The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-06-26
4 N ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE to repeal and re-en
act with amendments, Sections 3, o, b.
and 8, of an ordinance enacted and or
dained by The Mayor and Aldermen oil
Frederick on the 10th day of June, A.
D., 1909. entitled, IAN Ordinance to re-
peal Sections a, rs, 10, So 81 and 81 of
Ordinance No. 8, entitled, Health and
Nuisances,' etc, relating to the keeping
of dogs in Frederick. ]"
Section l. Be it Enacted and Ordained
by the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick,
That Sections, g. 6, 3 and o, OF an ordl-
nance enacted and ordained by The Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick, on the 10th
day of June, A. D.. 1909 entitled, IAN
Ordinance to repeal Sections n, rs, 10, 50,
81 and 81, of Ordinance No. 8, entitled,
Health and Nuisances, etc, relating to
the keeping of dogs in Frederick, be and
the same are hereby repealed and re-en'
acted with amendments so rs to read rs
| follows:
Section 8. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
| That no animal of the dog kind shall be
permitted to run at large, at any time
whatever upon any avenue, street, lane,
alley, highway, common or public square,
| or park in Frederick, unless every
such animal shall be, not only securely
| muzzled, so as to prevent it from biting
| any person or animal, but also provided
with license tag, and the owner or har
! borer of any dog or bitch shall pay annu
ally, on or before the first day of July, in
each and every year to the City Register
| the sum of One Dollar for every dog and
| the sum of Two Dollars for every bitch.
upon which payment the City Register
| shall issue to any such owner or harborer,
a license tag with q corresponding number
on each, which said tag shall be affixed by
| said owner or harborer to such dog or
bitch. Any animal of the dog kind shall
| be considered as running at large within
| the meaning of this ordinance when such
| animal is upon any avenue, street. lane,
| alley, highway, common or public square
| or park, in Frederick, and is not led by a
chain, or is not in leash, or is not confined
| in such manner as to prevent it from bit.
| ing any person or animal. All owners and
harboreIs of dogs shall be liable for all
damages done by them to the full amount
| of the injury inflicted, and shall also be liza
| BILE in such cases, to the fines and penalties
| set forth in the 11th Section of said Ordi-
nance of June 18th, A. D., 1909
| Section 6. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
That any animal of the dog kind found
running at large and not provided with a
| license tag. though such animal be
| muzzled shall be seized and detained by
the person or persons appointed for that
| purpose and unless claimed and redeemed
within the time specified in the Fourth
| Section of said Ordinance of June 10Th,
1909, by the payment of the license tag
| and the additional sum of two dollars for
the expenses of taking up, impounding and
| keeping, it shall be killed. In case the
records in the office of the City Register
show that the owner or harborer of any
dog or bitch, has paid for license tag for
said animal, for the then current year, the
owner or harborer of said animal shall not
be obliged to pay for a new license but
| shall pay the sum of twenty five cents for
a renewal of the original license, and in
| such cases the person or persons taking
| such animals into custody shall not re-
ceive any compensation therefore.
Section g. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
That any animal of the dog kind found
running at large and not muzzled as re-
| quired, though said animal be provided
with license tag, shall be seized and de-
tanned by the person or persons appointed
| lOT tudt purpose, anu IL HOu cidiIutu anu
redeemed within the, time specified in the
| 4th Section of said ordinance of June 10Th,
A. D., 1909, by the payment of the sum of
two dollars it shall be killed.
Section g. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
That any animal of the dog kind found
running at large without being either muz-
zled or tagged shall be seized and detained,
and if not claimed and redeemed within
forty-eight hours, by the payment of the
license tax and the additional sum of three
dollars, it shall be killed.
Section 3 Be it Enacted and Ordained
by the authority aforesaid, that this Ordi.
nance shall take effect from the date of its
passage, and that all ordinances or parts Of
ordinances, inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this ordinance, be and the same
are hereby repealed, to the extent of such
inconsistency.
Passed, June 18th, A. D., 1914.
LLOYD C. CUTLER, P. B. A.
Approyed. June 18th. A. D.. 1914.