The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-01
that the said Poundkeeper shall, up
on receiving any dog at the pound.

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on receiving any dog at the pound,
make a registry of it's breed, color,
sex and whether licensed or not, and
If licensed shall forthwith enter in a
book or register the number of the
tag, and a list of the numbers of all
licensed dogs impounded shall be
sent to the City Clerk within twenty
four hours after any dog is received,
and the City Clerk, shall thereUpon
give notice through the post office
to such owner or keeper of said dog
that the said dog Is impounded.-
:, Section z. Be it further Ordained
that for every dog taken up and i'm
pounded for which no license tag
shall have been issued. a redemption
fee of one dollar together with the
amount required to be paid for a Ii
cense to the City Clerk as provided
in section one hereof. shall be paid
to the City Clerk for the use of the
certificate setting forth such pay
ment. shall be issued by the said
Clerk; and the pound keeper, upon
the presentation thereof and the pay
ment to him of the cost of keeping
such dog. which shall not exceed one
dollar per day. and the cost of adver-
tising, If any, shall deliver said dog
to said owner or keeper thereof, pro-
vided such certificate be presented
within five days from the date of i'm
pounding, and may deliver said dog
to any other person or persons pre-
senting such certificate after the ex-
piration of said five days; and if the
said dog shall not be redeemed with
in five days after such impounding
said pound keeper shall kill such dog
in humane manner; provided, fur
ther. however, that no licensed dog
shall be killed until five days after
one publication by the said pound
keeper of licensed dogs impounded
in a newspaper circulating in the
City of Somers Point.
Section s. Be 1t further Ordained
that if any dog for which license
shall have been paid. has been i'm
pounded for being at large without a
license tag, and it appears by afflda-
Wit Of the owner or keeper that a
put on said dog to which the license
tag was attached. but that such COL
lar or tag had been accidentally lost,
the owner or keeper of said dog may
redeem the same upon the payment
to the City Clerk of the sum of sew
enty-five cents and the further sum
of fifty cents for another tag.
Section 8. Be it further Ordained
that any police officer. shall have
power to kill any dog which may be
found in the City of Somers Point
without an owner or keeper, or
which may be found running at large
without license or which may be
rabies; provided that no dog shall be
subject to molestation under this or
dinance or under any order of the
Mayor while on the premises of it's
owner or keeper or while held or led
by a chain or line by any person.
Section 10. Be 1t further ORDAINED
that upon complaint to the Police
Justice of the City of Somers Point
that any dog has in any manner dis
turbed the quiet of any person or
neighborhood, or has bitten person
within this City, which person so
bitten was not trespassing upon the
premises of the owner or keeper of
the dog. the said Police Justice shall
issue a summons returnable in not
less than two nor more than fifteen
days. and upon the return thereof
the said Police Justice shall hear and
determine the matter, and II 1T shall
appear that such dog has disturbed
the quiet of any person or neignpor-
hood, or has bitten any person not
trespasser on the premises of the
owner or keeper of the dog, the Po-
lice Justice shall have power to order
said dog to be removed or killed and
shall issue an order to the owner or
keeper of such dog to remove or kill
said dog within twenty.-four hours
from the time of receiving said or
der. and If said order is not complied
with within the said time. any police
officer or dog catcher may remove.
impound or kill said dog.
Section IL. Be it further Ordained
that the word dog" as used in. this
ordinance shall apply to female as
we'll as a male dog.
Section ~. Be it further Ordained
that upon conviction before the Po-