The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
ORDINANCE NO. 1872
An Ordinance to Amend Certain Portions
Of Ordinance No. 70 Entitled An Or
dinance Relating to the Running at
Large Of Dogs and the Licensing Of
Same"
of Virginia

The City Council of the City of Virginia
do ordain as follows:
Section I. That section six co. of Ordin-
! ance No. 70 of the City of Virginia entitled
AN Ordinance Relating to the Running
at Large of Dogs and the Licensing of
Same" be and the same Is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Section 6. No person shall keep or suffer
to be kept ON his premises or on the prem
Uses occupied by him. within the said City
of Virginia. nor permit to run at large in
said City of Virginia or upon any street
thereof. any dog of a ferOciOus or vicious
character. habit or disposition. and 1t shall
be lawful for any police officer or pound
master to forthwith kill or destroy any
such animal if found on the street or run
ming at large in said City of Virginia.
Section 2. That section ten (10) of said
Ordinance No. 70 shall be amended go as to
| read as follows:
Section TO- 1t shall be lawful for any po-
lice officer or pound-master to kill or de-
stroy forthwith any dog or animal of the
dog kind found running at large within
| the limits of the said City of Virginia. or
any dog which is maintained contrary to
any provisions of this ordinance.
by order or proclamation published in the
official newspaper of said City of Virginia.
require all dogs running at large in the
streets of said City of Virginia to be NUE.
zled with a metal muzzle of the wire bas-
ket type of nuzzle which shall in all cases
prevent said dog from biting or injuring
any person or animal and no other muzzle
save muzzle of the wire basket type shall
be used, and said muzzle shall be used
during the time specified in such a procla-
nation or order, and any person having
the care or control of dog within the said
City of Virginia. whether the owner. keep
er or otherwise. who shall refuse or neglect
to com olv with such order shall be guilty
of a violation of this ordinance.
The City Council shall appoint such
pound-master and assistants as may be
necessary and it shall be the duty of such
pound-master and assistants and of all 20
lice officers of the Citv of Virginia to en-
force all the provisions of this ordinance
and to kill or cause to be killed all dogs
within the City of Virginia or running at
large within the City of Virginia contrary
to the provisions of this ordinance.
1t shall be unlawful for any person to re-
fuse to exhibit his license or receipt to any
pound master or assistant. or any police
officer who Is engaged in the execution of
any provision of this ordinance.
Whoever shall violate any: provision Of
this ordinance shall. upon conviction
thereof before the Municipal Court of the
Cityof Virginia. be punished by fine of
not exceeding Fifty Dollars. or by impris-
onment in the county jail not exceeding
thirty days.
Section & A certain ordinance number
ed LIS and entitled An ordinance to amend
certain portions of Ordinance No. ~. enti-
tied AN ordinance relating to the running
at large of dogs. and the licensing OF
same" adopted January q, 1912. and all or
dinances or parts of ordinances inconsist-
ent with this ordinance. are hereby re-
pealed.
Section l. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after It's pas
sage, approval and publication.
Moved by Alderman Nolan. supported
by Alderman Mattson. that the ordinance
be adopted.
Aves:-Aldermen Heritage. Harvey.
Lundstrom. NOLAN, McGhee. Mattson. KeL
Ter, Coffey. Mr.. President-9.
Nays-None.
Adopted October sth. 1912
MICHAEL BOYLAN,
President of the City Council.
Approved October 18th. 1912
NJ. A. MURPHY,
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBEIT s. BICKFORD.
CITY Clerk.
Presented to the Mayor Oct 8. 1912
Returned by the Mayor Oct, II. 1e12 ~
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