Amador ledger., 1907-02-01

An Ordinance Imposing License
Tax npOn all Dogs Owned, HarbOred
or Found within the Corporate Limits
of the City of Jackson during the
Year 1907, and Providing for the
Collection of the Same.
The Board of Trustees of the city
of jackson do oIdaIn as follows:
Section l. A license tax is hereby
imposed for the year 1907 upon all
dogs owned, harbored or found within
the corporate limits of the city of
jackson, as follows:
Upon every male dog two dollars
for the year ending December 81, 1907.
Upon every female dog, four dollars
for the year ending December 81, 1907.
Section 2. Every person who owns,
harbors or maintains within the COR
porate limits of the city of jackson
any dog, male or female, is hereby
required to pay the tax and license COL
Iector of the city of Jackson, the tax
as herein prescribed, and upon such
payment he or she shall receive from
the said tax and license collector a
check or tag provided with number,
the year and the words ''male'' or
female" Cor some mark signifying
the same), and so designed as to be
readily affixed to strap or dog col
lar, which said check shall be affixed
by the party procuring the same to
such strap or dog collar, and securely
fastened about the neck of such dog.
Section 3. The city clerk shall pro-
cure checks or tags as above provided,
and shall deliver the same to the said
tax and license collector, charging
him Herewith upon a record kept for
that purpose, and the said tax and
license collector shall keep an accur-
ate record of all license tags and
checks issued by him, and shall make
return of the same to the city clerk
on the first of each and every month !;
and he shall be credited by the clerk
on such record with all moneys COL
lected by him, and with all license
tags or checks returned unsold by
him.
Section 4. The poundkeeper of the
city of jackson is hereby authorized
and empowered, and he is directed
hereby, to. seize and hold each and
every dog owned, harbored or found
within the corporate limits of the
city of jackson, upon which the said
license tax has not been paid; and
the said poundkeeper shall seize and
hold as above provided, each and
every dog found within the said city
unprovided with such license tag or
check, as herein provided; and unless
satisfactory evidence be produced
that such license has in fact been
paid, he shall proceed to dispose of
such dog in the manner herein pro-
vided.
Section 5. 1t is hereby made the
duty of the poundkeeper to notify
the owner or person having the con-
troll (if known to him) of any dog
impounded, within twenty four hours
after impounding the same; and when
the owner or person having the con-
troll of such dog is not known, or can
not be found the poundkeeper shall ad-
advertise said dog by posting notices
in at least three conspicuous places
within the said city describing it as
nearly as possible.
At any time prior to sale, the owner
or person having control of any dog
seized and held in the custody of the
poundkeeper, may recover the same
by the payment of the license tax as
herein provided, together with the
fees set forth in the following Sec
tion.
Section 6. If, after due notification
OF advertisement as above required,
for a period of five days, no person
shall have recovered or redeemed the
same in the manner prescribed in
the foregoing section, the pound
keeper shall proceed to dispose of
such dog in the manner following:
The said poundkeeper shall, on the
Monday of each and every week,
separately expose for,sale to the high
est bidder for cash, every dog then
held in his custody upon which such
license tax and charges hereinafter
provided tor shall remain unpaid;
provided however that no dog shall
be sold under the provisions of this
section until after due notification
or advertisement as above required,
for at least five days.
At such sale no bid shall be accent
ed for less than the full amount of
the license tax unpaid together with
an additional fee of one dollar. and a
fee of twenty-five cents for every day
custody of such poundkeeper.
The proceeds of such sale shall be
applied first, to the payment of the
said license tax and the fees as
provided in the preceding paragraph,
and any balance shall be paid to the
owner of such dog if known, and
where the owner is unknown, it shall
be paid into the city treasury, and
there held for a period of thirty
days. after which time, if the same
is not claimed, it shall stand forfeit
to the city; provided, however, that
the owner or owners of any dog so
sold may, within such period, claim
the amount of such balance so held.
and upon satisfactory proof of his or
her claim, the said amount shall be
paid to the person advancing and
proving such claim.
If no lid is received at such sale
sufficient to- pay the amount of such
license tax and the additional fees
upon any dog so exposed for sale,
the poundkeeper is empowered and
directed forthwith to deprive such
dog of life; and he shall be entitled
to recover from the city of jackson
the amount of his fees as prescribed
herein.
Section Z. This ordinance shall be
in effect from and after it's passage
and publication.
introduced January II, 1907.
Adopted and approved January 81,
l9OI, by the following vote: