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


AN ORDINANCE to repeal and re-en-
act with amendments. Sections 3, 6, 8,
and 8, of an ordinance enacted and or
dained by The Mayor and Aldermen OF
Frederick, on the 10th day of June, A.
D., 1909, entitled, IAN Ordinance to re-
peal Sections a, 7S, 49, so, 81 and 81 Of
Ordinance No. 8, entitled Health and
Nulsances, etc, relating to the keeping
ofdogs in Frederick )"
Section l. Be it Enacted and Ordained
by the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick,
That Sections, 3, 6, 8 and 8, of an ordi-
nance enacted and ordained by The Mayor
| and Aldermen of Frederick, on the 10Th
day of June, A. D.. 1909, entitled, San
Ordinance to repeal Sections n, rs 70, so,
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the same are hereby repealed and re-en'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 as to read as
| follows:
Section 3. 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 a 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
chain, or is not in leash, or is not confined
In such manner as to prevent it from bit.
lng 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 La
BILE in such cases, to the fines and penalties
set forth in the 18th Section of said Ordi-
nance of June 10Th, A. D., 1909.
Section g. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
That any animal of the dog kind found
running at large and not provided with
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
no nd n ~f i LII
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 new license but
shall pay the sum of twenty-five cents for
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 8. 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
for that purpose, and if not claimed and
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
torty-eight hours, by the payment of the
license tax and the additional sum of three
dollars, it shall be killed.
Section 2. 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.