Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-06
ORDINANCE NO. 14o.

ING a Tax on the Same.
Be it ordained by the City of Will
mar as follows:
Section mo person within the
limits of the City of .Willmar, being |
the owner or keeper of any dog, male |
or female, shall allow the same to run
at large within the limits of the said |
City without first having paid the tax
and procured license for each and
every dog, so allowed to run at large, |
as herein provided.
Section 2.-Any person desiring a |
license for any such dog, of which he
or she is the owner or keeper, to run
at large within the limits of said City,
shall annually, on the LIST day of June
of each and every year, cause said
dog to be described, registered and
numbered by the City Clerk of said
City, and shall cause each and every
dog, so registered and numbered, to
wear a collar on which shall be lie
ense tag with the number of its reg
lister and the year plainly marked
thereon, and shall pay to the City
Clerk, as and for tax and license for
such dog to run at large within the
limits of said City, the sum of One
Dollar ($1.00) for every male dog and
the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) for
every female dog.
Section 3.-Whenever any person
has fully complied with the provis-
ions of Section of this ordinance, the
City Clerk of said City shall issue to
each person, under his hand and the
seal of said City, license allowing
such dog to run at large within the
limi is of said City for the period of
one year. Provided, however, that
all licenses issued under this ordi-
nance shall expire on the 31st day of
May following their issue.
Section An case of the failure by
or on the part of any such owner or
keeper to pay the tax and license up
on any such dog that is allowed to
run at large within the limits of said
City, the said dog or dogs shall be sur
rendered up by the owner or keeper
thereof upon the demand of and to
| the Chief of Police of the said City,
who shall cause such dog or dogs to
be Immediately impounded in some
safe and suitable pace within said
City, and there keep such dog or dogs
for the period of Twenty-four (24)
hours thereafter, and in case the own
er or keeper of any such dog or dogs,
so impounded, shall desire to redeem
| such dog or dogs, he or she shall be
permitted to do so at any time within
the said Twenty-four hours, upon the
| payment to said Chief of Police of the
tax and license hereinbefore provided
| for, and in addition thereto, the sum
of One Dollar ($10O) as a fee to the
Chief of Police for impounding and
| keeping said dog or dogs, and in case
any such dog or dogs, so impounded
as aforesaid, shall not be redeemed
by the owner or keeper thereof by
payment of the. tax or license and the
| fee, as aforesaid, within the said
Twenty-four hours, then and in that
case the said Chief of Police is here
by authorized and required to, and
shall, kill such dog or dogs.
er or keeper Of any dog or dogs shall
fail to surrender up to said Chief of
Police any dog or dogs in his or her
possession upon demand of said Chief
of Police, or in case the said Chief OF
Police shall fail to find the owner or
keeper Of any dog or dogs running at
large within the limits of said City
then it shall be lawful for said Chief
of Police, and it shall be his duty, to
then and there kill such dog or dogs,
And provided, further, that in case
any dog or dogs, upon whom a license
has been paid, shall be found running
at large but without wearing collar
with the register number thereon, as
prescribed in Section 2 hereof, then
and in that event such dog or dogs
shall be regarded and treated as
though no license had ever been paid
on the same.
Section 5.-Any person, being the
owner or keeper of any dog or dogs
male or female, who shall allow or
permit any such dog or dogs to run
at large within the limits of said City
without first having paid the tax or
license therefor, as hereinbefore pro-
vided, or any such person who shall
refuse or neglect to surrender up, on
the demand Of and to the said Chief
of Police, any dog or dogs upon which
the said tax or license has not been
paid, or any person who shall allow
or permit any dog or dogs upon
which the tax or license has been paid
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said City without wearing the collar
and the license tag with the year and
the number of it's registry marked
thereon, as in Section 2 provided,
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
before the Municipal Court of said
City or before any Court having juris-
diction, shall be punished by fine
of not less than Two or more than
Twenty-Five Dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution, or by i'm
prisonment for not less than two nor
more than thirty days.
| Section 6.-Al ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
Section 7.-This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
! after its publication.
Approved April 28th, 1914.
E. c. WELLIN, Mayor.