The Cordova daily times., 1919-09-16
ORDINANCE NO. 65.

An Ordinance of the Town of COrdOva
 in. the District of Alaska, providing
 for Dog Tax, prohibiting vicious
 dogs from running at large and pro-
 viding penalties. Be it ordained by the Common Coun-
 cil of the town of Cordova in the
 District of Alaska:
 Section l. Any person or persons owning a dog within the corporate limits of the town of CordOva, shall pay in advance to the town treasurer, an annual tax of six dollars for eacn dog for the term of one year, com mencing on the first day Of July or each year, and the tax for the current year shall be calculated for the year beginning July 1st, 1919, and ending June 30th, 1920. The town treasurer upon the receipt of said tax from the owner or possessOr of any dog shall give a receipt to him or her, together with a metallic tag, which tag shall be attached to a collar around the neck of the dog and kept displayed at all times. On said tag shall be stamped the number of the registry or said dog by said treasurer and the year when such dog was registered. The town treasurer shall keep book in which he shall register the number of the tag and a description of the dog. the date on which the tax was paid and the name of the owner or possessor of the dog. The said treasurer shall charge himself with the amounts received by him for dog tax and report to the town clerk every month in writing, who shall charge said treasurer with the several amounts so reported by him.
 Section 2. It is hereby declared to be misdemeanor for any person to allow a vicious dog to run at large within said town, whether tagged or not, and a bitch in heat is hereby de- clared to be a vicious dog within the meaning of this ordinance.
 Section B. Any person or persons who shall allow his or her dog to run at large without first having paid the tax as required in this ordinance or shall allow vicious dog in his or her possession or owned " him or her to run at large in saio town, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before the municipal magistrate of said town, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the town jail for not more than thirty days at the discretion of the court, 1 provided that this ordinance shall not apply or be enforced against transient dogs that are with their owners.
 Secton 4. Any dog found upon the streets of Cordova between the hours of g o'clock D. m. and o'clock a. m. of any day shall be impOunded and the owner thereof may regain posses l sion of said animal by the payment to 1 the proper authorities of the sum of two dollars and costs and license fee if same has not been paid. Ii, how l ever, said animal be not redeemed within four days, it shall be destroyed i by the proper officer.
 Section ,. Any dog over the age of two months shall be construed to be 1 a dog for the purposes of the pay 1 ment of this tax.
 Section G. It is hereby made the l duty of the chief of police to dispose 1 of ownerless dogs and those on which 1 the license fee has not been paid in such manner as the Council may di- rect.
 Section r All ordinances or parts l of ordinances in conflict herewith 1 are hereby repealed.
 Section 8. This ordinance shall 1 take effect and be in force in seven 1 days from and after the date of it's l passage and approval and be published | in the Cordova Daily Times.
 (SeaD A. J. ADAMS, Mayor.
 Attest:
 LI ~ DODINCON Citv NIorly