notice, and the license tax as
!. provided in section three of this
h ordinance, that SAID dog will be
It destroyed in such manner as the
/ Marshal shall see fit.
1t SECTION (6). Penalty. That
= any owner applying at the pound
II for any dog that may have been
W impounded, shall, upon receiving
% such dog from the Marshal, pay i'm
e to his hands u penalty of one dollar
it FOR each dog delivered to said APP
t plicant. and shall i'm addition pay
% the tax, and cause such dog to be
II registered as provided for in Sec
% ton three of this ordinance.
SECTION co. Bitch At Large.
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