Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector May 10. 1907
ORDINANCE NO. q

| V1DASNANC& ANVs "
License, Enumeration, determination.
D.. An ordinance concerning dogs.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and coun'
cilmen of the City Of Manchester;
As. License. Tag, Registration. Section
II. Any person owning or harbOring any
dog IN the city Of Manchester, Kansas
shall pay annually into the city treasury
the sum Of one dollar for each male dog
and spayed female dog, and two dollars
| for each female dog, so owned or harbored,
and shall keep upon such dog q leather
or metallic collar. with a brass tag to be
furnished by the city, showing that said
dog has been registered and the year OF
harboring any dog shall cause the name
and description thereof, together with the
owners name, to be entered In regis
ter to be kept by the city clerk for that
purpose, whose duty 1t shall be to make
such entry upon presentation 9ta So to MIN o. o.
herein provided by the owner or keeper
Of such dog, who shall pay the city clerk
a fee Of twenty five cents (25) for each
dog so registered. In addition, all un-
spayed bitches. or female dogs, shall be,
during their rutting period confined In
some building or Enclosure, secure from
other male dogs, and kept therein until
after such rutting period be. entirely
passed. Provided, that this shall In no
way Interfere with the. enclosing Of q
such secure enclosure, for the purpose OF
breeding.
46. Time of Paying Tax, Rebate. Sec.
ton q The license fee or tax provided
for in section 1 of this ordinance shall be
payable on and after the first day of
January Of each year, II paid voluntarily
on or before the first day Of March the
person 80 paying shall be entitled to a
rebate Of twenty 900 per cent from the
amount provided for IN section one u.
tion 3. Between the first day of March
and the first day of May in each year the
city marshal shall make an enumeration
Of all the dogs owned or kept In the city,
and shall make and file with the city clerk
a list giving. brief description. age and
sex of the dogs, with names of owners.
At the time of making such enumeration
the marshal may proceed to collect any |
taxes unpaid, and for collecting such |
taxes he shall receive, twenty (2O) per
4s. Failure to Pay Taxes. Penalty. Sec
ton A. Any person who shall keep or
1arbOr dog within the corporate limits
If the city Of Manch ester, and who shall
not have paid, on or before the first day
'ide9 in section s one e Of t tSis ordinance tai
hall be guilty of misdemeanor, and up
IN conviction thereof shall be fined in any
Ium not more than twenty-five dollars
40. fmpounding, Redemption, Killing.
Zee. 8. If any dog shall be found running
It large upon which a tax provided for
n section one ~ Of this ordinance has
lot been paid, or which does not have up
IN 1t the tag described In section one ~ l.
o show that said dog has been duly regis
MARSHAL to catch said dog and confne 1t in
he city pound. Any dog so confined In
he pound shall be properly. fed, and If
ot called for and redeemed by its owner
,ithin forty-eight (4Sl hours after being
laced there, 1t may be put to death by
he marshal In as humane manner. as
Ossible. Any owner desiring to redeem
nd take away dog SO. impounded shall
ay to the marshal fee Of one dollar
le dog properly registered before he
iall be entitled to the possession thereof.
the owner fails within forty-eight c
lSl hours to redeem a dog imp0unded,
le marshal, instead Of killing 1t, may dis l
iii pay the fees and charges due on said
,g. The marshal is authorized to kill b
~ dog found running at large unregis- s
red provided, he can not catch it for h
. purpose. of putting the dog into the Il
'lnd; but II shall not be lawful to shoot d
dog upon the frequented public streets
the city unless 1t shows symptoms of a
bies. For killing and burying a dog a
Q marshal receive fee of fifty (5O5 Iii
nts. All registered bitches or female 5.
gs running at large during their rutting "a,
riod shall be caught and impounded by Iii
0 city marshal; and the owner shall be al
CURED to pay to the marshal a fee of
9 dollar ($1.00) and all other expenses 81
,urred while impOunded before he shall al
entitled to possession Of the dog. If 81
. owner of such bitch or female dog al
to appear within forty eight hours tn
redeem such dog, the marshal shall pro- an
d to kill and dispose of said dog in the an
inner provided In this ordinance. SO
lection 8. This ordinance shall take Of
ct and be in force from and aftetr its OF
DlieatiOn in the Abilene Weekly Reflec. to
Of Abilene. Dickinson County, Kan m
he above ordinance passed the council o
y |, 1907, and approved by me, the fel
yor, May /, 1907. otl
CHAs. W. BETHEL, sh
est: Mayor. Ssn
Eo. H. HARVEY, City Clerk n ne
te Of Kansas, Dickinson County-ss. eg'
Geo H.. Harvey, city clerk Of the the
7 OF Manchester, do hereby certify that an
above ordinance passed the city cOun- saI