The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-03-09
CITY ORDINANCE NO. 1871.

All oIuLlidHce providing Tor the llcenS
ing of dogs, and for the disposition
of dogs found without such license
having been paid; proving for the
city clerk to furnish the chief of
police with the necessary licenses
and numbered tags; providing for
the disposition of dogs found, the
owner or owners of which are I'M
known; and providing for the dispo-
sition of female dogs found at large
during heat; and providing a pen
atty for keeping or harboring any
dog without paying a license there
for.
Be it ordained by the mayor and coun-
Gil of the City of Grangeville:
Section 1. That any person owning
or harboring any dog within the cor
porate limits of the city of Grange
vile, Idaho, shall pay license or tax
thereon in the sum of $500, payable
yearly in advance And no license
shall be issued for the keeping or har-
boring of more than one dog by any
one person.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of
the city clerk to provide the chief
of police with licenses and numbered
metal tags, and charge said licenses
and metal tags at the rate of $500,
for each license and tag so furnished /;
and it is hereby made the duty of the
chief of police to notify the owner or
harborer of any dog, male or female
to procure a license therefor, and in
case such person shall fail or refuse
| to procure such licenses for a period
of twenty-four hours after receiving
said notice to pay for such license it
shall be the duty of the chief of po-
| lice to kill such dog or dogs without
| further notice to the owner of such
dog; Provided that the chief of po-
! lice, may, in his discretion, sell said
dog or dogs to any person who will
purchase thesame and pay license
thereon, or to any person who will
remove such dog or dogs from said
city of Grangeville, and all money
received from such sales shall be paid
into the treasury and shall be appor-
toned into the current expense fund.
Said metal tag bearing a number cor
responding to the number on each Ii
cense shall be securely fastened to
a collar to be worn on the neck of the
dog, for each license sold hereunder.
Section 3. In all cases where a dog
or dogs are found within the city
limits of the city of Grangeville, Ida
no, and the owner or harborer thereof
is unknown, it shall be the duty of the
chief of police to take up and impound
| the same, and to post at least two
written or printed notices in public
places within said city describing said
dog or dogs, and should the same not
be claimed and the licenses thereon
raid within twentyfour hours after
the posting of such notices, the chief
of police shall proceed to dispose of
said dog or dogs as provided for in
Section 9 of this ordinance.
Section 4. Each license issued here
under shall be numbered and the metal
tag accompanying each license shall
have number thereon corresponding
with the number of said license. All
licenses issued hereunder shall run
from the first day of April in the year
of their issue to the first day of April
of the next year, and no license shall
be issued for a shorter period than one
year.
Section 5. 1t is hereby made the
duty of all persons owning or harbor-
ing any female dog to keep the same
shut up or closely confined during the
period of what is known as running
time" or heat" And it is hereby
made the duty of the chief of police
to kill or cause to be killed any such
female dog or slut found running al
large after six hours notice either
written or verbal to the owner, II
said owner fails or refuses to take
up and confine such female dog al
herein provided. If the owner of sucf
female dog or slut shall be unknown
the same shall be disposed of as pro
vided in Section of this ordinance.
Section 6. Any person keeping o.
harboring any dog within the limit
!. of the city of Grangeville, Idaho, ant
refusing to pay the license or tai
: thereon as herein provided for, afte
the notice as herein provided or wh'
! shall violate any of the provisions o
this ordinance, shall upon conviction
thereof be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor and shall he fined in any sun
} not less than $500 nor more than 500
Section T. All ordinances and part
/ of ordinances in conflict herewith ar
hereby repealed.
[ Section 8. This ordinance shall be Il
| force and take effect from and afte
| the first day of April, 1915.
/ Read first time this 9th day 0
, March, 1916.
t Read second time this 9th day o
/ March, 1916.
! Read third time, passed and al