The citizen., 1914-07-10
A N ORDINANCE.

AIN OhDlNANCE 10 rep6al ana re-en-
act with amendments Secions 3, 6, 8,
and 8, of an ordinance enacted and or
dained by The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, on the 18th day of June, A.
D., 1909, entitled, 'An Ordinance to re-
peal Sections n, rs, 79, so, 81 and 80 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, 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, "An
Ordinance to repeal Sections n, 49, 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the same are hereby repealed and re-en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 as to read as
follows:
Section 3. Be it Enacted and Ordained,
That no animal of the dog kind shall he
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,
license tag with 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 18th Section of said Ordi
nance of June 18th, 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 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 18th,
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 ar 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
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-
| auired, 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 rede med within
forty-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 nth, A. D., 1914.
LLOYD C. CULLER, P. B. A.
Approved, June nth, A. D., 1914.
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