Williams news., 1910-12-17
Ordinance No. 62

An Ordinance Providing for Impounding
 Animals Running at Large.
 The Mayor and Common Council of the Town
 of Williams do ordain and Enact. as'Follows: ::
 Sec. l. The running or roaming at large of any horse. cattle, swine, sheep, goat or geese, with in the corporate limits ot the Town of Williams is hereby prohibited, and any of said animals found running at large it shall be the duty of the Town Marshal or Supervisor of Streets to gather and impound them.
 Sec. ?. Any animal impounded by the Mar. shal or any animal impounded by the Super visor of Streets shall be cared for by the officer impounding it or them during the time it or they shall be in the pound. Sec. 8. The officer impounding any of the above described animals shall forthwith post three notices of such fact in as many different places localities of said Town, specifying therein the fact of said animals being im- pounded and the time when it was done, the description as to Find and color. giving the marks and brands if marked or branded, to- gether with any other physical marks or de- scriptions; and further, that if the animal or the animals is not redeemed by the payment of all costs of impounding and any additional costs, said animal or animals will be sold by the officer.
 Sec. 4. No animal shall be sold without at least three days notice as above specified and given prior to the sale, and if the animal or animals be not redeemed by the owner or his agents within five days from the date of the sale, together with reasona ble expenses for the keeping of the animal animals from the date of the sale until redemption, together with any other reasonable expense incurred during said period, the title thereto shall then and there absolutelyyest in the purchaser; and tha off lfvrr .l.o1 good and sufficientSbill of sale on the part of the Town of Williams as grantor to the pur chaser; the Bin of Sale shall duly describe the animal or animals, and it must be acknowl- edged before some officer authorized to admin ister oaths by the officer making the sale.
 Sec. 5. The value of said animal or animals Is hereby declared to be and not to exceed the costs and expenses of impounding said animal or animals. keeping it or them and the notic- ing, as aforesaid, and sale thereof; however. If there be any money remaining after all costs, expenses and fees paid upon sale delivery of the animal animals, the same must be covered into the treasury of the town including the cost of feeding the animal or animals, and be assigned to the ordinary and contingent fund.
 Sec. G. In the impending. keeping and sale of all animals under this ordinance or any amendment thereto, the fees, costs and ex- penses shall be as follows:
 one-The value Of the feed the animal or
 animals uses....-. ---.................... Two-Securing each animal. ..........$1O co Three-For each day each animal is i'm
 pounded each animal ................... co Four-Making and posting notices, each sl
 notlce ......................s2 2 50 Five sale and delivery, under each
 blA or Sale -... ......................... 5 50 six-Eor any other necessary costs, expenses
 og trouble, there shall be reasonable charges Sec. All fees shall go to the officer per forming the service except as stated in section five, but the Town shall not be liable for any of them.
 In estI mating time, under this ordinance or any of its amendments, fractional days shall be estimated as whole ones.
 The value of all feed used for which the re- demptioner pays shall be turned into the treas ury of the Town, unless it has been furnished by the officer from his private funds, and as- signed to the fund stated in section five of this ordinance.
 Sec. 8. All ordinances and partsof ordinan. ces in conflict wi tn the provisions of this ordi- nance are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage.
 Paseed by the Mayor and Common Council of the town of Williams this 23rd day of No vemb-r, 1910, and presen ted to the Mayor for his approval and signature and by him ap- proved and signed this 23. d day of November 1910.
 H. M STARK Attest: Mayor of the Town of Williams.
 F. E. FOUsHA. Town Clerk.
 First publication December 191o-st.
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