The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-06-16
ORDINANCE NO, aas,

An Ordinance msklng In unlawful for
the owners OF d0gs or bitches % nj.
low the snmc 20 be kept or run nj
large unless licensed. and providing
| for the licensing Of dogs and bitches
and for the lmponndlng or destruc-
tion OF an unlicensed dogs or bitches
found within the limits OF the City oi
Weston. regulating the keeping oi
DOGS, and fixin- the penalties for
the violation OF the terms OF this or
dinanec and repeating aii ordinances
and parts OF ordinances In conflict
with this Ordinance.
The People OF the City OF Weston do
Ortiain as Follows:
Section /. The keeping OF dogs or
bitches within the limits OF the City
OF Weston Is hereby forbidden unless
the owners or keepers thereof shall
procure n license for each dog or
bitch as herein provided for. and
every person violating any or the pro-
visions OF this section shall be deemed
guilty OF mlsdemeanor. and shall.
upon conviction thereof. for each and
every offense be fined In any sum not
exceeding five dollars. 10 which shall
be added the costs OF prosecution.
Sec. 2. The annual iicense tax on
all dogs and bitches Is hereby fixed at
the following rates: On each doS
sI.00: on each bitch $2.50: provided
that the license on a spayed bitch.
3I.0O. when the owner upon appiica-
tion for license shall make affidavit
that such bitch is spayed. and such
affidavit to be in writing and filed
with the City Recorder.
Sec. .. The. Chief OF Police shall be
be issued by him. and the Chief OF
Police shall furnish with each license
a metal tag upon which shall be
stamped a number corresponding with
the number Of such license. and such
tag shall be appended 10 a collar
which the owner shall provide and
place and keep upon the neck OF thu
dog or bitch so licensed. Owners los
ing such license tag shall place on the
collar their own name and the num-
ber of the license. n
Sec. 4. All dogs and bitches found
within the corporate limits OF the
City OF Weston without having on
such marked collar, are declared to be
a public nuisance. and II shall be the
duty OF the City Marshal or other suit
able person by him appointed for tho
to restrain and impound all
such dogs or bitches. In case the owner
Of such dog or bitch shall redeem the
same. he shall pay to such person 70
appointed by the Chief of Police the
sum OF one dollar for each dog or
bitch 80 impOunded, and the further
sum OF twenty-five cents each day the
Iame shall have been kept in custody. |
n after five days the owner or
keeper OF said dog or bitch fails TO
claim the same by paying the above |
sosts. the said dog or bitch shall be
SilIed by shooting by the Chief OF Po-
Ice or such person appointed by him {
or the purpose, and the carcass bur-
ed In such place as designated by tho |
-ity OF Weston: for such killing ana
,urial the Chief Of Police shall re-
,eive from the City Of Weston the sum
II one dollar.
II the Chief OF Police shall know 0;
! dog or bitch within the City OF Wes-
on, that he IL unable 10 catch, he shall
emand Of the owner or keeper OF
uch dog or bitch, to produce the same
o be impounded, and II he refuse he
hall be arrested and subject TO such
inc as provided for in Section OF
his Ordinance. II after demanded to
roduce such dog or bitch the owner
'isi1es TO pay such license. the Chief
+ Police may accept the same by the
wner paying fifty cents in addition
D such license. Such additional fifty
ents may be retained by the Chief OF
'oIice as his fee.
Sec. 5. II shall be a misdemeanor
Or any person to enter or break into
le dog pound and remove or turn
'ose any dog OF dogs therein I'M
ounded, and such misdemeanor shall
E punished BY fine OF not less than !
We dollars nor more than twenty
olIars and the costs of prosecution.
Sec. s. II any person owning the
lme shall permit any bitch while in
eat te run at large, Notwithstanding