Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-11-17
CITY ORDINANCE NO. IS
An Ordinances Concerning Pounds ard
To Prevent Animals From Rum

To Prevent Animals From Rum
ming at Large.
The City Council OF the City of I
Warren do ordain as follows.
Section 1. No horse, sheep, goat, !
swine, mule, nor cattle OF any kind, |
nor any poultry, turkeys, chickens or
geese, shall be permitted to run at /
large within the City, nor be herded
OF pastured in or upon any street OF
said City, nor be permitted to sraze
or feed upon said streets, and if found
running at large OR grazing Or feeding
in the street. or walking upon any
sidewalk, each and every Of the ami
mails aforesaid may be impounded in
any public pound in the City, which
may be designated by the pound keep
er, from which they shall not be re-
leased until the owner or owners
thereof shall pay the pound keeper
having such animal Or animals in
charge, a fee Of One Dollar for each
and every animal so impounded, and
also any reasonable expense of said
pound keeper in taking up and for the
suitable and proper maintenance OF
said animals during the time the same
shall have been impounded- and any
owner of the animals above specified
or any person in whose charge the
same may be, who shall permit the
same to run at large within the limits
Of the City OF Warren, or to feed or
Craze within the streets of said City,
contrary to the provisions Of this Or
dinance, shall, upon conviction there
OF before one Of the City Justices in
and for the said City, be punished by
a fine of not less than Five and not ex-
ceeding Fifteen Dollars, and may be
imprisoned until such fine is paid not
exceeding. thirty days.
Section 2. The City Marshal Of the
City Of Warren is hereby made the
City pound keeper and it shall be his
duty to enforce this ordinance and
perform the duties Hereunder in ad-
dition to his duties as City Marshal
and the fees collected are to be re-
tanned by him as his compensation as
pound keeper in addition to his salary
as City Marshal, and the said pound
keeper shall have the right to desiss-
nate one or more public places within
the said City as a City pound or
pounds.
Section g. 1t shall be the duty Of
the pound keeper to provide proper
and necessary sustenance for animals
so impounded and the reasonable cost
of providing such sustenance for such
animals so impounded shall be paid to
the pound keeper before such animal
shall be released from the pound, and
it shall be lawful for any such pound
keeper to sell at public vendue to the
highest bidder for cash, any animal or
animals impounded as aforesaid at
any time after the expiration Of five
days from the time that they shall be
so impounded, the said pound keeper
to give not less than ten days notice
of the time and place of sale and de-
scription Of the animals to be sold, by
posting three written or printed no
tees in three different conspicuous
public places in the City of Warren
for posting OF which notices the pound
keeper shall be entitled to charge
| twenty-five cents each, before suet
animal shall be released provided
| that il any such animal is redeemed
or payment rendered for that purpose
| by the owner Or his agent of the
| mound keepers fees together with The
reasonable expense Of impounding the
animal and the expense of sustenancs
thereof while impounded. and adver
| Using AT any time before such ANNA
OR animals are actually sold. the same
shall not be sold but released by til,
pound keeper
Section + Whenever anv ANNA
shall be sold as herein provided. ant
! shall not bring enough to pay the fee
charges and penalty as herein nrovid
ed. the same may be recovered fror
! the owner or any person having III
same in charge and permitting sue
animal tc go at large, by a suit befor
either Of the City Justices Of said Cit
in the name OF said City and tn
amount received to be paid into th
Treasury Of said City
Section ). Any person Or person
who shall break open, or in any mar
ner dierctly or Indirectly advise, q
rect or aid in breaking open any Cit
pound shall upon conviction there
before anv of the City Justices. b
punished nv fine not exceeding F'ift
Dollars and not less than Twenty Do
lars, and may be imprisoned unit
such fine is paid, not exceeding thirt
days.
Section g. Any person or person
who shall hinder, delay, Or in an
manner obstr.iet or interfere with tt
pound keeper OF person employed b
him, while engaged in driving Or ia
ing to the City pound any animal
animals liable to be impounded in II
City pound as in this ordinance rr
vided- shall for such offense, upon Gu
vietion thereof before one of the Tu
tees of said City, be punished by
! fine of not less than Ten Dollars NJ
more than Fifty Dollars and may
imprisoned until such fine is paid, n,
exceeding thirty days. -.-..
Section T. Any animal or ANNA
sold under the provisions of this orc
nance the value Of which shall
Twenty Dollars or upwards, may
redeemed from the purchaser at al
I time within thirty days from the sa
. thereof, upon payment of the purcha: