The copper era., 1909-06-17
Ordinance No. 4.
DOGS


 Be it Ordained by the Board of AL dermen of the Town of Clifton:
 Section l. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep within the Town of Clifton, any dog, male or female, without first having paid a tax as specified in this ordinance. And any person who shall keep on his or her premises any dog, male or female, without having paid the tax herein provided for, to the proper officer of the Town of Clifton, shali be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon cOnvic- tion shall be fined the sum of ten dol lars, together with the cost of the pros- ecution.
 Section 2 Any person who shall keep or harbor any dog on his or her premises in the Town of Clifton, shall on or before the first day of July of each year, pay to the Clerk of the Town of Clifton, the sum of two dol lars per annum for each male dog, and the sum of four dollars per annum for each female dog, so kept or harbored on such premises, together with the fee for issuing same; and it shall be the duty of such clerk to issue li- cense to such owner or keeper with a tag bearing the license number, which tag shall, by the owner or keeper, be attached to and worn on a collar around the neck of such dog. Such collar shall be made of durable ma- terial.
 Section 8. The marshal or any po- lice officer of the town is hereby au- thorized to kill and remove any dog, male or female, found running at large within the limits of the town, and any dog, male or female, shall be considerded running at large unless marked and licensed as provided for in the ordinance Any dog, male or female, not so marked and licensed may be killed by such officer or off cers when found running at large in violation of this ordinance.
 Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or keeper, to allow his or her dog, male or female, to run at large on the streets within the Town of Clifton unless such dog be in the personal charge of such owner or keeper, and the owner or keeper of such dog shall be liable for all dam- age sustained thereby.
 Section 5. The town marshal is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to provide suitable place or pound, within the town limits, to properly and safely keep any and all dogs found running at large within the Town of Clifton, and he is hereby authorized and directed to siege and impound all such dogs. anu if the owner of the same can be found, to give notice of such impounding of such dog, and in the event the owner of such dog cannot be found or ascer- tained by said M arshal, he shall post written notice describing such dog so impounded, at the door of the post office of the Town of Clifton, and in the event any such dog so seized or impounded by the Ma rshal shall not be claimed within forty-eight hours after such seizure or the posting of post office and the tax paid thereon, together with a penalty of twenty five cents per day as impOunding fee, then the said M arshal is authorized and directed to remove such dogs be- yond the town limits and destroy the same. The M arshal shall be allowed by the town the sum of twenty-five cents for each dog he may kill and he may charge the sum of twenty-five cents per day for each dog impounded and redeemed, which fee shall be paid by the party redeeming such dog.
 Section 6. Any person who shall molest the Marshal or any police off cer in the discharge of the duties pro- vided herein, shall be punished by fine of not less than twenty-five dol lars or more than one hundred dol lars and the costs of the prosecution, or by imprisonment in the town jail for a term of not less than thirty days or more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the d diCoratiOn Of fha p0urt
 Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any dog within the corporate limits of the Town of Clifton, known to be vicious and liable to attack and iDjure human beings, unless such dog is securely kept so that he cannot injure any person; and it shall be unlawful to keep any dog within the limits of the Town of Cliff | ton which may have shown any symp- be the duty of all persons who may be the owner or keeper of any such | dogs, the keeping of which is de- clared 10 be unlawful, to cause such | dogs to be killed, and any failure to | with the provisions of this | section after the owner or keeper of | such dog has knowledge of the fact, | shall subject such owner or keeper to | ! fine of ten Q0) dollars and the cost | )f the prosecution, and each day's | allure to comply with this section, nay be held to be @ separate offense
 Adopted June l2th. 1909.
 Approved June l2th, 1909.
 GEORGE FRASER,
 Attest: Mayor.