Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-29
AN ORDINANCE.

Flrm or CUTDOI
Maintain, Harbor, or otherwise care
for any Dog within the limits OF the
Town of Yorkville without first op-
tanning a License so to do; declar-
ing and fixing the amount OF SAID
License Tax; the time or Payment
thereof; and the Penalty for Viola
ton of the Terms OF this Ordl-
nance.
DEit Ordained, BY the Mayor and
ID Aldermen, the Town Councli OF
the Town of Yorkville, ;, Z, anu py
authority of the same:
Section /. That from and a1ter the
passage Of this Ordinance, 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, firm, or cor
poration to own, keep, maintain, mar
bor. or otherwise care for any dog
within the limits Of the town OF YORK
Vile, S. c., without first obtaining
license from the town treasurer to
keep, own, maintain, harbor, OF oth-
erwise care for said dog.
Sec. 2. That any person, hrm, OF
corporation desiring to keep, own,
maintain, harbor, or otherwise care
for any dog within the limits OF the
town of Yorkville, S. c., shall make
written application to the Chief OF Po-
lice of said town for license for this
purpose, which application shall con-
tain description OF said dog' py
ing marks, il any, and shall also make
satisfactory proof before said Chlet o1
Police that the dog proposed to be
kept within said town Is not menace
to the persons or property OF the cit
iZens OF said town.
Sec. 3. Upon the filing OF said ap,
plication with the Chief of Police, ana
satisfying the Chief of Police that salu
dog Is not a menace to the lives OF
property of the citizens OF said town,
the mayor shall endorse his approval
upon said application, whereupon the
town treasurer shall issue to the owner
of said dog a License, and shall also
furnish to the owner Of said dog or
the person applying for said license, a
leather collar with a brass tag there
on, on which there shall be the number
under which the license granted shall
be registered. Said license shall be
good for TWELVE MONTHS, from
the 1ST DAY OF AUGUST, in the year
i'm which the license Is issued ana no
longer, Provided, nothing contained
herein shall prevent the mayor from
canceling any license granted II IN
his opinion the dog SO licensed, shall
thereafter become a menace TO the
lives or property of the citizens of the
town, and in the event that such IL
cense be Cancelled, said dog shall not
be allowed to run at large, and II
found running at large shall be killed,
or the owner fined in a sum of not less
than FIVE DOLLARS nor more than
FIFTEEN DOLLARS, or be impris-
oned not less than FIVE DAYS nor
more than TWENTY DAYS.
Sec. 4. The fee for said license shall
be the sum of TWO DOLLARS, which
sum shall be due and payable on the
lST DAY OF AUGUST, Of each and
every year hereafter.
Sec 5. Any person, or persons, firm,
or corporation undertaking to own,
keep, maintain, harbor, or otherwise
care for any dog within the limits of
the, town of Yorkville, without taking
out and paying for the license herein
provided for, shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor and upon conviction
before the mayor, shall be fined in q
sum not less than TWO and 5O-10O
DOLLARS nor more than FIFTEEN
DOLLARS, or be required to work
upon the public works Of the town OF
county or be confined in the county
Jail for a period of not less than ONE
DAY nor more than TEN DAYS In
the discretion of the mayor.
Sec. 6. All dogs found within the
limits of the town upon which the LII
cense Tax has not been paid nor fol
which a license has not been taken
out, shall be liable to. seizure and sale
under execution for the payment OF
said License Tax by the Chief of Po-
lice of the said town, and it is hereby
made the duty of the policeman of the
said town to seize said dogs wherever
found. Unless the owner Of said dog
dog or dogs within TWELVE HOURS
after the seizure thereof, ii shall be
the duty of the Chief of Police to ad-
vertise said dog for sale before the
Court House Door for cash, first giving
Twenty-four hours notice of the time
of said sale. The sale shall be fol
Cash and the proceeds thereof shall be
applied to the costs and expenses OF
the keep of said dog. the sale thereof
and to the License Tax herein provid'
ed for. Should any person desire t(
effect the release of said dog within
the time mentioned above, he may az
SO upon payment of the sum of THREE
DOLLARS and the cost Of the seizure
and keep Of said dog, whereupol
a license to keep the said dog shall bt
issued in accordance with the term:
and conditions of this ordinance. Pro
vided, however, nothing contained II
this Ordinance that shall require the
mayor of said town nor the towr
treasurer to issue Il license If in tn,
opinion of the mayor said dog is {
menace. to the lives and property o.
the citizens of the town.
Sec. Z. If at the sale of any dos
hereinbefore provided for the towr
shall become the purchaser of said dog
il shall be the duty 0f the Chief of PO'
lice of said town to Immediately xii
said dog.
Sec. s. Any person undertaking t.
effect the release of any dog under ant
by virtue of the provisions of section
6 of this Ordinance shall not be ex.
cused nor held free from the penaltie!
prescribed in section 5 of this Ordi.
nance. If he be otherwise liable to the
penalties therein contained. by reason
of his paying the sum or sums requir
ed to be paid by and under the pro
visions of section 6 as above.
Done and ratified in council Assem-
bled in regular session at YOrkville
s. c.. this. the 2Sth day of June. A
D.. 1909.
GSEALl
JOHN r. HART. Mayor