Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-06-29
BILL NO. Il
BILL NO. IS.
ORDINANCE NO. IS

AN ORDINANCE TO ABATE THE NUISANCE
OF DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF YERING-
TON, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA.
The city council of the city of Yerington do
ordain:
SEC !. Any person Keeping any dog OF dogs,
bitch or bitches, within the corporate limits of
the city of Yeringtou shall. or before the first
day of July of each year, procure from the chief
of police tag for such dog or bitch for which he
or she shall pay yearly license of two dollars
for each dog and three dollars for each bitch
SEC 2. 1t shall be the duty of the city clerk to
procure at the expense of the city, and deliver to
the chief of police. such number of suitable tags
may be required, taking his receipt therefor
Said tags shall be disposed of by SAID chief of
police in the manner hereinafter provided. He
shall also make out and submit to the CITY coun-
Gil at least once in each quarter year and at any
time when said city council may require it, a
verified statement of his receipts from the sale
of dog tags, showing the amount paid out or re-
tanned by him for fees as hereinafter provided,
and the amount paid into the city treasury.
SEC. 3. For each tag sold by the chief of po-
lice he shall be entitled to fee of fifty per cent
For each dog killed, removed and buried the
officer officers performing that service shall be
entitled to and receive the sum of two dollars.
The fees herein provided for shall be retained
and paid out of the money derived from the sa lie
of dog tags by the chief of police.
SEC. a. 1t shall be the duty of the chief of DO
lice to issue said tags and keep record of the
name of the purchaser of each tag, together with
the number of the tag
SEC. 5 It shall be the duty of the chief of DO
lice and the duty of every policeman to kill
every dog found within the corporate limits of
the city of Yerington wearing no tag, or having
no owner and remove said dog beyond the city
limits and bury him.
SEC. O. 1t shall be the duty of each and every
person keeping any dog or dogs within the cor
porate limits of said city of Yerington to procure
tag for each such dog and upon failure, neg
lect or refusal to procure such tag he shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof, shall be punished by fine of
not exceeding twenty-fi dollars or BY imprs-
onment in the city Jail not exceeding ten days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 7. Any person or persons who shall be
guilty of counterfeiting the tags herein pro-
vided for, with the intention of defrauding the
city, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof. shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment in the city Jail not exceeding fifty
days, or by both such fine ard imprisonment
SEC. s. This ordinance shall take effect and be
i'll force from and after its passage and adoption
and publication for period of one week.
SEC. 9. The city clerk and clerk of the city
council of the city of Yerington is hereby au-
thorized and ordered to have this ordinance No.
i, published in the LYON COUNTY TIMES,
weekly newspaper published in the city of Yer
ington for period of one week
Passed and adopted this 24th day of June A.
d. 1907, by the following vote of the city council
mem
Ayes-Sonne, Gallagher, snyder.
Nays-None.
Absent-RoSs.
Approved this z4th day of June, 1907. by
JUDSON G. r. SMITH
[sEALl Mayor of the city of Yerington.
Attest: w. + POWERS,
Clerk of the council and city of Yerington.