The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-25

tag shall be securely fastened, and
every dog shall be muzzled if so or
dered as hereinafter provided. No
dog shall be permitted to remain
within the city limits OF the City of
SomerS Point unless registered, Ii
censed n tagged, and muzzled, if
4 so ordered, and any owner or keep
) err failing to provide such collar, tag
, or muzzle, if muzZle is required,
shall be subject to the fines or pen
atty hereinafter provided.
Section A.. Be it further Ordained
} that whenever the Mayor of the City
: of Somers Point shall deem it neces-
sary so to do, he shall issue an order
prohibiting for a certain time therein
specified, all dogs from running at
large on any or all streets, highways
5 or other public places in the City of
Somers Point unless such dog be led
by a line or chain so as to prevent
!, them from biting persons upon the
said streets, highways Or public pla-
ces, and said Mayor may also order
mat al dogs y be muzzled during
!, such times as he nay direct, which
orders shall be published at least
once in a newspaper circulating in
the City of Somers Point, for the
execution and observance of which
order the Mayor is hereby authoriz-
ed to take such action as he may
deem advisable and necessary.
Section 5. Be it further Ordained
that it shall be the duty of the dog
catcher, whose compensation shall be
fixed from time to time by resolution
of Council, to take up and impound
in a suitable place to be designated
by the Mayor (of which place the
Mayor shall give public notice by
posting a notice designating such
pound in the City HalD any deg
found running at large contrary to
the provisions of this ordinance or
the order of the Mayor. If so direct
ed by the Mayor it shall also be the
duty of the police officers of the
City of Somers Point to take up and
impound any dog found running at
large contrary to the provisions of
this ordinance or order of the Mayor.
Section 6. Be it further Ordained
that the said Poundkeeper shall, up
on receiving any dog at the pound.
make a registry of its breed, color.
sex and whether licensed or not, and
if licensed shall forthwith enter in a
book or register the numbe of the
said dog shown upon the said license
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 thereNpon
give notice through the post office
to such owner or keeper of said dog
that the said dog is impounded.
Section 7. Be it further Ordained
that for every dog taken up and m
pounded for which no license tag
shall have been issued, a redemption
fee of n 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
City, upon the payment of which a
certificate setting forth such pay
.Anr shall hn .,,o h..
! Clerk; n 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, n the cost of adver-
Using, if any, shall delive 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 sale 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 a humane manner; provided, fur
Their, 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
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Section s. Be it 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 af1ida-
Wit of the owner or keeper that a
license was taken out and a collar
, put on said dog to which the license
tag was attached, but hat 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 g.. 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 a license or which may be
found running at large afflicted with
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 its
owner or keeper or while held or led
by a chain OF line by any person.
Section 10. Be it further Ordained
that upon complaint to the Police
Justice of the City of Somers Point
that IN dog has in n manner dis
turbed the quiet of any person or
neighborhood. or has bitten a 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 no
less than two nor more tnan n1teen
days, and upon the return thereof
! the said Police Justice shall hear and
determine the matter. and if it shall
appear that such dog a disturbed
the quiet Of any person or neighbor-
hood, or has bitten any person not a
trespasser on the premises OF tn
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 h owner or
keeper of such dog to remove or Kill
said dog within t~wenty-four hours
from the time of receiving salt or
der, and if said order Is not complied
with within the said time, any police
impound or kill said dog.
Section II. Be it further Ordained
that the word dog" as used in this
ordinance shall apply to a female as
well as a male dog.
Section IL. Be it further
that upon conviction before the Po-
lice Justice of the City of Somers
Point of the violation of any of the
provisions of this ordinance, the said
Police Justice may impose a fine OF
not exceeding fifty dollars, and in de-
fault of the payment of said fine may
commit said offender to the city or
county Jail for a period not exceed
ing thirty days.
Section 10. Be it further Ordained
that all ordinances or parts thereon
inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Section IA. BE it further Ordained
that this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after final passage and
publication.
Notice is hereby given by the Com
mon Council of the City of Somers
Point hat the foregoing ordinance
was introduced and passed first read
ing at a regular meeting held on Fri;
day evening, May IA, and that said
Common Council of the City of Som
ers Point will hold a hearing and
consider the final passage of the
above at it's regular meeting to be
held in Common Council Chambers,
City Hall, Friday evening. May 20,
at s O'clock daylight saving time.
JAMES G. SCULL,
City Clerk.