The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01
AN ORDINANCE
For the Licensing and Register
ing of Dogs in the Borough of
PennS Grove.
Be it Ordained by the Council of the
Borough of Penns Grove, County of
Salem, and state OF New Jersey;

Salem, ana State Oh new JeTSes'
Section l. Thai an annual license
and registration fee OF $1.00 for each
male dog, and $500 for each open
female dog is hereby imposed upon all
dogs in the Borough Of Penns Grove, to
be paid by the owners thereof (the
h~arboring of a dog or dogs shall De
evidence OF ownership for the purpose
of such license and r"egistration( which
amount shall be payable on the hrst
day of January in each year and shall
be paid to the Borough Clerk, which
license fee shall include all registration
charges, and upon or the ABOVE
fee, the Clerk shall issue a metal tag
and the owner shall place upon the
neck of each dog or dogs kept or mar
bored, a collar upon which shaII De
fastened or suspended the registry Tag
showing the register number thereof.
Sec. 2. That every owner or mar
borer of any dog or dogs shall when
ever the Mayor issues a proclamation
f%orbidding the owners of dogs to allow
dogs to run at large without being
properly secured by muzzle, strap or
otherwise, in such manner that they
cannot bite, during the months OF July
and August, or any other time when
the epidemic of hydrophobia is pre-
vailing, conform to the requirements
of this ordinance and of said proclama-
ton.
Sec. 8. That the Mayor shall appoint
a fit and proper person, who upon ap-
pointment shall become a police off,
Ger of the Borough, who shall be known
as the Dog afO6n, WHO SIdll LClu
office for the term of one year. The
person so appointed shall receive the
sum of $1.00 for each dog so taken, and
twenty-five cents per day for its board
and attention, which fee shall Include
the killing of the dog or dogs.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of said
Warden to take up and impound. in a
manner to be approved by the Mayor,
streets, highways or public places OF
the Borough contrary to any OF the
provisions of this ordinance, or any
proclamation issued by the Mayor or
bv authority of this ordinance, and to
keep every such animal so lmpounded
for the term of three days unless, the
owner shall in the redeem
it by paying to the Dog Warden, Tor
the use of the Borough, the sum of
S1.00, and also the sum of twenty-five
cents per day for the expense OF keep
ing and feeding dogs so redeemed bul
if no owner appears within three DAYS
after the taking up and impound1ng OF
any dog, to redeem same, that then and
in every case, it shall be lawful for the
every dog so by hin taken up and I'M
pounded.
Sec. 5. And be it further ordained
that said Dog Warden shall receive ms
compensation from the Borough by pre-
senting his bill duly authenticated set
ting forth the time and place of the
taking of each dog and the time same
has been ~impounded and the date OF
the killing Thereon, ana a statement u
payments received from the owners
and a receipt from the collector. All
fees or payments received by the Dog
Warden shall be paid Immediately TO
the Collector of the Borough. The
term dog or dogs in the above ordl-
nance shall be taken to apply equally
to male and female dogs.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any
of the ordinance shall upon
conviction. be subject to a fine not eN-
ceeding $25.00, and in default of the
payment of such fine be imprisoned in
the County Jail for a term not exceed
ing ten days.
This ordinance is to take effect imme-
diately and all dog owners shall for
the current year be required to regis
ter their dogs within thirty days after
the first day of June. 1921, after which
date all dogs shall be liable to seizure
the Dog Warden.
S. NJ. HUNT,
Attest w. A. HUNT. Mayor.
Borough Clerk.
Introduced June Z, 1921.
Adopted June IA. 1921.
Published June "a and July l, 1921.