Charlevoix county herald., 1918-04-26


the Justice of the Peace authorized to
make the appraisement is SO notified.
Sec. 3. The city clerk shall purchase
tags to comply with the provisions OF
this ordinance and shall pay for the
same out of the special dog fund Great
ed by this ordinance. The said tags
shall be uniform in size and design for
each year and shall conform as near as
may be with the size and design adopt
ed by the State Live Stock Sanitary
Commission, and shall be changed each
year to prevent the use of expired tags.
Sec. 4. II shall be the duty of all
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables,
and police officers to enforce the pro-
visions of this ordinance. II shall be
the duty of the city assessor at the time
of making his annual assessment to
make list of the dogs within the city
limits and to make a report thereof to
the city clerk within thirty days after
such assessment has been made.
Sec. 5. The tags provided for in this
ordinance shall not be transferable,
either from person to person or from
dog to dog, and shall be good for only
one year from and after the first day Of
January of the year in which the tag is
issued. Licenses issued for the year
1918 shall be good for the balance of
this year and until January l, 1919.
Sec. 6. Any Sheriff, Under-Sheriff,
Deputy Sheriff, Constable, or Police
Officer shall have authority to destroy,
and it shall be his duty TO destroy, any
dog or dogs found at large in violation
Of the provisions of this ordinance or
the laws of the State of Michigan With
in the limits of said city. These Off
GERS shall receive for any services per-
formed under this ordinance the same
fees as are provided in case of execut-
ing warrants in criminal cases, payable
out of the fund created by this ordin-
ance, and shall be in addition to any
other fees or salary received by any
such officer.
Sec. Z. Whenever any person shall
be bitten by any dog within the city
limits the health officer Of the city shall
be notified and it shall be his duty to
promptly make investigation, and IL it
shall appear to him that said dog may
be affected with rabies the same pro-
ceedings shall be had as provided by
Act 306, of the Public Acts of 1909, be-
ing sections 5114 to 5121 of the Com
piled Laws of 1915, and any expenses
occasioned thereby shall be paid from
said special dog fund. Should any per-
son so bitten by any rabied dog require
pasteur treatment in the opinion of said
health officer the expense thereof shall
be betrayed from said special dog fund
herein created, SO far as the money in
said fund is available.
Sec. 8. Whenever any person shall
sustain loss by the killing or wound
ing of his live stock by any dog or dogs
within the limits of the city, he may
call upon disinterested Justice OF the
Peace of the city who is not of kin to
such person or otherwise interested
therein, who shall proceed to view the
live stock SO killed or wounded, and il
from such view he shall be satisfied
that the same were killed or wounded
by dog or dogs he shall make certifi-
cate thereof in writing, stating such
fact, and the amount Of damages sus-
tanned by such person, and shall de-
liver the same to the city clerk, who
shall file and record the same in his
office. The said justice shall receive
of two dollars, and milage at the rate
of ten cents per mile for going only,
over the usually travelled road, to be
paid from the fund created by this or
dinance. Any Justice of the peace may
examine witnesses under oath relative
to any such view and when witnesses
are examined statement Of their evil
dence shall be forwarded with the cer-
tificate of damages to the said clerk.
Sec. 8. Upon receipt of such certifi-
cate of damage the said clerk shall
issue an order for the amount specified
in such certificate, payable to the per-
son entitled to the same, which order
shall be paid by the city treasurer up
on presentation to him out of the spe-
cial fund created by this ordinance,
provided there is sufficient money In
such special fund. All such orders
shall be good until fully paid and pay
ment thereof shall be made according
to the time of filing such claim with the
city clerk. After all claims have been
! paid, and at the end of each calendar
year, any surplus remaining in such
special fund exceeding fifty dollars
shall revert to the Public Library Fund
of the city.
Sec. 10. Any person violating any Of
provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof in any court Of
competent jurisdiction shall be subject
to fine not exceeding fifty dollars or
} by Imprisonment in the county Jail Of
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ninety days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion Of the
court. Any person presenting false
claim under the provisions OF this or
dinance, or receiving any money on
any false claim hereunder, shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor and
shall be punished as in this section pro-
vided.
Sec. IL. Nothing in this ordinance
contained shall be construed as limit
ing the common law liability Of the
owner Of dog for damage committed
, by it within the city.
Sec. IL. Any ordinance, or parts Of
ordinances, in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance, are hereby
, repealed.
Sec 13. This ordinance shall be Of
full force and effect from and after
. May 10th, 1918.
Adopted by the City Commission Of
the City of East Jordan, on the 10Th day
of April A. ID. 1918, by an aye and nay
vote as follows;